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[Jstange059]

[sentinel]

^is this on hold?

[Jstange059]

Originally Posted by sentinel

^is this on hold?

Chicago YIMBY just asked this same question a few weeks ago. From what I hear from the article, it seems like it may just be progressing slowly
https://chicagoyimby.com/2026/06/evergre...h-level-but-is-it-still-progressing.html

Comparing the pictures from Chicago YIMBY’s article to my photos, the only difference I notice is that the stairwell on the back is one floor taller. That’s not a lot of progress, but indicates that it is still progressing


From YIMBY


From me

[Jstange059]

I know nothing about this project, have tried to google it but haven’t been able to find results. It seems like the project may potentially be stalled as it looks exactly the same as streetview from 7 months ago. Anyone have any information on this project?

[Jstange059]

What these building will likely look like once complete

[r18tdi]

Originally Posted by Jstange059

I know nothing about this project, have tried to google it but haven’t been able to find results. It seems like the project may potentially be stalled as it looks exactly the same as streetview from 7 months ago. Anyone have any information on this project?

Gonna tell my kids this was the Obama Presidential Center.

[chi_raven]

Originally Posted by Jstange059

I know nothing about this project, have tried to google it but haven’t been able to find results. It seems like the project may potentially be stalled as it looks exactly the same as streetview from 7 months ago. Anyone have any information on this project?

https://chicagoyimby.com/2021/03/permits...arroll-avenue-in-east-garfield-park.html

Maybe this? A church according to YIMBY.

[Jstange059]

Originally Posted by chi_raven

https://chicagoyimby.com/2021/03/permits...arroll-avenue-in-east-garfield-park.html

Maybe this? A church according to YIMBY.

The rendering does seem to match the construction. You can also see the cross that would be embedded in the concrete partially formed.



I am guessing though that the construction is stalled though

[sentinel]

Our great drone captain Devodare posted a cool video of the Illinois Quantum Park construction progress, just a few days ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWB4z0X5CdQ

It's really happening!

[left of center]

Wow, its a lot further along than I thought. Hopefully it becomes the economic hub that Pritzker envisions.

[Bonsai Tree]

Originally Posted by Jstange059

What these building will likely look like once complete

EGP is really doing amazing now. To be honest it's happening so much faster than I thought. Dozens of 3 flats going up or permitted.

The day I see development jump to WGP though that will be something else

[Jstange059]

Happy Friday from Critical Mass!

[cloudbod]

Some pics from yesterday of 750 W North Ave from the passenger window of a U-Haul lol.

Hard to tell from my crappy phone camera, but it's looking classy so far-- the fine-grain face brick appears to be the same size as the neighboring Yondorf Block and Hall (1887) and they've added some nice depth and detail. It's looking exactly like the website's rendering.

[ardecila]

It's been fun to see the curved back wall of this building going up against the Brown Line tracks.

[Steely Dan]

Woo-hoo!!!

You lose, NIMB-idiots!

Edgewater Neighbors’ Lawsuit Against City Over Broadway Rezoning Dismissed
A group of property and business owners sued the city in January, saying their rights were violated. An appeal is “likely,” the group’s president said.

by Madison Savedra
28 minutes ago

EDGEWATER — A judge dismissed a lawsuit against the city from a group of Edgewater neighbors and business owners who sued over the recent upzoning of Broadway in Edgewater and Uptown.

The lawsuit centered around a so-called upzoning, or a reclassification of an area’s zoning to allow for taller, denser buildings and permit additional business uses. A stretch of Broadway from Devon Avenue to Montrose Avenue was rezoned after the City Council approved the changes in October.

Edgewater Residents for Responsible Development, a group of property and business owners, sued the city in January, alleging the rezoning violated their due process rights as well as city and state rezoning requirements.

Full article: https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/01/...t-city-over-broadway-rezoning-dismissed/

[left of center]

This is a good win.

Keep wasting your money, NIMBYs.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by left of center

Keep wasting your money, NIMBYs.

And they certainly will.

Lakewood-Balmoral people have loads of cash to burn.

[Kenmore]

always nice to see the Lakewood Balmoral set take the L but the damage has already been done to n Broadway, it's gonna take decades and multiple development cycles before all the new strip malls and surfaces lots are gone, especially the nightmare at Berwyn

[twister244]

Originally Posted by Kenmore

always nice to see the Lakewood Balmoral set take the L but the damage has already been done to n Broadway, it's gonna take decades and multiple development cycles before all the new strip malls and surfaces lots are gone, especially the nightmare at Berwyn

I'm a bit more optimistic...... I think there's so much potential for the corridor from Uptown to Bryn Mawr. Public transit infrastructure is in place.... The Red Line stations just got a revamp.... and it's close to the lake.

I'm not familiar with what Uptown used to be like, but it's got such a unique vibe that separates it from neighborhoods to the North and South. Could also be because I have been going there more because of the Eagle that opened......lol.

It's crucial though that the Uptown Theater gets redone - If that happened - Uptown would be insanely amazing, and a great catalyst to really eliminate any open lots, etc.

[Steely Dan]

The Broadway upzoning obviously won't make all of the shit-tacular strip malls and other autocentric garbage along the corridor dissappear overnight, but at least it's a nice reality-check middle finger to the L-B knuckleheabs that they do not in fact live in fucking Winnetka.

Chicago is a city.

Shut up and accept it.

Or move to actual fucking Winnetka.