Block 37 & the New Washington CTA Pedway

[SuperiorSwagon1]

you got some jizz on your camera lense.

[ccsd0601]

you should do a piece on the Harold Washington Cultural Center. It kinda went thru the same crap getting built. Took about a decade to get it completed.

[artistmac]

Another debacle, mainly because nobody wanted to deal with Dorothy, the Wicked Witch of the South (Side). Even Lou Rawls, whom it was going to be named after, got tired of constantly being hit up for money and had his name taken off the place.

The rates they want for events is so high, when Tillman planned her victory (actually defeat) party in 2007, she had it at the Parkway Ballroom.

[26Deacon]

well hopefully everything will fall into place once this resession is over cause i remember as a shorty how great state street used to be with the old block 37. i remember going to the united artists theater & the treasure chest game room there playing pac-man.

[artistmac]

One reason it took so long to get this project going, even when the market was good, was that retailers all want to crowd onto North Michigan Avenue. I applaud the retailers who took a chance here. As for the others who dropped out citing market conditions: cowards. This could be another Water Tower Place if they'd show some balls. Water Tower opened during a terrible recession, and was an immediate success.