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Originally Posted by 10023
Btw, is that block bounded by Huron, Fairbanks, Erie and McClurg supposed to remain green space of some sort, or is Northwestern just waiting to have something to build on it? It would be great if downtown Chicago had more small parks. That's what I'd prefer for the USPS facility in River North as well (along with a lot of other redevelopment in that area.
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I asked that question on this forum recently. The entire block has been empty since a Veteran's Hospital located there was torn down in 2008. Northwestern is just sitting on the land, in case they need it for future expansion. They apparently plan to leave it looking like an abandoned, blighted eyesore until then -- presumably many years away. Apparently it used to look even worse until a neighborhood group forced Northwestern into planting some grass and putting up a decent fence.
Here's the previous discussion:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...32#post7336432