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In article <3c586e47.20300429@nntp.interaccess.com>,
 eco@interaccess.com (Steve B. ) wrote:

> www.openair.org/maxwell/preserve.html

Time to re-work the old mission statement:

http://www.openair.org/maxwell/pmissio2.html

There's absolutely no inhabitable building left in what was the Maxwell 
Street area.

I give it three years tops and the flea market that happens by Dominicks 
on Sundays will be gone too.

There are still habitable buildings left to save in the old Maxwell
Street area.  See <http://www.openair.org/maxwell/ppress44.html>. 

-- Steve
eco@interaccess.com 
*********
Kenji  <kenji@rcnchicago.com> wrote:

>In article <3c586e47.20300429@nntp.interaccess.com>,
> eco@interaccess.com (Steve B. ) wrote:
>
>> www.openair.org/maxwell/preserve.html
>
>Time to re-work the old mission statement:
>
>http://www.openair.org/maxwell/pmissio2.html
>
>There's absolutely no inhabitable building left in what was the Maxwell 
>Street area.
>
>I give it three years tops and the flea market that happens by Dominicks 
>on Sundays will be gone too.

The churches I would say would be of utmost importance, but I'll drive 
by the others later today....if they are the structures on the East side 
of Halsted on the tiny sidestreets...all I can say is good luck. From 
what I've paid attention to in the past 5 years most of those have been 
boarded up and forgot about by their owners years ago. Which means other 
than the shell of the structures the insides are just gonna be shit, 
with no systems left worth saving.


In article <3c5ade1d.1496830@nntp.interaccess.com>,
 eco@interaccess.com (Steve B. ) wrote:

> There are still habitable buildings left to save in the old Maxwell
> Street area.  See <http://www.openair.org/maxwell/ppress44.html>. 
> 
> -- Steve
> eco@interaccess.com 
> *********
> Kenji  <kenji@rcnchicago.com> wrote:
> 
> >In article <3c586e47.20300429@nntp.interaccess.com>,
> > eco@interaccess.com (Steve B. ) wrote:
> >
> >> www.openair.org/maxwell/preserve.html
> >
> >Time to re-work the old mission statement:
> >
> >http://www.openair.org/maxwell/pmissio2.html
> >
> >There's absolutely no inhabitable building left in what was the Maxwell 
> >Street area.
> >
> >I give it three years tops and the flea market that happens by Dominicks 
> >on Sundays will be gone too.
>

In article <kenji-204229.12595001022002@news-central.giganews.com>,
    Kenji  <kenji@rcnchicago.com> wrote:

>of Halsted on the tiny sidestreets...all I can say is good luck. From 
>what I've paid attention to in the past 5 years most of those have been 
>boarded up and forgot about by their owners years ago.

I'm fairly certain they've been owned by the city or university for most
of that time, and though they appear neglected, I'm certain that neither 
the U. nor the city has forgotten about them.  

Most of the then-standing storefronts were occupied until about two
years ago, when it became abundantly clear that the 'hood would be
flattened in a matter of months.  Things vacated pretty quickly after 
that.  

If they're still standing and not owned by the university (which may be
possible; the university has tended to flatten what it can as soon as it
can) it's possible that the owners are still holding out for a better
deal.  Condemnation is a pain for all involved, and the city can usually 
afford to hold its breath longer than the property owners can afford to 
pay taxes on buildings they can't rent.   

> Which means other 
>than the shell of the structures the insides are just gonna be shit, 
>with no systems left worth saving.

The city's plan is likely to wait until the shells aren't worth saving and
then knock 'em down;  or perhaps those are the buildings whose shells are
to be grafted on the new parking garage.  Whatever the particulars are, be
assured that the deterioration you observe is entirely intentional on the 
part of the city and the university.  

-- 
Eric Holeman eholatenteractcom                   Chicago Illinois USA 
"Wake up, everybody."--K. Gamble & L. Huff

In article <a3pknu$1dg$1@bob.news.rcn.net>,
 ehol@enteract.com (Eric Holeman) wrote:

>   Whatever the particulars are, be
> assured that the deterioration you observe is entirely intentional on the 
> part of the city and the university.  

How do you explain the maxwood residence then?