http://www.suntimes.com/business/181...wrig12.article

Wrigley hotel done shrinking
BY FRAN SPIELMAN

Developers of a hotel, retail and residential complex across the street from Wrigley Field are apparently done compromising with area residents concerned about game-day congestion.

...The five-story triangle building promised to Wrigleyville residents in exchange for a bleacher expansion was supposed to house a 400-space garage, upscale restaurants, retail stores and rooftop garden and below-ground batting cages, pitching mounds and player workout facilities.

The $100 million building has since been redesigned to include more retail and office space at the expense of parking, with a stadium club replacing the rooftop garden. A smaller garage could be built on less-valuable land away from Wrigley.
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The new triangle building sounds exciting now that they seem to have eliminated a substantial (all?) amount of parking.

This article actually talks about both the triangle building next to Wrigley and the hotel south of it. I'd really like to see both of them go through, it would do wonders in making the area seem much less desolate and much more pedestrian friendly.

I actually kinda like the design in the above picture, which one of the two buildings is it? Its the hotel to the south right? That crappy little sports store that refused to sell is on the left right?

New billboards in left field.

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4...eysignboar.jpg

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/wrigley...2.1328527.html

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...tnerId=rss_chc

Good! I liked the old Bud ad, but I absolutely hate looking at that Casino ad. Now just bring back TORCO and we're set!

fenway anyone???

oh well, wrigley couldn't stay billboardless for too much longer, right?

and yeah, last season was one of the stranger seasons at wrigley looking at HORSESHOE and not a big red BUDWEISER roof... perhaps if the new ad is bud, then things will seem more visually normal out in left center... :shrug:

plus it'll give Z a new target in bp!! :thrasher:

So the owner of the house got greedy and now it's going to cost him his advertising with Horseshoe... I love it!

Trough Urinals To Remain In New Wrigley Restrooms

http://cbs2chicago.com/watercooler/w...2.1363788.html

http://www.spike.com/video/wrigley-field-urinal/2705621

Shouldn't this thread be renamed New Ownership and Refurbishment?

Good, they are a model of efficancy. Keep enough TP, soap, and running water and I'm set.

Short term I think it's right to assume McDonalds will maintain their site as a drive through and part time parking lot.

But it's such an easy site to redevelop if they ever want a new space/more consistent year round revenue.

Build a new store on the corner with rental above, demolish the existing building once it's done, then you have a large lot for development into whatever monolithic project you like. Much easier than the land aquisition ballet of the proposed hotel south of the stadium.

i'd be funny to have a brand new, fully upgraded restroom with a brand new set of troughs...
:haha:

http://www.school-toilets.co.uk/asse...._Web_Size.jpg

That would be an improvement.

Mmhmm, thems look fancy 'nuff fer Wrigley bathrooms :cheers:

They really are. Just go to Soldier Field and United Center to see how NOT to design a stadium restroom.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhal...n17web.article

Big billboard in left field at Wrigley?
Tunney questions request for 75-foot illuminated sign

March 17, 2010
BY FRAN SPIELMAN

...The Cubs filed a permit application this week for a "projecting, illuminated" billboard rising high above the left-field bleachers that has the potential to rake in big bucks from advertisers at the expense of offending purists.

But, there's a problem. The 75 foot high, 360 square foot billboard has raised the eyebrows of local Ald. Tom Tunney (44th). And it may not pass muster with the Commission on Historical Landmarks, which must decide whether new signage conforms with Wrigley's landmark designation.
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At least one positive aspect of the renovations is that they're taking out those ugly concrete panels:

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2010/...son-rehab-work

nomarandlee also posted this bit of news on the triangle building on SSC:

But they're just being replaced with more chain link fence, spray-painted green...

still an improvement.

also more like the original exterior treatment if my memory of historic photos serves me well.

If i was in Chicago right now, I'd post a photo, but I'm not :( so I can't.

Still hope to see at least one game there this season. Hopefully without a gaudy red light Toyota sign. Although I like it more than the Horseshoe ad.

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2...5street.th.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1...ey1932c.th.jpg
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8...ronwork.th.jpg

What's up the huge new banners all over the exterior? I hope it's temporary. They're very distracting...