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Originally Posted by Near North Resident
Add bulldozing that methadone clinic at 310-322 W. Chicago and adding a tower there to the list as well
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For that building I don't really mind the building itself - if it were renovated with active spaces it would add a lot in its current form. The top half of the building is nicely vintage and the first floor could probably be brought back into line with that as part of a renovation. It's a small enough site that the lack of density isn't a deal-breaker for me, especially if a midrise were put on the north half of that block.
Maybe if the American health system gets more tolerant of Suboxone maintenance instead of methadone maintenance, the need for methadone clinics could be reduced enough to eliminate locations in high-profile locations like this one. To that end, recent rules changes by the Obama administration are at least a start in that direction.
At any rate, once the laundry list of locations is completed, the remaining surface lots along Franklin and Orleans could be built out nice and densely.