CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 548

Rooster slayer · #**10941** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 9:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Thank you Harry C...drop the Mic.

Randomguy34 · #**10942** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 10:39 PM**

Tribune article about the disappearing parking lots in downtown. Not much new stuff, but it looks like a tower by Fifield is planned for 630 S. Wabash:

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The developer also has a contract to buy a parking lot at 630 S. Wabash Ave., where it plans a 20-story, 153-unit apartment building, Fifield said.

I despise the surface lots on Wabash ave with a passion, and am happy that they're starting to disappear.

harryc · #**10943** Posted **Mar 23, 2018, 2:50 AM**

March 21

LouisVanDerWright · #**10944** Posted **Mar 23, 2018, 4:27 AM**

^ oh yes, this is going to turn out every bit as tacky as promised!

gebs · #**10945** Posted **Mar 23, 2018, 1:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

Not much new stuff, but it looks like a tower by Fifield is planned for 630 S. Wabash

The last time I walked by that lot, it was peppered with homemade "NO CONDO" signs. Good luck with that, enterprising NIMBY citizen.

gebs · #**10946** Posted **Mar 23, 2018, 2:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

^ oh yes, this is going to turn out every bit as tacky as promised!

Yeah, I wasn't thrilled about this project in the first place, but now with the blue AND green glass, I'm even less enthusiastic.

KWillChicago · #**10947** Posted **Mar 23, 2018, 2:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by gebs

Yeah, I wasn't thrilled about this project in the first place, but now with the blue AND green glass, I'm even less enthusiastic.

Are they still going to have those bay windows on top of the northside of the building or were those scratched? The glass color blend looks very mid 90's.

ChickeNES · #**10948** Posted **Mar 23, 2018, 8:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

Tribune article about the disappearing parking lots in downtown. Not much new stuff, but it looks like a tower by Fifield is planned for 630 S. Wabash:

I despise the surface lots on Wabash ave with a passion, and am happy that they're starting to disappear.

Too bad they couldn't rebuild the Dexter Building there, and then buy that absolutely hideous building next door and build the tower there.

SolarWind · #**10949** Posted **Mar 23, 2018, 11:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by gebs

The last time I walked by that lot, it was peppered with homemade "NO CONDO" signs. Good luck with that, enterprising NIMBY citizen.

February 21, 2018

left of center · #**10950** Posted **Mar 24, 2018, 12:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

Tribune article about the disappearing parking lots in downtown. Not much new stuff, but it looks like a tower by Fifield is planned for 630 S. Wabash:

I despise the surface lots on Wabash ave with a passion, and am happy that they're starting to disappear.

There were soo many more even 5 or 10 years ago. Its crazy how quickly we are whittling them away. I just hope that they are developed in a dense manner with retail to facilitate pedestrian activity. The stretch of Wabash south of Jackson can feel sparse, although I suppose that's because currently its more parking lot and building fronting the street.

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Originally Posted by gebs

The last time I walked by that lot, it was peppered with homemade "NO CONDO" signs. Good luck with that, enterprising NIMBY citizen.

And what by chance would these activist citizens want instead for this site, located smack in the commercial core of the city? Keeping the muddy, garbage strewn lot as it is?

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Originally Posted by gebs

Yeah, I wasn't thrilled about this project in the first place, but now with the blue AND green glass, I'm even less enthusiastic.

The green and blue glass looks a bit goofy I'll admit, but I think it will play well at that intersection once its complete, contrasting well with the beige concrete, red brick and white terra cotta of the buildings in the immediate vicinity.

That's my hope at least.

BorisMolotov · #**10951** Posted **Mar 24, 2018, 12:38 AM**

Just looking at the site on Google Earth, I'm struggling to find a building that would even have it's views blocked by this development, which I assume is the major reason for this NIMBY.

Freefall · #**10952** Posted **Mar 24, 2018, 12:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by BorisMolotov

Just looking at the site on Google Earth, I'm struggling to find a building that would even have it's views blocked by this development, which I assume is the major reason for this NIMBY.

30 East Balbo would, but it's a rental

ithakas · #**10953** Posted **Mar 24, 2018, 1:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by BorisMolotov

Just looking at the site on Google Earth, I'm struggling to find a building that would even have it's views blocked by this development, which I assume is the major reason for this NIMBY.

I don't think this is the work of a traditional NIMBY; more likely a 19 year-old Columbia student who thinks every new development is 'condos' and every real estate developer 'the Monopoly man'.

Mr Downtown · #**10954** Posted **Mar 24, 2018, 3:50 AM**

The NO CONDO signs appeared months ago, long before there was any talk of development on the site. I figure they were either left over from some Pilsen or Avondale dispute, or some Columbia student put them there as a bit of a jape.