CHICAGO | General Developments

[Rizzo]

Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

I suppose occupancy is not really a public policy concern, but do we have real, hard evidence that TOD occupants own fewer vehicles or drive fewer miles? The minimum parking rules we're so anxious to sweep away were, after all, put in place for a reason.

Yes, there is. And there was a study put together for the city last year that they cited in the meeting. I'll see if I can search for it online. Otherwise I'll ask at the next meeting.

Also, the occupants in the building would be forbidden to park their vehicles on neighborhood streets. They'd have to rent out a private garage from a nearby property or park in another neighborhood. For example, my apartment building rents out spaces to nearby residents. I'm in a 90 year old 8-unit building and only 1 of the 6 garage spaces are actually used by a building resident

[harryc]

Originally Posted by Hayward

Yes, there is. And there was a study put together for the city last year that they cited in the meeting. I'll see if I can search for it online. Otherwise I'll ask at the next meeting.

Also, the occupants in the building would be forbidden to park their vehicles on neighborhood streets. They'd have to rent out a private garage from a nearby property or park in another neighborhood. For example, my apartment building rents out spaces to nearby residents. I'm in a 90 year old 8-unit building and only 1 of the 6 garage spaces are actually used by a building resident

One aspect of relying on street parking is the incentive to use public transit, once you get a good parking spot. I would leave the beast parked for a week at a time, partly because the L was faster, partly because I had a good spot and didn't want to loose it.

[harryc]

July 23

[Kumdogmillionaire]

30 E Bablo is going to be around 18 stories, wrong thread Harry

[marothisu]

Anyone know what's going on at 3819-31 N Broadway (between Sheridan and Grace)? There's wrecking permits for around 4 or so buildings there.

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9522...8i6656!6m1!1e1

[sentinel]

^^That's very interesting, I am not aware of anything going up at that location

Not sure if these renderings have been posted before, but the new Chicago Plumbers Union training facility at 1400 W. Washington broke ground last month, and it's designed by Gensler:







(All images and many more come from the Curbed article http://chicago.curbed.com/2016/6/28/...ining-facility).

[ardecila]

Wow, I'm impressed. Glad the union decided to invest in a quality building to replace the one that was lost.

Not so happy about their monstrous, soul-sucking parking lot that manages to deaden two streets while completely engulfing a third. I get it, tradesmen usually drive around the city and need to park their vehicles... but then why would you not sell your prime West Loop real estate and move to where land is cheaper, like IBEW is doing right now in Bronzeville? There's tons of open land close to downtown in East Garfield Park, Tri-Taylor, Pilsen, Bridgeport, etc.

[ChickeNES]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Anyone know what's going on at 3819-31 N Broadway (between Sheridan and Grace)? There's wrecking permits for around 4 or so buildings there.

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9522...8i6656!6m1!1e1

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2015...agles-building

[J_M_Tungsten]

7/27
16th and Prairie town homes
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[nergie]

http://http://chicago.curbed.com/map...nt-chicago-map

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by ChickeNES

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2015...agles-building

Thanks. I was going to say that losing the terracotta building(s) would suck but it looks like they're trying to at least preserve the facade. Hopefully they can get permits for the new construction of these soon - we wouldn't want a big vacant lot sitting in that location for years. Reminds me of a permit issued the other day for 3026 N Lincoln (next to Brown Elephant) - demolished in early 2011 and just finally get permits for something new after being a surface parking lot for over 5 years.

[eaguir3]

Not sure if McCaffery & US Steel are out of the picture but Lakeside is a thing of the past.http://www.8080lakeshore.com

[spyguy]

65 East Banks

Rather busy for my taste

[LouisVanDerWright]

^^^ Better than another Lagrange special.

[nomarandlee]

Ugh. Just such a shame. Perhaps the last really great chance to build a very tall along N. LSD.

[J_M_Tungsten]

^That would never have happened. The building to the south was very much opposed to development.

[sentinel]

I don't think the finished building has ever been posted before, but here is the new Lycee Francais in Chicago by STL Architects (1929 West Wilson):







http://www.archdaily.com.br/br/78777...stl-architects

[oshkeoto]

But where's the empirical proof that people living in no-parking buildings—and I'm one of them—have lower auto ownership rates than those in similar buildings with onsite parking? There's nothing in the CNT study about that; it only looks at whether some existing spaces are going unused.

Yes--in the literature review section of that report, called "The problem with parking minimums," there are several studies about the effect of free parking on car ownership/driving.

[SamInTheLoop]

^ Do you mean onsite? Free does not equal onsite.....

[SamInTheLoop]

Who knows - maybe the start of something here? TOD of studios proposed for Archer in McKinley Park. Also, very encouraging piece of info in last paragraph regarding a nearby parcel, also on Archer: The former Unique Thrift Store parcel had been planned to turn into another single-use standalone retail project in the form of a dollar store. However, the alderman pushed back against it and is advocating instead for denser, mixed use residential over retail at the site:


http://mckinleypark.org/neighborhood...er-and-leavitt