Chicagoist: Design Unveiled for New LSD High Rise

guest

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:42:09 -0600

But yet people keep complaining about lack of parking and congestion.

Ward Up

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:09:56 -0600

I agree with the observation by guest #8 about the base. Thanks to parking podiums, many of these buildings have 5-story barren walls around the base. It ruins the pedestrian experience.

Chuck Sudo

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:29:17 -0600

"...next we'll probably have the 9/11 satdium or something similarly crude." Like this?

guest

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:03:18 -0600

the overall designs not bad. the base is atrocious.

Ferdy

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:49:30 -0600

Ah, just what Streeterville needs--another high rise condo. They're working on 4 of them now in a two block area--my car has a permanent layer of dust on it. Peshtigo is the name of the street, SAMiller. I doubt the developers thought about the fire. BTW, this native Chicagoan has known all about the Peshtigo fire for years. I was just in the town last month with the hubby (not from these parts)and visited the museum and mass grave.

Shannon

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:16:03 -0600

that's why that sounds familiar...

guest

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:35:04 -0600

SAMiller... they named a soccer team after a fire that destroyed an entire city. next we'll probably have the 9/11 satdium or something similarly crude. Margaret... funny little piece of writing you have here.

SAMiller

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:32:26 -0600

Why would you name a building after the most deadly fire in American history? The Peshtigo Fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, has the distinction of being the conflagration that caused the most deaths by fire in United States history. While more people perished in the fire and resulting collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, most of the victims of that disaster were killed by collapsing buildings rather than the flames themselves. The Peshtigo Fire is mostly forgotten, having occurred on October 8, 1871, the same date as the much more renowned Great Chicago Fire.

matty

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:31:44 -0600

That is some terrible architecture. Not beige box ugly, but ugly enough.

guest

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:39:28 -0600

That's a sweet name! If I look thoroughly through the couches I'm sure I can find an easy million.

sparky

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:16:45 -0600

Ah, The Peshtigo. Named after that small city in East Central Wisconsin, where the worst fire recorded in North American history took place on October 8, 1871--the same day as the Chicago Fire. But only Wisconsinites who took 4th grade history probably know that.