CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7

[BVictor1]

Virtual Community Meeting for a proposed 28 story building - 300+ unit building at 1016 W Jackson and a possible second tower on Adams. - this Friday Dec 16 @ 5pm

Zoom:
Meeting ID: 967 926 5484
Passcode: 1508

[Randomguy34]

Tower crane permit issued for 1101 W. Van Buren

[left of center]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

Virtual Community Meeting for a proposed 28 story building - 300+ unit building at 1016 W Jackson and a possible second tower on Adams. - this Friday Dec 16 @ 5pm

Zoom:
Meeting ID: 967 926 5484
Passcode: 1508

I got excited for a second, I thought that parking lot on the NW corner of Jackson and Morgan was finally going to bite the dust. Instead, its that featureless painted concrete building immediately to the west. I am fine with that going, since its pretty fugly and does not interact well with the street.

The Morgan/Jackson intersection needs a lot of love. 3 corners are parking, and 1 is a gas station. Hopefully developmental pressure gets these dominoes knocked over soon.

[Rizzo]

The building at the NE corner, (think it is / was a construction company there?) would be nice converted to a school with the parking turned into a playground or something. The trees have filled out that block nicely.

[left of center]

Originally Posted by Rizzo

The building at the NE corner, (think it is / was a construction company there?) would be nice converted to a school with the parking turned into a playground or something. The trees have filled out that block nicely.

Walsh construction.

The trees are nice, but a full block site like that could do so much better than the current existing structure.

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

Virtual Community Meeting for a proposed 28 story building - 300+ unit building at 1016 W Jackson and a possible second tower on Adams. - this Friday Dec 16 @ 5pm

Zoom:
Meeting ID: 967 926 5484
Passcode: 1508

Some screenshots from the presentation.

[Randomguy34]

Ooo, nice! What were people's reactions to the proposal?

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

Ooo, nice! What were people's reactions to the proposal?

When I was able to tune in... Height came up in the written comments. One person said that bigger/denser buildings bring more crime. The alderman's rep kinda pushed back on that one... Others thought it was nice.

Developers said they'd like to try and break ground in Fall 23.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

One person said that bigger/denser buildings bring more crime.

Oh silly NIMBY, facts are for grown-ups.

[left of center]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

One person said that bigger/denser buildings bring more crime.

.....................what?

The most crime ridden neighborhoods in the city are lower density/bombed out neighborhoods, not the downtown area or lakefront that are littered with highrises. More people means more eyes on the street means less crime. What a dolt. Please do us all a favor and move back to the cornfield you came from.




Thanks for the elevations and renderings, BVic!

[rgarri4]

Bigger buildings bring more crime? Was this person visiting from out of town or something?

[r18tdi]

The CAx proposal (left) was such a chonky boi...

[rivernorthlurker]

Crane jump for 741 N Wells coming soon

[BVictor1]

Perhaps the first start of 2023?

12.17.22

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by ardecila

If anybody is concerned about the HSR corridor at 357 N Green, you can email the city's Committee on Design here, comments are accepted until EOD Tuesday. I wrote my comment already.
DPD-COD@cityofchicago.org

The committee is officially non-binding, but they do have influence - Bally's casino eliminated their big above-ground garage at the committee's request.

Unfortunately the Committee did not even discuss this issue. It has yet to be approved by Plan Commission though, so maybe there's still a chance.

[Randomguy34]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

Perhaps the first start of 2023?

They have a pending permit, so that's a good sign. Two more Fulton Market developments with pending permits:

- 1353 W Fulton (listed as 220 N Ada)

- 1221 W Washington

Originally Posted by ardecila

Unfortunately the Committee did not even discuss this issue. It has yet to be approved by Plan Commission though, so maybe there's still a chance.

If this means the ROW is no longer usable for HSR, would the only other option be to bury the Metra tracks and have a future HSR use Metra's ROW?

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

If this means the ROW is no longer usable for HSR, would the only other option be to bury the Metra tracks and have a future HSR use Metra's ROW?

Well, presumably the best use of a West Loop rail tunnel is for regional trains, and not for intercity/HSR.

From an engineering standpoint, this corridor saves a ton of money. There's already a complicated web of infrastructure here, with the Kennedy and the Blue Line running below grade, Metra tracks and streets running at-grade, and Halsted/Desplaines and the UP-W tracks runing above grade. The "HSR corridor" is by far the most cost-effective way to weave through this thicket, because it allows trains to go over the Hubbard's Cave trench and the Blue Line tunnel instead of deep beneath them.

The alternative is that you start your rail tunnel near Kinzie/Racine for another 1/2 mile of tunneling and just dive under everything in the way. If the costs are similar to San Francisco's DTX tunnel, that is a whopping $1bn for the extra 1/2 mile of tunneling - the cost of another Circle Interchange project, and probably 3x the cost of the proposed tower at 357 N Green.

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