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[Chicago DPD @ChicagoDPD]

#ChiBlockBuilder applications for City-owned vacant lots and the new #MissingMiddle Infill Housing pilot are due tomorrow, Nov. 15! Learn more at https://t.co/YIjRuBTThA.

[Chicago DPD @ChicagoDPD]

CDC approved up to $98 million in TIF for the adaptive reuse of 135 S. LaSalle St. in the Loop. The $241 million Riverside Investment & Development, AmTrust RE and DL3 Realty project would repurpose about 532,000 square feet of upper-story space as 386 mixed-income apartments.

[Blair Kamin @BlairKamin]

@edwardkeegan’s latest in @chicagotribune: New Damen Green Line station elevates transit above the mundane https://t.co/d8rLZZo9LF

[CAC Watch List @CACWatchList]

“Hotel lobby” is an apt comparison. But it does appear Google is keeping their word re: preserving public access to the atrium. #ThompsonCenter #AdaptiveReuse

[Blair Kamin @BlairKamin]

New Google rendering gives early glimpse of former Thompson Center atrium's future - @leebey in Chicago Sun-Times https://t.co/pR9GtB3BZb

[Blair Kamin @BlairKamin]

1/2 Great to see “Welcome to Tribuneville: An Imaginary Vision of an Old Chicago That Could Have Been,” by architectural cartoonist Klaus on the media wall in the lobby at 150 North Riverside. Co-presented by MAS Context and 150 Media Stream, the exhibition features Klaus’…

[Guardian Cities @guardiancities]

Urban green spaces have vital role in cutting heat-related deaths, study finds https://t.co/4XXaowkP9o

[Moved to 🦋(same username) @Splanish]

Although there’s never been so much #ETOD activity in Chicago (200+ units to be delivered just in Q4) pockets of NIMBYs and a flawed development process are derailing the construction of homes served by multiple @cta train lines and buses.
@elevated_chi @ChicagoDPD

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Should the city pay for a new Bears stadium? West Side voters can weigh in on the November ballot. https://t.co/49L1P0UPfh

[Elevated Chicago @elevated_chi]

ICYMI: Last week, our ED @_jsarias penned a piece in @CrainsChicago about why @elevated_chi supported the Northwest Side Housing Preservation Ordinance and what equitable development can really look like throughout the city. #ETOD Read it here👇https://t.co/c67Q90jWMc

[CAC Watch List @CACWatchList]

This is big for the #MagMile’s long term resiliency. It can’t just be happening on LaSalle. The area has welcomed many new residents in the past 20+ years. Conversions are a variation on that trend. Hopefully a public realm transformation will ensue! https://t.co/OOiO9nfk4F

[Tesho Akindele @Tesho13]

How much space does a cloverleaf interchange take?

Charlotte redesigned this exit replaced the interchange with…

• Whole Foods grocery store
• 1,000 multifamily units
• 20 townhomes
• 2 large hotels
• Starbucks
• A bank
• CVS

And there’s still one leaf left!

[Jeremy Glover @JGrantGlover]

The area of Rogers Park bounded by Touhy, Sheridan, Columbia, and Greenwood has 53 dwelling units per acre and an average building height under 40 feet! It's the very definition of gentle density.

Add the 'L' stop and proximity to the beach and it's just a killer place to live.

[Blair Kamin @BlairKamin]

From Obama’s 'humble' first office to newest skyscrapers, Open House Chicago puts architecture on display - @leebey in Chicago Sun-Times https://t.co/lLdZj4r63B

[CAC Watch List @CACWatchList]

They sure did! We encourage everyone to explore our #MissingMiddle Design Catalog. Developers can reach out to [email protected] with inquiries about the firms and their exciting, practical variations on infill #housing. https://t.co/slEgO5sSJM

[Dennis Rodkin @Dennis_Rodkin]

Asked to design the next generation of Chicago home types, reasonably priced and good-looking like the bungalows, two-flats and row houses of yore, the city’s architects delivered.

https://t.co/u7gGfgSJSh

[IIT Architecture @IITArchitecture]

@illinoistech is excited to join @chiarchitecture Open House Chicago on Oct 19-20! Explore our Kaplan Institute, S. R. Crown Hall, and Carr Chapel, plus over 170 must-see sites across the city. https://t.co/s3om3baLrN

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

The United Center campus project is moving forward with plans for a music hall, apartments and a park. https://t.co/xSwcOttEQp

[CAC Watch List @CACWatchList]

An important pilot for #MissingMiddle housing development in depopulated communities. CAC is excited to see innovative #design emerge through the bid process, leveraging local expertise.

[Chicago DPD @ChicagoDPD]

"It’s an opportunity to put the vacant lots back in productive use, repopulate, create density thereby ensuring that our corridors thrive. Retail follows rooftops." - DPD Comm. Ciere Boatright on the Missing Middle Infill Housing Initiative
https://t.co/Da9olaqr39

[CAC Watch List @CACWatchList]

Featured in our #MassTimber exhibit last year. Great to see the progress!

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Grafton, who’ve perhaps made their name through the craft of raw concrete, have topped out this lovely-looking mass timber building in Arkansas - which will aptly house a school of architecture

https://t.co/8oNjbrNwfs