Thursday, May 5, 2011

The Last Stateway Gardens Highrise Awaits its Fate

I shot this building from every conceivable angle, and tried to show its proximity to the IIT Research Institute highrise (both about the same age), Sox Park, and the new construction going up on the north end of the former Stateway Gardens site going toward 35th St. They haven't started demolition on the highrise yet, but they're going to town on the long, low building in front of it (Do any former Stateway residents know what that building was? A community center?) At the end, I do a 360-degree pan to show how much vacant land was left when they tore Stateway and Robert Taylor down. (Robert Taylor Homes started at 39th St. and went south to almost 55th St.) I was standing on Federal just south of 39th St when I did the pan. To the south,beyond that viaduct at about 40th St., more new mixed-income homes are going up. Part 2 is at: www.youtube.com

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