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Steely Dan said:of course we heard about that project, HowardL and victor both posted articles on it in this very thread earlier this week. as for your concerns about the demolition of the 3 existing buildings, according to the article that victor posted, it doesn't appear that they are architecturally significant. here's a quote from the article:the urban politician said:Did you guys hear the news about the developer tearing down some buildings in Jeweler's Row for a new condo highrise?
"Three vacant, nondescript low-rise buildings on the site would be demolished to make way for the development."
Let's see: three street walls facing Grant Park, north and south playing off of each other symmetrically, and the fourth face being Lake Michigan:geoff_diamond said:I would love to see Grant Park really framed in on all three sides; the north is already a great wall with 1 Pru, Aon, BCBS and all the "New East Side" highrises... the west is, obviously, strongly punctuated with the Michigan Avenue streetwall... now, I'm glad to see that a concerted effort is being made to close off the south. Until now, I've always felt the south end of the park sort of just faded away into the south shore.
What are the plans for the original building? Spertus is planning a move, not an expansion. The original is hardly a streetwall classic, but I assume it is protected. Anybody know what's what on this?Suburbanite said:That Spertus Institute is going to be a real beauty! I can't wait to see how that looks among all those old fashioned beauties on S. Michigan Ave. :cheers:
It would have been a streetwall classic if the facade havdn't been altered. It would be nice if they restored the facade back to its original condition.edsg25 said:What are the plans for the original building? Spertus is planning a move, not an expansion. The original is hardly a streetwall classic, but I assume it is protected. Anybody know what's what on this?
I had no idea that there was an original facade...so, you're right. that had to be an improvement.BVictor1 said:It would have been a streetwall classic if the facade havdn't been altered. It would be nice if they restored the facade back to its original condition.
^ It is now official.edsg25 said:What are the plans for the original building? Spertus is planning a move, not an expansion. The original is hardly a streetwall classic, but I assume it is protected. Anybody know what's what on this?
geoff, my alma mater...yours?geoff_diamond said:Great post TUP!
See? People do read them
btw - you should all be watcing UIC-Duke on espn2 right now! Go Flames!!!
edsg25 said:I had no idea that there was an original facade...so, you're right. that had to be an improvement.
I hope that the same (original facade) isn't true for a neighbor of Spertus...and I'm talking about the ugliest bldg down the entire streetwall, that being Johnson Publishing.