“A lot of architects would say the way to treat appropriately a historic district is to do something that is not like a fake historic building that would diminish the history of the area but to do something totally different, so that it’s not trying to mimic historic architecture.”
– Bob McKenna, Chicago Department of Planning and Development, quoted in a Chicago Journal story about the contemporary South Loop high-rise, X/O.
“Haithcock said that although the planned development has been approved, she could still hold the project up by rezoning the area or stalling the project’s permits.”
Any alderman that violates the law with such behavior should be slapped down hard with an ethics violation charge.
Alison – this is an excellent choice for quote of the day! McKenna’s comments really stood out among all the tired nonsense from Jeffery and the like…
Jeffery: how does it feel to have such awful taste as to actually reside in one of these “fake historic” buildings? Question for you: when your home is finally justifiably converted to a Section 8 unit, do you think it’s value at that point might actually be propped up by the close proximity to such a spectacular development such as XO (upon completion of the entire project in late 2009)?
HArd hitting journalism there Alison, you could not get out and get your own quotes. To bad those were not the exact quotes, and too bad you did not get what he said before and after that.
To Chucklehead, yes my awful taste and it’s capital gains will be so heart wrenched. What a loser. Another internet genious hiding behind his keyboard. You know my name, and you know where I live, stop by anytime.
The information is just coming to surface; bet your paycheck that Ald. Haitchcock, the Machine, and some in the city have finally figured out that Frankel & Giles has been the catalyst accelerating her downfall; this will not go unnoticed. HAve your tape recorders ready.
Jeffery, in 3 years when you look out the window of your fake historic townhouse, make sure to wave at your buddies living in those glassy highrises towering 30 stories above you.
It’ll be fun watching Haithcock continue to make a blubbering idiot out of herself as she tries to justify breaking the law save her skin, all the while wasting tax dollars losing the inevitable lawsuit miserably.