Uptown Rebirth
The Slatin Report features a piece on a recent development in the Uptown area of Chicago. Called Uptown Square, the development is about a block south of Lawrence and Broadway, the nexus of Uptown, with the Riviera, Aragon, and Uptown Theaters located around the intersection, as well as the well-known jazz club Green Mill.
As the image above illustrates, Borders is the main retail tenant of the development - renovated by architects Hartshorne + Plunkard - which also features market-rate condos and affordable units. The article is a good lesson in the real estate/developer decisions driving the economic regeneration of parts of the city, as well as the political steps along the way. With Uptown's illustrious history between the wars, it was only a matter of time before its built environment found new life, evidence of the cyclical nature of city neighborhoods.
As the image above illustrates, Borders is the main retail tenant of the development - renovated by architects Hartshorne + Plunkard - which also features market-rate condos and affordable units. The article is a good lesson in the real estate/developer decisions driving the economic regeneration of parts of the city, as well as the political steps along the way. With Uptown's illustrious history between the wars, it was only a matter of time before its built environment found new life, evidence of the cyclical nature of city neighborhoods.
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