It’s South Loop Week on Crib Chatter
The South Loop was the hottest neighborhood in Chicago, with one magazine even calling it the hottest neighborhood in the entire country, during Bubble 1.0.
But the bust hit the area extra hard, with valuations plunging. Many of the new construction condo towers were turned into apartments in order to get the units off the market.
However, a new day is dawning in the South Loop.
With most of the excess condo inventory absorbed, new construction towers are being announced again. And the area is slated to get two big new developments along the Chicago River which could result in a couple of thousand more units, in the form of apartments, townhouses and condos.
It means more people living in the neighborhood, more restaurants and stores as well as entertainment options.
That’s why I was surprised to see, that when I googled an address in the Burnham II development which stretches from Roosevelt Road south to 16th street just east of Clark, Google didn’t have a street view for any address in there.
It looks like the Google mapping van simply drove around the outside of the development, without ever driving in the one way you can get into it.
Strange.
I thought Google had street view on just about every street in the major cities (and then some) now.
Even Google has dissed the South Loop!
Is the South Loop about to make a big comeback?
Will it again be one of the hottest neighborhoods in the city?
“Burnham II development ”
Dearborn Park II, no?
What’s weird is that they have the 1400 block of Plymouth, but nothing else. Which makes me thing that it is Daley-related.
If I ever decide to suck it up and leave my non-profit job, I would love to live in the South Loop, in a place like this: http://www.estately.com/listings/info/1355-south-indiana-avenue
“If I ever decide to suck it up and leave my non-profit job, I would love to live in the South Loop, in a place like this:”
Those townhomes are very nice, but the living area is incredibly narrow. It’s also bothersome that the only semi-private outdoor space is the fire escape balcony on the 3rd floor (4th floor really if you count the garage downstairs). We ended up going with a slightly dated unit with three private outdoor areas, an actual entryway and wider living space.
“If I ever decide to suck it up and leave my non-profit job, I would love to live in the South Loop, in a place like this”
I am right near there. Love the area.
I love living in the South Loop and look forward to every single parking lot being replaced by a high rise. Driving could be a nightmare and I wouldn’t be happier.
They need to get ride of those horrible bike lanes that they recently created. They interrupt traffic by using up an entire lane for the elite people of the world. Not everyone is healthy enough to ride a bike and those lanes ruin life for the rest of humanity.
“Not everyone is healthy enough to ride a bike and those lanes ruin life for the rest of humanity.”
Yes, the bike lanes are the *real* cause of global warming.
And the half (ish) of Chicago w/o a car is really suffering for them, too.
biking in the winter is the best. that’s what separates the weenies from the sunbelt transplants.
Those winter bikers are the smuggest of all. They have those ugly beards and wear tight pants to disgust other people. I dislike people who make it their purpose in life to annoy others. That persona fits almost all bikers.
We had bizarro HD for a while. I wonder what a bizarro Jenny would be like
Stepford perhaps?
Yup I also noticed this the other day while trying to view some streets in Dearborn Park II. M$oft’s Bing maps however has street view covered in this area. Although I know there are some haters of DBP, I love it. The South Loop is my favorite neighborhood in the city.
Anon, about 75-80% of Chicago households own at least one car. In every Chicago neighborhood, a majority of households own a car. The lowest car ownership rates are actually in the ghetto. In the GZ car ownership rates are actually higher than the city average.
The fact is that Chicago is a car oriented city. It is only considered transit oriented because it’s in the Midwest, where there are no other cities with a halfway decent transit system. But compared to NYC, or by global standards, Chicago is very car-oriented.