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"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
04/18/2019 at 14:12 • Filed to: None

But damn, another multi-billion dollar !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . This one coming in at an estimated $19B.

As someone looking to move to South Loop, I love the idea of more buildings, but damn this wont be done overnight.

DISCUSSION (21)

Chariotoflove > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 14:18

Whelp, this is where you keep your house/condo, find a job overseas, and move back in ten years when it’s all done.

facw > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 14:21

That’s massive. I guess it’s all going to be built on a deck over the rail lines like Hudson Yards?

Sucks for the people in the buildings behind that new development, waterfront views going poof!

For Sweden > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 14:22

What if we made Soldier Field even uglier?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 14:25

How ‘bout we make the murder rate and systemic racism go down befo re we worry about making the city look pretty

Snuze: Needs another Swede > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/18/2019 at 14:30

Because those problems are hard to fix. Building stuff is way easier.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/18/2019 at 14:36

Can we not do both?

Also, with that approach apparently St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Kansas City, Cleveland , Memphis, and Newark all have to stop all private development as well.

And the above is just based on Murder rate, take violent crime in total and Milwaukee, Stockton CA, Albuquerque, Indianapolis, Oakland CA, San Bernardino, Anchorage , the Nashville metro area, Minneapolis, and Houston would also need to stop all development as well.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > facw
04/18/2019 at 14:37

Thats actually a concern of the alderman of this area. Multiple concerns including building height.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > For Sweden
04/18/2019 at 14:38

Are you suggesting we build another spac e ship on top of the first one?

facw > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 14:39

Obviously the trick is that as soon as they’ve started, you need to negotiate replacing those Soldier Field parking lots with garages topped with towers that will block this new development’s view.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > facw
04/18/2019 at 14:40

Be careful, the last person that tried to build on one of those lots didnt fare well haha

Mercedes Streeter > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 15:09

Milwaukee actually rates worse in violent crime than we do as well. I was legit amazed last summer when I drove through a community and saw that like every other car were wrecks on the road without license plates. Like...what the?

Mercedes Streeter > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 15:11

And the gentrification and segregation of Chicago continues! :D

Seriously though, it’s bizarre how segregated Chicago communities can be down to mere blocks and streets.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Mercedes Streeter
04/18/2019 at 15:13

Yup, all those cities above have either higher murder rates or total violent crimes rates than Chicago.

Include property crime and a lot more cities pop ahead of Chicago too.

12and35 > Mercedes Streeter
04/18/2019 at 15:25

That’s what gives Milwaukee its charm. My house is in West Allis (live in Raleigh, too) and I’ve never felt unsafe. Even walking home from the bar at 2AM.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Mercedes Streeter
04/18/2019 at 15:26

Was south loop ever really a minority community though? Or even a neighborhood at all? I thought it was mostly industrial, which is why there is close to zero long time “established” anything around there unless you are in Chinatown.

facw > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 15:44

Meanwhile, at the Chicago Spire:

Kinja'd!!!

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 15:50

So based on past projects we’ve had here...the cost will actually be 50% higher than projected and take 75% longer than projected. Oh, and a huge chunk of that money will be going into people’s pockets rather than the project.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
04/18/2019 at 15:53

Hey at least this one isnt asking for TIF money.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 15:56

...yet...

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
04/18/2019 at 16:03

I think South Loop is out of TIF territory* . Especially here since I doubt you can classify the train tracks as blighted land.

*That being said the 78 or whatever its called got its funding approved so maybe not...

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
04/18/2019 at 16:46

I don’t think they could be either. I think there are still ways that they can/would end up asking for and getting tax payer money for any project, including this one. I’m no expert, I just firmly believe in the corruption of Chicago.

Ultimately, I have the utmost confidence that this will go way over budget, way over proposed timeline, and there will be a lot of questions regarding the financing and contract approvals. As usual.

That being said, I still love it here.