chicago is *not* a nimby city. chicago is an alderman & mayor city. if you get in good with the alderman and/or the mayor, you get your project built. end of story. $$$ helps.
there are great benefits to this sytem Myriam - alderman really do have power of their wards and have home rule over zoning in those wards. We are doing a 20 story tower right now in an area no way they'd get approval but the alderman wanted the PD and she got it - despite downtown's concern. Her neighborhood is extatic.
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hmmm, i'm kinda hoping this one doesn't get through permitting.
and if it does, all the tenants better not change a thing, or big daddy calatrava's gonna sue their ass.
It's already broke ground.
no way!
chicago's not a nimby city?
Well, Trump just trumped Mies' IBM building in Chicago, drastically dropping the value of the property due to the loss of the lake views. >Previously
That Spire website: schmaltz factor 9!
that building looked much better when it had a spire on it. Now its just reffered to in Chicago as the Drilldo.
Why is it left treaded ?
chicago is *not* a nimby city. chicago is an alderman & mayor city. if you get in good with the alderman and/or the mayor, you get your project built. end of story. $$$ helps.
(the sad part is, i'm not even simplifying it...)
there are great benefits to this sytem Myriam - alderman really do have power of their wards and have home rule over zoning in those wards. We are doing a 20 story tower right now in an area no way they'd get approval but the alderman wanted the PD and she got it - despite downtown's concern. Her neighborhood is extatic.
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