Talk about endless levels of ambiguity! An article on planning initiatives on the Tribune Web site contains this gem:
Yet there are those like Judy Gagne who are attracted by downtown Aurora’s history and character. The 38-year-old was walking her brown Chihuahua on a pink leash outside her condo in Aurora’s River Street Plaza, a pair of four-story, brick buildings on the Fox River’s west bank.
“I think there’s potential here,” she said. “I look at this like the South Loop in the city. In five or 10 years, it will be like the South Loop.”
In the meantime…watch your back!
This completely ignores the fact that the South Loop’s greatest asset is that it’s close to the Loop! And, um, Aurora isn’t.
Considering that all that was the South Loop left years ago, Aurora is not that much different. It’s all the same now.
Your kidding right? Aurora is the same as the South Loop? Wow.
Jeff,
it’s the brown Chihuahuas on the pink leashes that make it seem the same.
The South Loop lacks Aurora’s gang problems.
If Aurora is the new South Loop then I’m the new James Bond.
Are there dozens of new residential highrises in Aurora?
I guess I’m not James Bond then.
Don’t knock it before you see it. I live in Aurora too and I had some negative perceptions of the city before I moved here. I commute to Chicago every day via Metra and I can’t tell you how great it is not to live in the midst of all of Chi-Town’s congestion anymore. There is a lot of new development happening in downtown Aurora and it’s upsetting seeing this cool, redeveloping city get knocked around by Chicago residents for its past reputation. There are new buildings coming up that should be 10-20 stories in the short time to come. School district 131 just passed a 32 million dollar referendum. A lot of neat things are coming yet! Mark my words. Join me as a pioneer!