tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post8080438028995394948..comments2024-03-23T09:42:36.833-05:00Comments on Uptown Update: Two Proposals Given Green Light By 46th Ward Zoning CommitteeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-60815164820367361702017-01-12T12:20:24.485-06:002017-01-12T12:20:24.485-06:00I find it amazing that the vote on the sarahs circ...I find it amazing that the vote on the sarahs circle homeless shelter was approved by those that do not live near this spot. We do not need nor want another shelter in our area of the ward. There are too many. I went to the meeting and heard our block clubs called NIMBYS, but that doesn't seem to really work here folks. Not given the overabundance of free services here.<br /><br />And you wonder why good retail will not open in a zone with homeless vagrants wandering the streets keeping consumers away?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301381958049254465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-52978645795056655402017-01-12T11:30:49.149-06:002017-01-12T11:30:49.149-06:00I'm fed up with transit orientated development...I'm fed up with transit orientated development. It's just a fancy name slapped on projects that are too dense and don't meet the parking requirements. Uptown already has one of the highest population densities and parking rates at and even higher than downtown ($300 a month at some condos) Why make it worse? Uptown Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046907325417364274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-20453854408528492052017-01-11T16:17:47.546-06:002017-01-11T16:17:47.546-06:00It's not condos--it's apartments.
Keepin...It's not condos--it's apartments.<br /><br />Keeping some building because some criminal played pool there makes zero sense. It ain't the Biograph Theater.IrishPiratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339255909419333238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-30459078103808295262017-01-11T13:24:09.426-06:002017-01-11T13:24:09.426-06:00I really hope Sarah's Circle is incorrect. We...I really hope Sarah's Circle is incorrect. We'd be both destroying an amazing building and ensuring an economic dead zone in the Wilson and Lawrence corridors for decades to come. ThisGirlThinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11300738762526742280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-81605834439110428912017-01-11T12:54:04.073-06:002017-01-11T12:54:04.073-06:00That Ace Hardware store used to be a pool hall Joh...That Ace Hardware store used to be a pool hall John Dillinger hung out at. Another piece of local history lost to condo slingers.Crustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01265326108074749523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-76146813267619776012017-01-10T21:50:19.183-06:002017-01-10T21:50:19.183-06:00Sarah's Circle hosted a meeting about the zon...Sarah's Circle hosted a meeting about the zoning change at Sheridan and Leland. At that meeting, an architect from Perkins + Will showed drawings for the proposed building. In addition to being employed by the firm that designed the building, the gentleman indicated that he is on the 46th ward zoning committee. He was specifically asked if he would be voting for a zoning change as that would be a clear conflict of interest. Alderman Cappleman announced that the decision on the zoning change would be made by the local block club, *not* the 46th ward zoning committee. Either this article is mistaken, or, more likely, both the Alderman and the architect made misleading statements. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504594805297137780noreply@blogger.com