Is it just me or does the “South Loop” need a better name?

At the very least, it should only refer to the part of town south of the Loop proper, but still west of Grant Park, so essentially from Congress to Roosevelt Road.

The area south of that really needs a different name, and not one as god awful as “Central Station”. It’s not part of the Loop, South or otherwise.

'Grant Park South?'

Those of us in the South Loop in the 1980s fought long and hard against the developers who tried to change the name so it sounded less urban—and especially less "south-y." When in 1984 they unilaterally announced that the neighborhood would now be called Burnham Park, we responded with derision and offered other suggestions, such as Bubbly Creek Meadows, or Really Really Really South Barrington.

Since then, other promoter-types have tried monikers such as SoLo or River South. In 2013, I was arranging a tour of the area for city planners, and was taken aback when the folks at Central Station claimed with a straight face that the neighborhood was known as Museum Park.

Maybe with a nod to the economic drivers of the 21st century, we should be known as Back of the Lolla.

Seems to me that "South Park" is a good name for the neighborhood.

It's descriptive and easy to remember.

And as we know, that's just the name of the development itself.

How about “South of Park”, or “SoPa” to be all New York-y about it?

GraPaSo :haha:

SoGraPa

SoLo

I think South Loop is a good descriptor from Congress to just south of Roosevelt, ending somewhere between 14th - 16th Streets. According to Google Maps though, the South Loop goes as far south as 55 (roughly 25th St), which is way excessive IMO. I refer to the area between 14th and 26th, wedged between the river and the lake, simply as the Near South Side. Don't have any other names for it, really. I'm open to anything, although I'd prefer to stay away from crappy acronyms :)

NEMA Grant Part
 

https://www.crescentheights.com/port...one-grant-park

Think they are calling this NEMA now.

https://www.crescentheights.com/asse...ue-01-SM-2.jpg

NEMAtode
 

I'm just not seeing the similarity.


MichiganStateUniv

:haha:

I like the name Museum Park but I will always call it South Loop

4/21/2018
 

Glass soon? They started to remove the temporary walls.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/815/40...08b52186_h.jpg

I'm counting 39 floors for the largest section which means it's about half way to being TO'd.

Distance shot this morning of a changing South Loop

https://i.imgur.com/c0OR6Tfh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/7N9eIiS.jpg

If the final height of Essex will be just below the boom of the tower crane, goddamn will it make a hell of an impact! It's going to do wonders drawing the center of gravity of the skyline further south.

If 1000M gets built and the second phase of OGP is fulfilled, the South Loop on its own will have as big of a skyline as any city in the US outside of maybe Philly and obviously NYC. Incredible

The final height of Essex will be just below the very top of the current tower crane height. The mast of the crane is currently at an elevation around 580'. The top of the parapet will be 607'.

April 17