Presenting the madcap antics of "Artie" at R+D659

artie.gifWe thought we’d seen it all, until now. Meet “Artie,” the star of a couple of wacky, zany videos at the Web site for Mesirow Financial’s condo project, R+D659. Artie is a slightly unhinged Chaplin-esque butcher who apparently was frozen in his West Loop freezer in 1908. The jaunty Artie was recently thawed out by a “mysterious heat source” (ged it? The hot condo market!) only to discover, much to his delight, that his old butcher shop at Randolph and Desplaines has been replaced by a modernist condo building.greenlantern.jpg Not content to leave it at that, the R+D659 sales office is dishing out restaurant vouchers to prospective buyers who utter Artie’s name. Mesirow wants you to stay tuned for more madcap adventures, and is inviting you to a party, hosted by Artie, in February. Last week we mentioned that another Web site cast the rivalry between R+D659 and nearby condo development Emerald, as a Mods v Greens standoff. So what sort of salvo will Emerald fire back at R+D? Here’s hoping that Emerald pulls out the big guns – perhaps the Green Lantern?

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