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galleyfox · #**52741** Posted **Feb 10, 2024, 6:33 PM**

Well, the F1 rumors are starting to contain more concrete details.

Racing around Soldier Field seems more realistic for F1 than using the Grant Park streets.

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Organisers of the planned Chicago Grand Prix want to prioritise racing over “show”

Sources reveal that the planned Chicago Grand Prix will be “European-esque” and it will combine elements of loved European tracks into the planned Street Track.

The track will go around Soldier Field stadium and consist of a general mix of low, medium and high speed corners, even though the organizers aim to prioritize the medium speed ones to optimise overtaking opportunities.

The organisers are said to want to prioritise racing and speed before show, to balance out how races like Vegas and Miami are flashy

https://x.com/fastestpitstop/status/...o_k_Q-bPyHHu9Q

nomarandlee · #**52742** Posted **Feb 10, 2024, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by galleyfox

Well, the F1 rumors are starting to contain more concrete details.

Racing around Soldier Field seems more realistic for F1 than using the Grant Park streets.

https://x.com/fastestpitstop/status/...o_k_Q-bPyHHu9Q

I don't know much about F1 racing or logistics, but it would seem that the streets around Soldier Field and the Museum Campus would be ideal for hosting such a race. It's much more ideal than the Grant Park setup they had last year.

Chi-Sky21 · #**52743** Posted **Feb 10, 2024, 7:28 PM**

I still say they gotta bring em out onto LSD and then over to lower wacker then either have them double back on upper wacker or vice versa. THAT would be epic and really show off the city. Of course that cuts off most of the loop to the outside world for awhile so will never happen.

galleyfox · #**52744** Posted **Feb 11, 2024, 2:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chi-Sky21

I still say they gotta bring em out onto LSD and then over to lower wacker then either have them double back on upper wacker or vice versa. THAT would be epic and really show off the city. Of course that cuts off most of the loop to the outside world for awhile so will never happen.

It would be very cool, but very deadly for real life drivers so Lower Wacker will remain a dream among Hollywood and video gamers.

galleyfox · #**52745** Posted **Feb 11, 2024, 2:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by nomarandlee

I don't know much about F1 racing or logistics, but it would seem that the streets around Soldier Field and the Museum Campus would be ideal for hosting such a race. It's much more ideal than the Grant Park setup they had last year.

Neither location is ideal for racing, but NASCAR and F1 have completely different styles so they require different streets.

Soldier Field streets are too narrow for NASCAR double files and passing.

The Grant Park streets have no safe runoffs and are too rectangular for F1 passing.

We’ll have to see since there’s no public proposal released at this point.

r18tdi · #**52746** Posted **Feb 12, 2024, 2:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by galleyfox

Neither location is ideal for racing, but NASCAR and F1 have completely different styles so they require different streets.

Soldier Field streets are too narrow for NASCAR double files and passing.

The Grant Park streets have no safe runoffs and are too rectangular for F1 passing.

We’ll have to see since there’s no public proposal released at this point.

I'd love to see the Chicago Grand Prix go with a Baku-style circuit with long straights, utilizing DLSD and Columbus. Those roads are definitely wide enough.

Speculative, but something like this:

Source: Reddit

galleyfox · #**52747** Posted **Feb 12, 2024, 5:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by r18tdi

I'd love to see the Chicago Grand Prix go with a Baku-style circuit with long straights, utilizing DLSD and Columbus. Those roads are definitely wide enough.

Speculative, but something like this:

I have trouble imagining that large sections of LSD will be shut down for weeks/months of F1 repaving.

The Soldier Field side streets can be closed for lengthy times without much impact, but F1 requires a lot more road work than NASCAR.

Maybe a lane or two of LSD could be closed for a short section, but the side streets are the only ones that seem reasonable for a full F1 course.

sammyg · #**52748** Posted **Feb 12, 2024, 6:21 PM**

They can't run race cars next to the Shedd - the noise and the vibrations are harmful to many of the animals. They had issues with NASCAR, and that was further away.

BVictor1 · #**52749** Posted **Feb 13, 2024, 10:20 PM**

The alderman has agreed to a project of 4-stories that will have 15-units, 3 of them affordable. The original proposal had 18-units.

And the design has changed for the better.

Old Design

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Originally Posted by r18tdi

I don't think this has been posted here.
Ald. Vasquez is responding to randos on reddit, and it's fairly entertaining.

New Design

https://chi.streetsblog.org/2024/02/...ore-affordable

https://twitter.com/streetsblogchi/s...19326240268430

BVictor1 · #**52750** Posted **Feb 14, 2024, 12:50 AM**

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BrickellBased · #**52754** Posted **Feb 18, 2024, 6:36 PM**

Wow this is a pleasant surprise!!

Renderings of the interior look very cool.

https://chicagoyimby.com/2023/11/two...ver-north.html

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Originally Posted by SolarWind

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sentinel · #**52755** Posted **Feb 18, 2024, 7:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by BrickellBased

Wow this is a pleasant surprise!!

Renderings of the interior look very cool.

https://chicagoyimby.com/2023/11/two...ver-north.html

Looks like it's already open:

https://www.timeout.com/chicago/news...r-north-021624

Amazing

mh777 · #**52756** Posted **Feb 19, 2024, 2:25 PM**

Demo permits issued for 850 W Washington, which is currently a car wash/parking garage. Prime time location but with Mavrek being the developer, I'd guess we're looking at a mid-rise here.

r18tdi · #**52757** Posted **Feb 20, 2024, 2:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by mh777

Demo permits issued for 850 W Washington, which is currently a car wash/parking garage. Prime time location but with Mavrek being the developer, I'd guess we're looking at a mid-rise here.

Last summer, YIMBY came across some renderings of a Citizen M hotel at this location. Not sure if it's a serious proposal or conceptual:

https://chicagoyimby.com/2023/07/53727.html

Ned.B · #**52758** Posted **Feb 20, 2024, 5:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

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Now that we are seeing the reality of this building, especially viewed from the south, there had to be a better way to treat the parking than to have it take up half of the building street presence and also being as tall as a 6 story building while containing only 4 floors?

I'm assuming being tied to various medical floors drove the height of the parking? Do they need van access to every floor? Would a 2 floor full parking podium have actually been better for the neighborhood in this case?

sentinel · #**52759** Posted **Feb 20, 2024, 6:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ned.B

Now that we are seeing the reality of this building, especially viewed from the south, there had to be a better way to treat the parking than to have it take up half of the building street presence and also being as tall as a 6 story building while containing only 4 floors?

I'm assuming being tied to various medical floors drove the height of the parking? Do they need van access to every floor? Would a 2 floor full parking podium have actually been better for the neighborhood in this case?

sentinel · #**52760** Posted **Feb 22, 2024, 6:41 PM**

Progress of Encuetro Square on the West Side, posted by the GC, Leopardo, on their Linkedin page:

https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/e...groundbreaking