tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5922587189142169814..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: If we can't fix the city we've got, we'll build a new oneNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88311741769595104522017-08-10T17:10:55.887-05:002017-08-10T17:10:55.887-05:00I lived at 79th and Essex between 1952 and 1957. I...I lived at 79th and Essex between 1952 and 1957. I looked at Google Maps for some reason I thought Coles was closer to Essex.sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580867647162091670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5704304544161970762017-08-08T19:42:53.379-05:002017-08-08T19:42:53.379-05:00if I could live on the lakefront I would . if I co...if I could live on the lakefront I would . if I could get a 2 bedroom for less than 600,000 with that view of the skyline. 40 minutes closer to my summer home . tomorrowFMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77337808655644884252017-08-08T12:39:47.194-05:002017-08-08T12:39:47.194-05:00Obama Library interest in Jackson Park led me to r...Obama Library interest in Jackson Park led me to revisit "The Devil in White City." That property was a wasteland, but adjacency to the lakeshore caused it be selected as the site for the Columbian Exposition, which probably inspired subsequent development. That and the University of Chicago. Perhaps such a transformation could occur here, but without such catalysts it's hard to seem how. The place seems pretty remote. <br /><br />Tom Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24546118141809798652017-08-08T10:17:31.475-05:002017-08-08T10:17:31.475-05:00I'm totally baffled by the 'modular housin...I'm totally baffled by the 'modular housing' part of this, since it's still illegal to use 'modular housing' in Chicago, due to the city caving to the various building unions & making their work rules part of the building code.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49268000020658714652017-08-08T09:46:12.382-05:002017-08-08T09:46:12.382-05:00Speaking of "displacing residents," one ...Speaking of "displacing residents," one might consider the area on the West side of Cicero just South of the Stevenson Expressway more ripe for development than the "scrubland" abandoned by the steel mills. The residents have already been displaced and it's rather a nice looking piece of real estate, a grassy expanse dotted with sturdy looking trees. And close to transportation.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-86625776433210687522017-08-08T09:10:25.154-05:002017-08-08T09:10:25.154-05:00Before he became an unintended victim of TARP. Mic...Before he became an unintended victim of TARP. Michael Kelly of FBOP Bancorp had a group lined up to turn another former steel site (Ryerson? Inland?) into a mix of low and moderate income housing and businesses (so actual places to work would be accessible for the folks that lived there). Something similar could happen here. Not saying it will! <br /><br />I guess to Mr. Steinberg's point, there's a difference between a giant vacant lot and a place with streets and homes and stores and restaurants. Not sure many of us want to spend an hour on a vacant lot, so his challenge doesn't necessarily prove anything. And I suspect his photo of the skyline isn't indicative of the actual view! Whihala Beach in IN is even further away, and it has a pretty impressive view of the skyline. <br /><br />The project could flame out. It could succeed, but still suck. Or it could work. We'll find out. I guess, if given the choice between building on a crappy vacant lot that nevertheless has some roadbeds and access to infrastructure built for the former factory buildings (water, sewage, electricity) and building through, say, a forest preserve or through ripping down existing housing and displacing the residents -- give me the ugly vacant lot.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634642987617262810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66067681449028096252017-08-08T08:35:03.995-05:002017-08-08T08:35:03.995-05:00As someone who grew up at 78th & Coles, I know...As someone who grew up at 78th & Coles, I know there are thousands of people who live just beyond the borders of the area in question. I don't think they are clamoring to get a chance to buy a house in that wasteland. It looks like the weeds don't even grow there plus there's the question of manganese pollution that was mentioned in today's paper.<br /><br />john<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10451235310774440512017-08-08T06:23:56.231-05:002017-08-08T06:23:56.231-05:0020,000 people? Probably closer to 80,000.20,000 people? Probably closer to 80,000.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87800642535989836752017-08-08T03:38:33.567-05:002017-08-08T03:38:33.567-05:00Every politician throughout the late 1980's
An...Every politician throughout the late 1980's<br />And the 1990's promised to reopen the mills. There were those of us who knew it beyond there power to do so, but it didn't stop quite a few from voting for the lies. I presume this is just more of the same for this beleaguered area.Paul Fedrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384556977324071639noreply@blogger.com