tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post6090201470508284401..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Scraping Off the Wrigley: Beginning of the End for Chicago's Historic Central Manufacturing District? Lynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-17748950873936875412020-08-26T10:40:45.205-05:002020-08-26T10:40:45.205-05:00Thanks for the information. It's all about mo...Thanks for the information. It's all about money.I worked for Wrigley's on 35th and Ashland for 26&1/2 Years. Paul Harasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16249526673420272199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-41631332366057490312014-01-06T20:17:10.943-06:002014-01-06T20:17:10.943-06:00I wonder if we could turn these building complexes...I wonder if we could turn these building complexes into little tax havens for the businesses that locate into them. I know something like that might not be too popular in this time of stretched municipal budgets, but I just don't see too many other tools in the box to lure companies to these large spaces. The deal could be structured so that only small companies (say, 500 employees or less) can locate into the complexes. I get this idea from Pike Place Market where no corporation can locate INTO the market. Space is reserved for small business.MitchellBrown228https://www.blogger.com/profile/11020672899477274349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-89410739695439723302014-01-03T11:56:50.548-06:002014-01-03T11:56:50.548-06:00Excellent work, Lynn. Makes me think of the curren...Excellent work, Lynn. Makes me think of the current demolition of the Brach factory on the West Side, visible from the Cicero stop on the <br />Green Line. I'm sure a lot of people have watched that huge building lose all its windows, get tagged by every gang in the area, and slowly become the eyesore it did become. Observers were probably unanimous in wondering who owns the building, why it was allowed to deteriorate, if it was actually abandoned by whoever owned it. Now we see it slowly falling to the wrecking crane and wonder if it's going to become not a new development of some kind, but a massive West Side empty lot, further emphasizing the depressive ambiance of that part of the city.<br /><br />EdEd McDevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01492927605471683730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-59035097337752932172014-01-03T06:38:24.455-06:002014-01-03T06:38:24.455-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818209274905141960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-17053640434643673102014-01-02T22:56:03.359-06:002014-01-02T22:56:03.359-06:00Thanks for the great find. I've incorporated ...Thanks for the great find. I've incorporated the info into the post. Since Avergis has no made announcement of signing any tenants, all we may get in exchange for the loss of the Wrigley structures and former Larkin Building is block after block or dirt-filled empty lots.Lynn Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-7827494244221223702014-01-02T10:35:27.757-06:002014-01-02T10:35:27.757-06:00If the site plan (http://assets.dnainfo.com/genera...If the site plan (http://assets.dnainfo.com/generated/chicago_photo/2013/02/site-plans-13603613329762.jpg/extralarge.jpg) is real, the adjacent 8-story Larkin building will also be demolished for single-story shops and parkingBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443995905594721900noreply@blogger.com