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Old school buildings? Chicago used to be a blue collar, hog slaughtering capital of the world. There is not much architecture outside of the Loop/downtown and never was unless you consider those old ugly bungalows a beautiful style. The only area in Chicagoland with an interesting architecture outside of the Loop is Oak Park and for obvious reasons but even those building are not really historical in an European or East Coast meaning of that term.
Better then any of those brown slabs from the southwest.
Cool. I met some people that argue nonse that gentification killed cities and their charachter. Of course these people do not really know the true "charachter" of the cities before gentrification.
Yeah, replace the mulitcultarism of Albany Park and Uptown with another seattle washington full of carbon copy structures and starbucks
Chicago has some beautiful buildings but when you venture south especially down Cicero or Pulanski near Midway, i saw large swaths of flats that didn't offer anything but Minneapolis.
So your saying NYC doesn't have its run down parts? Many parts of NYC are downright hideous. I mean terrible.
Every city has its run down sections. Chicago has those areas. NYC has those areas. Your argument isn't holding up.
Mas. I don' care that much. I live in Chicago, I know Chicago.
When I come from downtown on I-90 I take Armitage and I am greeted by some rusted and decaying overpass righ in the center of one of the most affluent areas of Chicago. I could show you more but I bet you got so used to seeing this you would not really know what is wrong with this picture...
You take I-90 coming from downtown? To get to Lincoln Park?
You really don't live in Chicago. Your going through traffic, away from the area your trying to get to.
No Chicagoan would take I-90 to get to Lincoln Park from downtown. Your going way out of your way. You should hop on lakeshore and get off at Fullerton. Lakeshore is never as packed as I-90 and it'll drop you off right in the heart of Lincoln Park.
Where did I say it was run down? I only commented on the housing stock. Miles upon miles of uninteresting flats. The Bronx, Manhattan, BK and Queens have run down sections but the housing stock is much better from an architectural standpoint. People are rehabbing brownstowns on the east coast at an alarming rate because they know the value of a brownstone. Flats are not in demand.
You take I-90 coming from downtown? To get to Lincoln Park?
You really don't live in Chicago. Your going through traffic, away from the area your trying to get to.
No Chicagoan would take I-90 to get to Lincoln Park from downtown. Your going way out of your way. You should hop on lakeshore and get off at Fullerton. Lakeshore is never as packed as I-90 and it'll drop you off right in the heart of Lincoln Park.
Dumba*s
The only instance i can imagine taking I-90 is if you work in the west loop and live in the lincoln park area just east or west of Ashland. In that instance taking LSD doesnt make much sense.
Yeah, replace the mulitcultarism of Albany Park and Uptown with another seattle washington full of carbon copy structures and starbucks
thats what i meant. when people try to gentrify a multicultural nabe, even though there's nothing really wrong about it. a place like bronzeville could use some but albany park? hell naw, because that neighborhood is safe anyway.
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So your saying NYC doesn't have its run down parts? Many parts of NYC are downright hideous. I mean terrible.
Every city has its run down sections. Chicago has those areas. NYC has those areas. Your argument isn't holding up.
just to be fair, new york isnt all brownstones. even brooklyn aint all brownstones.
Sorry to say but your comment indicates you know nothing about Chicago architecture.
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Outside of the Loop, Chicago's architecture dies quickly. NY has Brooklyn, which has amazing architecture.
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? hell naw, because that neighborhood is safe anyway.
