Comments on: Who Should Pay for Chicago’s Sidewalk Maps? http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/08/31/who-should-pay-for-chicagos-sidewalk-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-should-pay-for-chicagos-sidewalk-maps My off-road journey to Judaism Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Doyle http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/08/31/who-should-pay-for-chicagos-sidewalk-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Mike Doyle Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:03:43 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=154#comment-293 You do realize that an entire block of viable Loop offices and stores used to sit on Block 37 and were torn down simply because the city expected to be able to develop the site within a time frame markedly shorter than the current almost two decades? Daley Plaza is across the street from Block 37 and Millennium Park is two blocks in the other direction. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'd prefer not to have large, fallow, empty lots hanging around the downtown of my city for years on end. Hopefully, within what's left of my thirties, this open yet dusty vista will be replaced with one of smart new office and residential towers, as is planned. Though as with anything relating to Block 37, I won't hold my breath, either. You do realize that an entire block of viable Loop offices and stores used to sit on Block 37 and were torn down simply because the city expected to be able to develop the site within a time frame markedly shorter than the current almost two decades? Daley Plaza is across the street from Block 37 and Millennium Park is two blocks in the other direction.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’d prefer not to have large, fallow, empty lots hanging around the downtown of my city for years on end. Hopefully, within what’s left of my thirties, this open yet dusty vista will be replaced with one of smart new office and residential towers, as is planned.

Though as with anything relating to Block 37, I won’t hold my breath, either.

]]> By: Vulture Breath http://www.chicagocarless.com/2006/08/31/who-should-pay-for-chicagos-sidewalk-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Vulture Breath Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:32:41 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/wp/?p=154#comment-292 And I just have to add - there's a lot to be said for open vistas. They are extremely rare in big, dense downtowns like Chicago's, and becoming lamentably rarer with so much "street clutter" like these signs. I am mourning the development of Block 37 precisely because we are losing one of the last, great, open vistas at street level in downtown. It is so awesome to stand anywhere around Block 37 and be able to see more than an entire block in all directions. So often you have to be on the 20th or 30th floor of a building to have this openness. And I just have to add – there’s a lot to be said for open vistas. They are extremely rare in big, dense downtowns like Chicago’s, and becoming lamentably rarer with so much “street clutter” like these signs. I am mourning the development of Block 37 precisely because we are losing one of the last, great, open vistas at street level in downtown. It is so awesome to stand anywhere around Block 37 and be able to see more than an entire block in all directions. So often you have to be on the 20th or 30th floor of a building to have this openness.

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