We knew that Streeterville was going high-rise crazy, but we’re still a little gobsmacked at the sheer number of condos up for grabs. In 2005, some 1,512 housing units were sold in Streeterville, up from 1,055 in 2004, according to the Chicago Association of Realtors.
That all adds up to a fairly crowded Streeterville. From what we can tell, residents feel the tension between wanting to live in the thick of the action, but not wanting the neighborhood to get too congested. Are they trying to have their cake and eat it too?
Jim Houston, president of the Streeterville Organization of Active Residents, puts it thus: “At a certain point, God’s country is no longer God’s country when it becomes so congested that you can’t get around and you can’t see the sun.”
Houston tells Yo that he doesn’t think the neighborhood has quite reached that stage, but he thinks that the potential is there.
So how do you develop a master plan for Heaven?