Comments on: The Joys of High-Rise Living

By: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad ‘Burbs?

Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad ‘Burbs? — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:47:22 +0000

[...] with me. (Again, I do admit, not those who stand 40 floors beneath my apartment window and yell into the early morning sky when staggering from the House of Blues to the nearest taxi [...]

By: Happy Birthday to Me: Four Years of CHICAGO CARLESS

Happy Birthday to Me: Four Years of CHICAGO CARLESS — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:22:30 +0000

[...] for the hot wings of doom, told the newspaper industry why it was dying, waded back into the downtown noise controversy, and scored a coveted golden ticket for the Obama election night [...]

By: The Good Life in Downtown Chicago

The Good Life in Downtown Chicago — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:48:31 +0000

[...] said Great Kate, of similar age but far longer longevity in the towers. “What with Gary Kimmel, House of Blues craziness, and Vincent Falk, there’s never a dull [...]

By: When the Wind Blows (at Marina City)

When the Wind Blows (at Marina City) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:58:35 +0000

[...] and the Marina City Condo BoardWhen the Wind Blows (at Marina City) on How High the Cost of LivingThe Joys of High-Rise Living on Carless in Sun-Times on Right to QuietEvonne on Mold-A-Rama Madness!Matt B on Mold-A-Rama [...]

By: Robert Salm

Robert Salm — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:24:23 +0000

I doubt too many suburbanites would put up with even a quarter of the noise highrise urbanites endure that travels from the street day and night. If it’s not the 24/7 fire department and ambulance runs, it’s the constant cacophony from party boats along the Chicago River.

By: Box of Whine

Box of Whine — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:11:58 +0000

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By: Charles McPhate

Charles McPhate — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:38:41 +0000

I guess I’m lucky I can sleep through anything. Being on the 21st floor directly above Dearborn and right next to HOB, I get plenty of end-of-day noise. But after more than five years, I don’t even notice it unless someone else (usually on the phone) points it out to me – and that includes all the daytime sirens, traffic, and construction noise.

As for the sounds of the building shifting and settling, I grew up in the woods of Louisiana, listening to wood frame houses settle into the soft, wet ground that makes up the Mississippi River flood plains. I fell asleep nightly to the sounds of crickets, frogs, canines (both wild and domesticated), felines (ditto), and storms worse than the one I recently slept through. A little wind and creaking walls barely register. And I really can’t tell that the building sways…