Block 37: Chicago's Blind Spot
24 January 2001 - 3:00pm
Chicago city officials' new design scheme for Block 37 includes a 66-story residential tower and a 12-story Marriott hotel.
"City officials and JMB Realty will present a newdesign scheme for 100 N. State to the Chicago PlanCommission on Thursday. The designs by Chicagoarchitecture firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz &Associates show an agreeable-looking, four-storyretail base--anchored by a Lord & Taylorstore--topped by a nicely rendered rooftop gardenthat would be accessed from street level, subway anda renovated pedway."
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At last, hope for Block 37
Source:
Chicago Sun-Times, January 21, 2001
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