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addxb2 wrote: ↑

Sep 18, 2020

flipz wrote:

addxb2 wrote: ↑

Sep 18, 2020

I’ve been in Lakeview/Wrigleyville for over a year now. Feel less safe here than I ever felt in my 3 years in the grove. Also now feel less safe in the Loop than I did in Downtown STL a few years ago.

Can you elaborate? Anything to do with the protests? I remember seeing Chicago being pretty wild during the riots.

Nothing to do with riots. It’s probably the same crime wave we’re seeing in every city.

A few things have stood out to me though...
1. Fairly frequent (once a week) random and gruesome attacks.
2. Robbery. Middle of the day, broad daylight. Women and children seem to be the targets frequently.  
3. Car violence. Road rage, harassment of pedestrians, reckless driving.


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addxb2 wrote: ↑

Sep 18, 2020

I’ve been in Lakeview/Wrigleyville for over a year now. Feel less safe here than I ever felt in my 3 years in the grove. Also now feel less safe in the Loop than I did in Downtown STL a few years ago.

symphonicpoet wrote: ↑

Sep 30, 2020

^Well, when he defaults on his loans someone else will put their name on it. His name is worth less every day.

symphonicpoet wrote: ↑

Sep 30, 2020

The St. Louis International Hotel? Where the restaurant serves only gooey butter cake, toasted ravioli, and four star thin crust pizza? And maybe "Arange" Vess?

chriss752 wrote: ↑

Sep 30, 2020

symphonicpoet wrote: ↑

Sep 30, 2020

The St. Louis International Hotel? Where the restaurant serves only gooey butter cake, toasted ravioli, and four star thin crust pizza? And maybe "Arange" Vess?

Yes. We will show them who's the real boss in the Midwest.

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sc4mayor wrote: ↑

Dec 07, 2020

Second one at 640 W. Washington would be 47 stories and have about 413 apartments.  Would replace a surface parking lot along the Kennedy Expressway:

1. It's the PwC Pennant Building stacked on top of an apparently brick tower portion.
2. It wouldn't be Chicago without a freeway full of traffic and side streets that are mostly empty.
3. The Kennedy Expressway, if I remember correctly, has several high rises and skyscrapers along it. This is turning into Chicago's version of Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road. It's impressive, I'll give them that.