tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post6428787593562139494..comments2023-06-06T07:12:42.850-05:00Comments on East Village Association | West Town Chicago: 1048 N. Honore demolition threatenedStephen Rynkiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13574865850762545756noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-83691972259234722782013-07-29T15:02:12.554-05:002013-07-29T15:02:12.554-05:00There are many people living in this home. The pol...There are many people living in this home. The police are called there very often. There has been domestic violence and many problems surrounding this home for years. I live very close and my guess it is a total gut rehab (if anything can be done)and probably not salvagable. It has been destroyed inside. The buidling;'s landlord rents the individual rooms and not apartments. It is unfortunate but I doubt highly this property can be saved due to how poorly it has been treated all of these years. I am thrilled all of these people will be moving out and a new or rehabbed home will replace it. The sooner this home is vacated, the better.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14742526895915225920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-58949238170054521872013-07-16T10:25:20.191-05:002013-07-16T10:25:20.191-05:00Please don't confuse 'new' with 'q...Please don't confuse 'new' with 'quality' or 'ugly' with 'poorly maintained'. <br /><br />This building is poorly maintained; that is a reflection of its owners, not the building. New construction does not ensure a building will be attractive, and judging by the quality of the typical new buildings built in EV, most will require more (frequent & extensive) repair than the older buildings in the neighborhood ever did. <br /><br />The quality of materials and craftsmanship of older buildings imbue them with a resilience that is lacking in new construction. The vintage buildings in EV have weathered numerous cycles of abuse over the past twelve decades, yet shine when renovated by caring owners. <br /><br />Unfortunately, this resilience is lacking in new construction. When condo associations don't stay on top of the problems, these new buildings are much less forgiving. Deferred maintenance becomes an existential problem, rather than simply an aesthetic one. <br />srappehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698728126601494818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-58912411382024311222013-07-14T21:31:57.718-05:002013-07-14T21:31:57.718-05:00Would you want to live in this?
Also, monetary va...Would you want to live in this?<br /><br />Also, monetary value is only part of the equation -- the aesthetics, contribution to the neighborhood, etc. also matter. EVA does a great job pushing projects that are beneficial to the neighborhood as a whole, and my point is that a nice, attractive, non-crappy structure would be far more valuable to the community than this ugly, run-down blight on our landscape.GGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335265907697499994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-6420257803458106332013-07-04T09:23:23.907-05:002013-07-04T09:23:23.907-05:00Your response is consistent with Chicago's app...Your response is consistent with Chicago's approach to historic architecture for the past 100 years. This approach has resulted in the loss of architectural gems by Louis Sullivan, Burnham, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, etc. And this approach has created an East Village that is looking more like Schaumburg with each passing day. Beauty's in the eye of the beholder and your crass response is both ignorant and base. There's more to a neighborhood than what it's worth as determined by the banks. It's this sort of thinking that got is into the banking mess we still haven't exited from. And it's what's created a slew of soulless, pedestrian un-friendly neighborhoods that mar the nation.Alan J. Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873590622887966796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-85445417436086682492013-07-04T09:20:08.319-05:002013-07-04T09:20:08.319-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alan J. Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873590622887966796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-19342528058642672452013-07-04T00:23:04.114-05:002013-07-04T00:23:04.114-05:00Pick your battles. Just because something is old d...Pick your battles. Just because something is old doesn't make it valuable. This is an ugly house with little -- if any -- redeeming value, and a newer structure would contribute aesthetically and to the tax base. Level it.GGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335265907697499994noreply@blogger.com