Chicagoist: Beanie Baby Chief A-Spires To The Top

dopplerd

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:48:37 -0600

I think the developer is waiting for the 2016 Olympic city to be announced. If Chicago is the winner the international appeal would be greatly increased for the project. I'm skeptical that the project will end up exactly as it has been proposed, but something will go up on that site. Does anyone know if this doctor has been hired by the developer. On the beanie baby craziness a friend of mine in high school had a mother who was obsessed with the things. When McDonald's had a happy meal that included a mini beanie baby she would go and buy a dozens happy meals just for the toy. She couldn't just throw the food away so she put the hamburgers in the freezer. There were about a hundred frozen hamburgers in the freezer. Every time we would be over she would ask if we wanted a hamburger. I made the mistake of saying yes once. That was one really gross lunch.

Ingrid

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:08:10 -0600

foz, Nope. Beanie Babies are not popular anymore...this guy had his idea,made gajillions and what's left are tons of beanie babies at garage sales now. I find this kind of amusing because people were buying them back in the day because they thought they'd become valuable in the future. Well...I just bought a box of beanie babies at a garage sale for volunteer work that I do, a box of FIFTY brand new, tags still on them, like they've never been touched....for $12. Twelve dollars. Fifty of them. That's not much of a return on your investment. The new thing now with kids is Webkins.

Tower18

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:50:26 -0600

$20 says this thing never gets built. We should start a pool for the date of it's cancellation announcement. In today's economy, an entirely condo project of this size and nature is the height of foolishness.

foz

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:58:19 -0600

are beanie babies even that popular still? HOW IS HE GOING TO AFFORD A 360 DEGREE VIEW!?

jbud

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:09:31 -0600

purely penile.

artdude75

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:37:36 -0600

I love love LOVE the artist's rendering of this photo. PURE BRILLIANCE.