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Old Posted Mar 9, 2019, 4:47 PM
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Originally Posted by maru2501 View Post
I'd rather a lot of river north get jumped and have height west and northwest of it.

we need a vibrant lowrise area downtown for clubs and restaurants. We don't need 20 more glass encased parking garage bases that are dead at 930 pm
Chicago just really needs to ban the parking garage bases.

If that means new housing is much more expensive, so be it. If that means there is much less new development of any kind, so be it. But they are ruining parts of the city.
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