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Moving to ten-car trains on the Red Line will be a long, slow process. Even after RPM is finished, CTA will still need to lengthen the platforms on the Dan Ryan stations (some easier than others) and secure additional yard space to increase their Red Line fleet by 25%. That likely means completing the Red Line extension, which includes a big new yard at 130th, or making alternate arrangements for a big new yard somewhere. |
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The city that used to get big things done seems to be increasingly at risk of becoming bogged down by NIMBYs and their aldermanic enablers.
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Two possibilities, not mutually exclusive:
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Also, this portion from the Sun-Times article in question is pretty important: "Under questioning, Acevedo acknowledged he has no particular information that Solis did anything kinky in promoting the 78, a development so massive it would literally create Chicago’s 78th neighborhood, hence the name. He’s just assuming that’s the case because of the unfolding City Hall corruption scandal." |
Even more relevant, Related already has its entitlements (the PD). The only thing still subject to any approval is the TIF—and that's well-greased and will be through council before the aldermanic race runoff even occurs.
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^ It seems like Lincoln Yards is the lightning rod for all the gentrification and leftist anxieties while The 78 is flying by (relatively) under the radar. Probably because the South Loop is still part of the downtown area in most people's minds, while the North Branch corridor is not.
If Lincoln Yards was not on the table, I have to imagine "progressives" would be screaming about The 78 and clamoring to squeeze more affordable housing out of it. But yes, the PD is already approved at The 78 so City Council has fewer opportunities to put a halt to it. |
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This is what happens when you try to push a major development through the City Council in the middle of an election. Particularly when several Alderman are facing challenges regarding their relationships with developers and their efforts at preserving affordable housing options in their wards. Developers could also help themselves here in terms of optics by trying to do more than the bare minimum in terms of on-site affordable housing. Maximizing already large profit margins though seems to matter more than the current political tumult. |
TIF sailed through CDC (not that there was ever any doubt).
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off topic amazon discussion moved to the general discussion thread: https://forum.skyscraperpage.com/sho...d.php?t=208431 |
I'm about 10 times more interested in "The 78" than Lincoln Yards.
Because: 1. Closer to downtown 2. Comes with the Wells-Wentworth Connector 3. New subway station, hence more transit-oriented 4. DPI |
i like them both, plus with Lincoln Yards we supposedly get more bridges to interconnect the area, an extension of the 606 , more parkland and more water taxi stops!!
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The 4 items you list - ditto - plus I would add that the overall plan is just better reclamation of industrial space (I know much was also train yards). The more I look at Lincoln Yards the more I think it is flawed. Too much (scale and height) and too little (transit and connections) The 78 has none of that. It is a great extension of the downtown core. |
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