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Walker / February 4, 2010 4:45 pm
Over three years ago, we introduced an off-again-on-again featured column called “Wasted Space” where we highlighted unsightly, underutilized and unusually large spaces located within the Downtown borders. Before we move on to focus on new areas in 2010, we thought… [Read More]
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Walker / March 30, 2009 1:54 pm
All it takes is a quick walk around Goodale Park, Schiller Park, or Franklin Park to find some of the nicest, largest, and most valuable homes in our urban neighborhoods. A stroll through the Topiary Park downtown is just as… [Read More]
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Walker / January 28, 2009 10:30 am
It’s been over a year since our last installment of “Wasted Space in Downtown“, and this new update is actually a bit of a unique one. Normally we examine some of the existing holes in our downtown streetscape, but today… [Read More]
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Walker / December 2, 2007 10:02 pm
While there are plenty of surface lots downtown, most of them are spread out between buildings to minimize the negative visual impact to the landscape. There are a few areas though within downtown that are large gaping holes in our… [Read More]
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Walker / May 18, 2007 8:40 pm
It’s been awhile since our last installment of the “Wasted Space” conversations (RiverSouth, Convention Center Parking Lot, Neil & Vine) but one thing that’s been catching my attention lately on the map is the giant chunk of southeastern downtown real… [Read More]
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Walker / February 7, 2007 4:12 pm
Since the only real progress made on the massive RiverSouth project has been the revamp of the old Lazarus building, I figured it was time to put this one back on the table for discussion. If you’re unaware, the area… [Read More]
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Walker / February 1, 2007 3:36 pm
This massive 7.5 acre parking lot sits on prime real estate between the Convention Center and Ross Labs. This oblong parcel only has one entrance on Nationwide Blvd due to elevated roads along 3rd and 4th streets at it’s east… [Read More]
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Walker / January 27, 2007 12:26 pm
If there’s a more wasted space in all of Downtown than the intersection of Neil & Vine, I’d like to know where it is. It’s not just the grass and dirt lots by themselves that makes this place look barren,… [Read More]
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