The Chicago Architecture Blog recently stopped by the newly-opened Mariano’s Fresh Market at Lakeshore East, sampled the market, and reminisced about the early days of the neighborhood:
In all, I was very impressed by the market. It’s been close to ten years since the first time a Lakeshore East salesperson told me a grocery store would open there “any day now.” I won’t say it was worth the wait, because seriously — it’s been a decade! But this market is just the anchor point needed to turn what used to be an outpost for gritty urban pioneers into a homey neighborhood that any suburban housewife would be comfortable in.
How long has it been since the shops at Roosevelt Collection were opening “any day now?”
Who ever writes for the Chicago Architecture Blog thinks that he is a gift to the Chicago real estate market… I am happy that you like to hear yourself talk, but what have you contributed other than you opinion?
And what did you just contribute other than a juvenile personal slam?
I’m a little bit lost by your post – are you critiquing LSE or RC? I’d question whether people were really “urban pioneers” in Lakeshore East but that’s a whole other question. The market looked really nice when I peeped in the windows two days before it opened though – hopefully it’ll be all that and a bag of chips.
LSE full of “urban pioneers”?
HARDY HAR HAR! That’s right, Charles Engles, gear up your wagon and head to the wide open prairie where $800,000 condos await.
Now the South Loop was definitely a lot more risky 15 or so years ago…