At least they aren't condo lots with deeded parking where they can never be removed. The supply of open land here is rapidly dwindling at which point the owners of these blighting properties will cash in and tear down the strip mall for the new highest and best use of the land.Īnd, as much as I hate to admit it, those strip malls are partially responsible for creating the critical mass that has attracted such a dense retail scene in the area. Same goes for several of the vacant lots and parking lots you've highlighted, they are just waiting for future development. I look at those strip malls as future parcels just waiting for a nice midrise or even highrise to be built on them. I agree, but a lot of those buildings were built when this was still a risky area of the city to invest in. The more recent development around North / Clybourn has been much better that development 15-10 years ago I really hope that trajectory continues and the area does develop into a full blown urban district Nonetheless the built form of those certain highrise parcels resemble one another they both lack what some of called the fine grained character that goes a long way to establishing what I think most on this board would characterize as urban. I don't think I characterized the area as completely suburban. Clearly the areas surrounding North / Clybourn are much denser etc than surrounding skokie. Well I was focusing on the built form of particular areas not the surrounding neighborhoods. There is steady stream of pedestrians near North and Clybourn, unfortunately developers haven't gotten the point. As a transit user who worked near Old Orchard at one time, I was one of maybe 4 pedestrians per day who walked the sidewalks over there. Its way too dense and busy to be compared to Skokie. Yes, calling it completely suburban is a mistake, similar to calling Los Angeles suburban. ![]() If thos examples would go midrise ~4-7 stories or so it would go along way to being more urban and I think better for the city as well I get the rage inside about at best delayed opportunity and at worst lost opportunity. With the new developments going in that lack any significant amount of surface parking and filling in a lot of open lots / lowrise industrial buildings, the area will really begin to take on the dense, vibrant, feel that attracts more highrises a la Sono. ![]() There is probably many times more parking spaces per store along Michigan Ave than there is along North Ave. Sure it's no Armitage Ave, but aside from half a dozen medium sized parking lots and streets that really need a complete reconstruction (haven't been improved from their industrial state), it's not really that bad. Check them out, some are quite striking.I don't really get why people think this area is that anti-urban. I've said this before but here goes again.īuildings and pictures of them at these links. Or maybe I just smoke too much weed.?Īustin and several Florida cities seem to have a lot of similar buildings. Think of the setbacks and use your imagination. Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning (especially during the old steel mill days - when all Pittsburgh structures were covered in a gritty black soot): Philadelphia's Mellon Bank Center: from the good folks at ĭetroit's Real Estate Exchange Building (and since it's Detroit - of course it's been demolished) ![]() It's strange how an islamic moorish tower with a renaissance capital could inspire both icons of capitalism and icons of communism. The palace of science and culture in warsaw This is the Imperial Court Plaza as well as other projects by the same developer: Imperial Court Hotel Plaza - 150 rooms + 20000 s.f. ![]() unfortunately the inherent simplicity allowed many cut rate imitations to sully the style. There's about a zillion different imitations of the original bauhaus style skyscrapers. If that pisses you off, then prepare to be pissed all the time.
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