Sunday, April 29, 2007

Chicago: vertical and horizontal

As we see the city grow upward with new super towers like Trump and Waterview on the way, where do you see the high rise portion of the city spreading outward?

It would imagine that that the area that will change most will be the west loop, between the river and the Kennedy, where the two metra stations futher solidify this area as the new office center of Chicago. N/S Wacker Drive is pretty well developed because of this proximity to rail and most of the new development should be west of the river.

The west loop is downtown. So where else, away from this area? Will other parts of Chicago away from the central city and the lakefront sprout their own skylines? Will we ever see the concentration of high rises that you see in edge cities like the Woodfield area or suburban downtowns like Evanston in parts of Chicago away from the central core.

Will continue growth in Hyde Park and on the U of C campus draw more high rises to this area? Other than height restrictions, how about city areas along the Kennedy near O'Hare where so many hotels and offices already exist?

What areas do you see high rises spreading?>

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