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Originally Posted by prelude91
I think the building is ugly but that horse is already dead.
I'm just sick of national chains taking over lakeview. I'm all for dense development near Wrigley, but I just feel this is a huge missed opportunity. Additionally, there has been an uptick in crime along the Sourhpirt corridor over the past year (several shootings), where I live, and I just feel Lucky Strike and movie theatres bring an element of crime
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Lucky Strike is quite upscale for a bowling alley, and I'm not familiar with movie theatres creating crime.
This block was ugly and pretty worn down to begin with, certainly the Addison portion was terrible.
I live 500 feet from this development, directly to the east, and my husband and I are very excited for this.
We normally don't drive anywhere and take the bus or train. To have a top notch movie theatre as well as a bowling alley and all the other retail and restaurants they're bringing in - we're extremely excited.
These are things that can be very easily assessable via the Red Line that's right there or the Addison/Clark/Broadway buses.
I think this will be great for Lakeview. I'm not blown away by the design - but honestly what was there before looked like a pretty huge dump aside from the Salt & Pepper building, I liked that one.