tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post3001863073131893205..comments2023-04-01T06:34:38.141-05:00Comments on Hyde Park Progress: The Dead Grocers' Society, 20 People Envision Harper Court, and Other Local Curiositieschicago pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-7632933429032701742008-02-24T07:20:00.000-06:002008-02-24T07:20:00.000-06:00Re: the Onion, ran into this today and thought you...Re: the Onion, ran into this today and thought you all might enjoy.<BR/><BR/>http://www.theonion.com/content/node/51852<BR/><BR/>Looks like nothing I've ever seen in the Herald.Halliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00600664325684852186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-12331661192964282102008-02-23T15:25:00.000-06:002008-02-23T15:25:00.000-06:00I just checked the HPKCC website and it appears th...I just checked the HPKCC website and it appears the survey is out: http://www.hydepark.org/survey/index.htmledjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593866936717576973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-78605212121437675642008-02-22T22:46:00.000-06:002008-02-22T22:46:00.000-06:00chicago pop has some excellent points about this r...chicago pop has some excellent points about this ridiculous "design prototype" for HC. It reminds me of the absurd Save the Point revetment design (now abandoned).<BR/><BR/>the Herald headline should read <BR/><BR/>"make no good plans"Peter Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610159670466039455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-50792579571495108222008-02-22T10:33:00.000-06:002008-02-22T10:33:00.000-06:00I'm convinced that The Onion flat-out steals its b...I'm convinced that The Onion flat-out steals its best copy from the Herald. Only they know they're joking.<BR/><BR/>In recognition of this state of affairs, we actually have a label, "the onion," intended to flag entirely satirical posts. It is used quite heavily by Peter Rossi, but shows up elsewhere as well.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-83094913563821982632008-02-22T10:31:00.000-06:002008-02-22T10:31:00.000-06:00"After half a century, woman forms committee."You ...<I>"After half a century, woman forms committee."</I><BR/><BR/>You know what's cool about the Herald is that many of the articles and headlines are interchangeable with headlines and articles in <I>The Onion</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-63616998315360608802008-02-22T10:17:00.000-06:002008-02-22T10:17:00.000-06:00Ah, the East Hyde Park 6. Saw that, but again, the...Ah, the East Hyde Park 6. Saw that, but again, there's only so much you can do in one post.<BR/><BR/>But 6 is better than the Jill White 1 (back in a summer 2007 article on 53rd St. development), which turned in to Jill White + about 12 people, which all turned out to be really mostly all about Jack Spicer, as usual and as is probably still the case.<BR/><BR/>The Herald article mentioned that the lady in charge of the East Hyde Park 6 has lived here since 1957. I thought of an alternative headline:<BR/><BR/>"After half a century, woman forms committee."chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-28123495542952639982008-02-22T08:59:00.000-06:002008-02-22T08:59:00.000-06:00Nate, I noticed the same article: a handful of nei...Nate, I noticed the same article: a handful of neighbors meeting over coffee to decide how to form a committee. The <I>Herald</I> used the term "half dozen" though -- someone decided it sounded weightier than "six."Elizabeth Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931639156261179425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-23477192735941584952008-02-21T22:54:00.000-06:002008-02-21T22:54:00.000-06:00Hey now, don't dismiss a gathering of 20 people. T...Hey now, don't dismiss a gathering of 20 people. That's some pretty serious numbers, right there, compared to the East Hyde Park Six a few pages later.natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11096862209150658930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-55089831491567846512008-02-21T19:41:00.000-06:002008-02-21T19:41:00.000-06:00I work for RR Donnelley. Great old photo of the fo...I work for RR Donnelley. Great old photo of the former plant!<BR/><BR/>But the comparison is one I hadn't noticed when I looked at the Herald online yesterday. Weird. The Cal Plant (what Donnelley old timers call the original building) is ancient.<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I don't think the rendering of the planned Harper Court redevelopment is too bad, even if it is a bit derivative. It's definitely better than what's currently there.<BR/><BR/>That said... I wonder what would be wrong with bringing in an architect to design something truly new and original? The last 15 years of building in Chicago remind me of The Fountainhead. Everything is derivative of something: Greek, Gothic, or that silly all-glass-and-steel lobby thing that's such a big hit lately (particularly with the birds who fly into it at top speed and die as a result).<BR/><BR/>Personally, I wish they would redevelop the entire Northeast corner of 53rd and Lake Park, starting from the Hollywood video store and encompassing the parking lot and Harper Court, all the way to 52nd street. Put in a decent movie theatre, stores, a multilevel parking garage, etc. <BR/><BR/>Okay, done rambling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-33922965841632613412008-02-21T18:41:00.000-06:002008-02-21T18:41:00.000-06:00HPKCC is just trying to play catch up.Big Local Du...<I>HPKCC is just trying to play catch up.</I><BR/><BR/>Big Local Dudes (BLD's) have to do <I>something</I> to justify being BLD's.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-87787347715163596852008-02-21T18:28:00.000-06:002008-02-21T18:28:00.000-06:00Just as the Co-op was closing, the board said that...Just as the Co-op was closing, the board said that there was a need to have this election because the closing activities would not be completed in time. Now it looks like the people there to close it up are trying to find some reason to be. All in all, probably pretty harmless. Of course, in the movies, the zombies/undead always seem pretty harmless…. <BR/><BR/>UNTIL THEY EAT YOUR BRAINS! <BR/><BR/>If they can figure out something do with the Co-op, more power to them. They no longer have the stranglehold on grocery shopping in Hyde Park. When it comes down to it, the Co-op is now like a tree falling in the forest with no one to hear it. <BR/><BR/>On another note, the Co-op website does have an important reminder to write off the stock loss on your taxes. Keeping that stock let me get the satisfaction of voting in favor of the buy out AND get a $10 write-off. Priceless.<BR/><BR/>I agree that there is some positive to be seen from the fact that there are no longer serious proposals to keep those Harper Court buildings. I am keeping an open mind on he survey until they send it out. In the Herald last week there was a miraculous quote from the designer that he would not be surprised if the survey results showed that people are not in favor of maintaining the original mission of Harper Court. HPKCC is just trying to play catch up.edjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593866936717576973noreply@blogger.com