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The mantra of simply, "well the mob wants it", or the Pols and the connected in this city want it so they should run roughshod over the process is a mindset that will eventually come to bit us all in the arse. A situation that appears to very possibly be replaying itself in this situation here and that should with questions of opaque insider dealing and serious design and financial questions regarding the project. |
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https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicag...t?oid=22748552 FoPL takes a lot of money from people to protect their lakefront views. Lets not kid ourselves that they actually have any sort of community interest in mind. They've had no issue with the Hamilton building, Cavalia, or new parking lots. But La Spata and Irizzary were more than happy to blow up a new museum that when it stood a little too tall. |
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Well, I'm not going to go down the tin-foil hat wormhole that promises to be. Granted, I think they were impractical regarding the Lucas and as the article states, " letting the perfect be the enemy of the good". Also as the article states the park district should really release a study on the necessity of future parking requirements there. As to the merits of the parking spot at 31st, if parking is deemed warranted for future requirements then by looking at the map in the article that having the parking between the no man's land that is west of LSD/east of the IC train tracks is probably the ideal place to put it. That area is set up so it will NEVER be developable or utilized park/community space. So in that respect yea, it seems an ideal place to put the inevitable parking for the major public space that the harbor/beach at 31st. Much preferable to adding parking (or hopefully one day remove parking) east of LSD on what ideally would be lakefront/parkland. |
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FOTP did argue against a new parking lot near me in Harrison Park, and I'm glad they did so... Harrison Park is tightly integrated into Pilsen, and primarily serves the neighborhood, so people *should* be walking there, even low-income folks. The perception was that the parking lot intended to serve people from outside the community coming in to visit the Mexican Art Museum. The lakefront is a regional amenity and draws people from many miles inland. The wall-to-wall barbecues at 31st St especially, since they are large gatherings that draw family members and friends from across the city. |
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If a legal challenge to the Obama Center is successful, it will lead to Northsiders and Westsiders feeling alienated by Southsiders. Huh? |
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A few single family homes have sold or been on the market for at least $600,000 in the area though. |
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As for the Woodlawn Organization, I would not pay too much attention to them. They are a shell of their former selves now that their founder in facing down the barrel of a long prison stint. There is always a hot take to be had on the Obama Library... it drives news, rankles some and inspires others... but truly, there is nothing to see here folks. |
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2010, Households Making Under $25K Tract 4201 (next to the park): 60.6% Tract 4202 (directly west of 4201): 49.3% 2010, Households Making $50K+ Tract 4201 (next to the park): 11% Tract 4202 (directly west of 4201): 27% 2017, Households Making Under $25K Tract 4201 (next to the park): 58% Tract 4202 (directly west of 4201): 42.1% 2017, Households Making $50K+ Tract 4201 (next to the park): 23.9% (up from 11%) Tract 4202 (directly west of 4201): 38.1% (up from 27%) 2010, Households Making $100K+ Tract 4201 (next to the park): 5% Tract 4202 (directly west of 4201): 11.2% 2017, Households Making $100K+ Tract 4201 (next to the park): 8% Tract 4202 (directly west of 4201): 11.2% (unchanged) |
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Is this building considered Brutalist? The windows and renderings make it seems relatively inviting, but the stone elements of it make me think Brutalism.
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Yikes, whatever it is it looks pretty ugly to me! It seem brutalist with a bunch of weird windows and junk on it. Why can't they just make a nice traditional building to match the University architecture? Or something to match the World's Fair like the Museum of Science and Industry nearby? Why does it have to look like some alien dead bug.
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this? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...TgALoQJbtUAJZG this? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...i_WE1GCrrPRKO9 this? https://i.postimg.cc/DfQtbZ9G/exterior-0.jpg this? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...pArSH0GTE_WzF2 this? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...TYbVerqj_hpnLx this? https://i.postimg.cc/NfSL9dqL/southe...way-sunset.jpg this? https://i.postimg.cc/TYzYYhgD/Univer...in-Library.jpg this? https://www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media.../harper-01.jpg seeing as the Williams/Tsien have already designed one award winning U of C building, it would seem theyre matching it pretty well ;) |
The first one. The original university architecture. I went to a orchestra concert at Mandel Hall Saturday, and it was magnificent and inspiring architecture. I don't like the logan building much either, it doesn't inspire me and is cold and brutal, but it's a bit better than the Obama library.
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