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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV
Some certainly do (eg. 860-880 N Lakeshore Drive). But probably most don't...
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Well, it's not a simple yes or no answer. The 1920s highrises don't have internal parking for the most part.
The mid-century complexes do have parking. Often the parking is partially underground - 1/2 story or 1 whole story below grade - and then goes up a few stories above grade as well. I believe they pushed the podiums slightly below grade so they would not loom over the flats and courtyard buildings on adjacent streets. A lot of those complexes were built on larger lots (they had to be, to get enough FAR for a highrise) so they had the room to separate the towers from the podiums and have room left over for green space, taxi dropoff/porte cochere, etc.
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Originally Posted by Briguy
There’s SO much one story retail on broadway in Frankenstein 1910s buildings that have been refaced like 8 times by now. Glad there’s some residential conversion happening on broadway, but that strip needs like 5 more optima-type developments
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There's definitely room for improvement on Broadway, but there's a pretty great tapestry of long-time independent businesses - bars, shops, restaurants - that can stay there because of the old depreciated real estate. All those one-story buildings are owned by landlords who care more about cash flow than about getting a national credit tenant, so they're happy to rent to anyone who wants to set up there including immigrants and young entrepreneurs.
Those indie businesses help make the neighborhood one of the most desirable and walkable in the city. Too much redevelopment will kill the street life. The best case scenario is that you end up with a lot of chains, worst case is that you end up with a ton of vacant retail space sucking the life out of the neighborhood.