Next!
The old 1880s cottage is about to be demolished to make room for 3 soft loft condominiums. 10 years ago, a house like this would have had a gut rehab. Now, it is torn down. Why have one high end house when you can stack 3 on the same space? The problem is that there is too much of this going on, so the city is loosing its character. Whole blocks have been decimated in this fashion. Many of these new buildings ape the characteristics of earlier structures in a cartoonish scale, giving the city a “disneyesque” feel. Eventually Chicago will feel as much like Chicago as New York, New York in Vegas feels like New York.
40"x26" | oil on canvas | 2006