Exclusive look inside Lincoln Yards: Construction starts on Chicago's 'City Within A City'
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2022
- Sterling Bay is converting 53-acres of North Side riverfront property once occupied by the A. Finkle & Sons steel plant and other industrial sites, into a new community of homes, offices, entertainment venues, restaurants and parks.
I've lived in Chicago for about a decade, but I'm from a small rust belt place a few states over. Chicagoans should be embracing new development like this with open arms. Because lots of places aren't nearly as lucky to have this much interest. Chicago is a world class city and deserves world class development like this. I don't know where to give the credit, but somebody deserves a lot of it for making this happen.
@B Babbich yeah true
No one is against development. Building is part of Chicago's history but to use $1.3 billion in TIF funding that is supposed to be used in poor low-income areas or to the improvement of low-income residents on a development for rich people is wrong. Just like the city got caught holding on to $400-$500 million in funding that was meant for Section 8 housing voucher.
@@trongriffinproductions7159 so the issue is that they're using tax payer money? or what's the difference between this project and Hudson Yards in New York? I believe Chicago needs developing projects like these to not fall behind.
@@Michael-pd6bc Now when you say Chicago what are you talking about? The Chicago Bears? The city of Chicago? The Chicago region? As for falling behind, Chicago is the third largest city with the third largest economy. I am all for the stadium if the owners pay for it and the infrastructure. The state still owes nearly $700 million for the 2006 renovation of Soldier Field. You don't get nowhere by giving away hundreds of millions. The state should not help owners unless the state gets some sort of ownership. The state do not need the Bears to run and own a stadium. The state can do it just like the state owns Navy Pier in Chicago, Wintrust Arena in Chicago and McCormick Place in Chicago, which is the largest convention center in North America. If the state is paying for it then the state should own it or a percentage based on the investment.
@@trongriffinproductions7159 problem with developing low income areas is all the money will be wasted. Everything you build will be destroyed! I have seen many investors renovate the section A housing. One year later it's all trashed. How do I know? i replaced windows for a lot of these southside buildings. If people from low income area have the ambition to improve their lives they can always make it out, move out of the low income area and move into area like Lincoln yard. Sometimes you can't fixed what's broken but you can always improve on something that is working!
The idea of being able to stroll the entire length of the 606 from Logan Square to downtown via riverwalk is incredible. Please make it happen.
LOL " Stroll the entire length". It will become like the hunting ground for the "Ghost in the darkness". Where the Chicago wild animals will prey daily on the idiot SoDaSoPa morons who go to live in the dump next to Kenny's house.
I agree
It's a small thing that could easily be missed, but every building having a different architect is huge. It should keep everything from looking the same, giving the area more life. Good choice.
The soccer stadium should have happened! Looked amazing
Love to see all the new devolpment in the city
Somebody needs to do this to Gary. It's a great location, just need to revive it. We need more high speed trains in Chicago are to transport people. Chicago is a great place, it just needs some tweaking
This project is cool for repurposing unused and contaminated land! Very nice to see adding a lot of greenery. One thing that could be, in my opinion, improved is connecting the buildings. Why built several stand-alone high rises, when you could build a nice district with lower buildings connected such that you see in Europe, etc.
high raises bring in lots of commercial and residential space and open spaces outside. Putting concrete everywhere is a bad idea, esp. for something so close to the city.
This is Chicago not Europe
I’m excited about it, it’ll be a big improvement to the city!
Only a big improvement for DOWNTOWN not the city cuz the city main issues is VIOLENCE aint nothing an improvement if violence gets more corrupted and then some
Agreed !!
You sound like a typical entitled pos that I wish Chicago wasn't full of.
I love it. Lincoln Yards, Bally's Casino, the Gateway Tower, the Discovery Partnership Institute, we're building and growing again.
More available housing is always a good thing. I don’t understand some of the opposition to be honest.
because no one below the middle class can afford it
@@10InchSnow True. If people who can afford to move there stop competing for slightly more affordable housing elsewhere, that starts to open things up from the top. Unfortunately, by the time this effect "trickles down" to impact reasonable middle-class rent levels, people will be more likely to move in from out of the city to take those new vacancies. I don't see a way that it trickles all the way down to lower-income households.
In the pro column, increased density makes cities more efficient, and it's good to see a toxic waste dump turned into something more useful.
@@10InchSnow just because some people can’t afford to live there, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t build more housing. If that were the case, there wouldn’t ever be new housing developments.
@@10InchSnow
I’ve been to Chicago numerous times for work. I’ve never actually lived there, but I almost got transferred there unfortunately it didn’t happen.
From my observation as someone who almost moved there, I never had the impression that there was anything in the actual city of Chicago that the average person would consider “affordable” except in places no one want to live. My experiences in other cities where I have lived support this likely being true for Chicago.
@@NateBee People who make under $50,000/yr are getting priced out of the city. These places are easily gonna be $1800 for a 1 bedroom. I'm frankly confused about who keeps renting and buying all this overpriced housing.
I hope Abraham Lincoln will be there at the grand opening. I'd like his autograph for my collection.
I think you’re going to be disappointed to know he’s hanging out in his tomb in Springfield that day
@@joejonas3684 Whaaaaat???!
Excited to see the extension of the 606! Hopefully they make the entirety of this development walkable and transit oriented!
This is way cooler than the casino
They both are cool also because the casino is along this river as well, so water taxis stoping downtown, then the casino, then Lincoln yards. The casino and this project is going to bring the north branch of the river to life, no longer an industrial river.
@@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 Yep, and just wait for the boatjackings! LMAO!
@@chrisnash430 that doesn’t cross my mind, I live life and not worry about negativity. I don’t believe in living in fear because you can die anywhere.
@@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 you are very optimistic. When in reality casinos bring in more crime and violence and poverty to the areas they are in.
@@TheGoonSquadd very optimistic because I always think on the bright side, I don’t walk around with doom and gloom frame of mind thinking the sky is falling. That frame of thinking only holds you back, being paranoid and worrisome. Man kind has been through so many trails and eras during our span of existence on this planet and no matter what we still prevail and become stronger as a species. So no nothing worries me about this casino anything that helps Chicago grow, expanding downtown to maybe the size of New York one day I’m onboard for. Anything that’s going to revitalize downtown to where it isn’t dead after 10pm and everything is closed I am game for. This casino will help bring the north river branch to life and we need more 24hrs scenes in this city. Mayor Daley shared my vision he wanted a way to make Block 37 a 24hr scene on state street but unfortunately it didn’t pan out, they built it and it closes by 9pm. A great city like Chicago and it’s downtown sleep by 9pm like some little rural city just doesn’t sit right with me. I can’t wait from them to break ground on this casino, plus that’s the perfect spot for it. I see lots of tourist flocking this casino, catching water taxis from downtown to the casino, river tour boats riding right past it seeing all the people gathered around this casino as they past by it headed towards Lincoln Yards.
Looks amazing, something new to go to when I go back to Chicago!
Chicago may have it's problems but housing isn't one of them! They are always building housing, and it's epic.
Wooow I understand this man's vision & I'm excited for Lincoln yards 🌍⏳💡
Chicago is a pretty good city for housing-affordability, and part of that comes from the continuing supply of new housing to desirable areas in the city. Without new development to absorb demand, new buyers with affluence will buy-out residents of lower-income neighborhoods. Preventing housing from being built only hurts the poor and working classes.
Sadly, almost all American cities don't understand that.
😭😭😭😭
preach
i agree, they should make more developments like this
You are wrong. No one wanted to prevent the project. They used $1.3 billion in TIF funding that is supposed to be used in poor low-income areas or to the improvement of low-income residents on a development for rich people is wrong. The money they used belonged to the poor.
wow this will make the city better.
Seems like a fantastic development!! Can’t wait
That must have been so expensive removing all of the toxicity from the ground. Just removing that 100 year old steel plant took some serious money. Great video, I'm looking forward to seeing how the project turns out! It looks very appealing.
Exactly what I thought!!! I’m OBSESSED.
Development of contaminated land and providing public space is great! However this development could be much more dense to create a better feel of a neighborhood. Tall stand alone buildings make it feel less walkable and more car focused. Disappointing in a city with great public transit options.
Great for our city
to all of the people saying this is “gentrification” and will price people out of the city… how many housing units were there before in the steel mills?
Yeah, but when those houses are built, who will be able to afford them? That’s the point. Gentrification is happening all over the world, and it’s mainly led by wealthy private investors who come in with big ideas and plans and the money to bring them to reality. The problem with that, they seem to think that everyone can afford to purchase what they’re selling, and who gets the short end of the stick? Lower income folks who have lived in certain cities, many of them, their whole lives.
Their message to them,
“Yeah it sucks that you can’t afford these LUXURIOUS homes that we’ve built, but hey life’s a bitch. Good luck somewhere else.”
Then, to add insult to injury, most of these new developments are struggling to fill their units. Why? Yep, you guessed it, THEY AREN’T AFFORDABLE.
@@brentduanefoster More housing is a good thing, actually. No matter who the new housing serves, a higher supply of housing is better than nothing. NO new housing is what results in gentrification; wealthier people move into lower class neighborhoods to buy out their homes. I'm aware that you know this. Building housing like this that caters to upper class individuals means that they will be less inclined to move into currently-gentrifying neighborhoods, thus *not* pricing people out. Housing must be built for people of all income levels, and this development happens to cater towards the upper class. Chicago builds plenty of housing -- this project being a great example -- which explains why average rent in the city is quite reasonable.
@@chris4484 Most of this new housing caters to the upper class. How else do explain those who can no longer afford to live in these cities moving out. That’s the point you’re missing. Most of the people being forced out have lived there for years, and instead of leaders stepping in and helping make life better for them by actually investing in the people that were already there, they would rather push them out for someone else to deal with them.
Very happy that it'll be walkable and bikable :)
Can’t wait till it’s done, the city is changing. The 78, Lincoln yards and Obama presidential center. Now if we can only add more cta subway lines to underserved areas, extend some cta train lines and annex a few of these suburbs. The ceiling is high. People can hate Rahm Emanuel all they want but as far as projects this guy got a lot done. He got the 78, Lincoln yards and his personal idea the river walk done. Only if he could have got that elon musk hyperloop from downtown to ohare, I really liked the concept of that idea.
Chicago really need to annex some of its suburbs!
@@cowser67 I totally agree, and expand Chicago’s land mass. Some of these suburbs are barely able to support themselves anyway and mind as well merge with Chicago.
Rahm Emanuel was the last good mayor, it's now too damn liberal for cool shit to be built.
I love Chicago!!
I will be living there. Love my city ❤ there's nothing like it.
Very much an European approach, make housing and local services close to one another reachable by walking and cycling..
Lets see if you Americans can adopt to this.
@B Babbich Exactly. DC, Boston, Seattle…and not that anyone needs a reminder of how walkable NYC is, but yeah the biggest city in the USA is walkable and bikeable, even among European cities. Even in Chicago, there are sidewalks and bike lanes everywhere, and public transit is already well-developed. Europeans are selectively appreciative of “different” cultures. Asian culture is OK, but anything American is automatically off putting. Then something as amazing as Lincoln Yards comes along and it’s a “European” approach? Well, I guess so because Europeans colonized America: the Dutch, the English, the French, Spanish, Irish…But no, it’s an American approach. The architects, the city council who approved the development…the minds and decisions behind Lincoln Yards’ success are American. not to mention this isn’t an isolated instance of this type of development in the USA. Lots of people demand and do live in walkable, efficient, sustainable cities
Take it from a New Yorker, Hudson Yards unfortunately feels very artificial and corporate. It's one of the most underwhelming neighborhoods with the least amount of character in the city. This sounds pretty similar.
That’s exactly what I expect from this. It’ll feel more like a mall than a neighborhood. I’m all for new development and housing. I know people who’d love to live here; definitely not my cup of tea.
That’s cause Hudson yards is just a big mall. Hopefully this will be more of a living community, integrated properly with the surrounding neighborhoods
Chicago > New York
Who gives a shit if it’s safe and has everything, hopefully has apartments and some homes as well
This whole project is just making more space for rich white people, it’s not connecting anyone.
Keep it up guys! Go USA!!
I hope they use more art deco futuristic architecture with neon signs and futuristic stuff like that.
How are the buses and trains going to run there? If it is close to the loop it would be convenient, maybe we could even fish there lol
It's going to look beautiful I love CHICAGO COOL CHICAGO IS GETTING BIGGER AND MORE COOL AND FUN STUFF 💙💙💙💙💙🧡🧡🧡🧡
What did they do with all the heavy metals? Will the river clean-up be extended if they find that there is still compromising quality?
Weird unit of measurement… White Houses? I’ve been there a few times, but how many people know the size of the White House?
was thinking the same thing....should have used something local like soldier field
Nice story, Mike
Would it have rail access?
very cool
Definitely more for higher income people, but there is nothing holding anybody back! I'm a whole minority born and raised out south and west side of Chicago. I get paid good money and would want to see something like this. We need better leadership and drive violence farther away from downtown.
"Whole minority born"?Take some of that good money and go back to school please.
@@oldcynical2845 You don't understand slang eh...
@@oldcynical2845 look at that another English teacher, catching people trolling grammar? Relax, we are not writing a best seller here.
Can we finish the Jane bird also!! Please! 😂
Will they utilize the old rail lines within the new development?
Love my city ❤🏙️
Did the developers propose any low-income or workforce/affordable housing for the project? Which would go a long way in addressing the need for it in Chicago. Also, I did not hear what the plans were for reducing traffic in the area and developing mass transit, and light rail to service the area.
Not sure how pleasant river walk is going to be. The water is filthy up there. You can literally see film of oil, toxic waste floating on the river...
It's the same story all the way up to Irving.
With all that previous oontamination..not a place i would consider living in myself but they should really be trying to better other parts of the city 1st
He seemed to want to change the subject a little too quickly for me. I'd want more reassurance that it's not an open pit of cancerous toxins before setting foot there.
@@juliekswanson exactly....there is always some walk back in their talk yrs later..always at the publics expense
They are. It’s called gentrification.
@@hueso5071 it’s not gentrification. It was abandoned heavy metal factories
@@ehfoiwehfowjedioheoih4829 I’m talking about other neighborhoods in the city. Like Pilsen, Logan square, Humboldt Park all being gentrified.
Good idea 💡 benefits community
More projects on the north side but nothing on the south side?
They end up becoming riddled with bullet holes and graffiti, it ends up costing more to maintain,
Yes. You new here? Southside cant even hold on to a whole foods for more that a year👀.
@@2cookies4awriteout Was that Rahm Emanuel's brother?
lol are you kidding me? Why does the south side deserve anything? It's always handouts for the same group of people that never do anything in return aside from make excuses. There's actually plenty of projects going on on the south side if you look into it..the whole south side isn't the ghetto so you still have million dollar developments and significant investment into the area, even now, even post covid and with all the crime.
But anything below Washington Park you might as well fence it off and pretend it doesn't exist - that's the land where people think it's 'cool' and 'sexy' to be a murderous, thieving criminal.
Obama center is coming
A concise, eloquent tribute to the hollowing out of our former middle class
just don't be mad when the rest of the city decides to drop by for a visit
Stop being a victim lolol
I can't stop thinking about The Wire. Lol.
Omar comin'!
People leaving the city, who we kidding
So many people have left that Chicago's population today is the same as 2010 according to the U.S. Census.
@@trongriffinproductions7159the biggest loss in population has been from the city’s Black community, mostly on South and far West sides. Are booming areas as well as wealthier overall, fewer kids/families than the past. Like many cities, lots of people moved to suburbs during height of COVID too.
@@mic1240 Yeah, I always say population can go either way. Chicago's biggest problem is crime. People actually wants to live in the city but crime is the biggest problem. The politicians want to tax everything instead of locking away those who are causing the problems. The Aldermen spend more time talking about those who are committing crimes instead of the innocent victims.
I want a house along the river!!!
Reminds me of Hudson yards 😒
didn’t someone get gunned down a block away from there a couple days ago 😅
Someone got got shot on Taylor's Swift millionaire block in NYC so crime can happened anywhere.
just a matter of time before 'da opps' turn this into a warzone
And they should do it,considering you're Mafia crime cousins will make a windfall off construction and waste management, yall who're's can't dominate all of the crime..
I really doubt it
It's astounding to me the people complaining and crying for more progression, those are the type of people that should just be ignored and don't deserve to have a voice
People are complaining for a good reason. They used $1.3 billion in TIF funding that is supposed to be used in poor low-income areas or to the improvement of low-income residents on a development for rich people. No one is against the development itself. People are against the funding. Sterling Bay could have built the development without taking TIF money by adding an investor or two but they did not want to give up percentages of their profits, which is greedy. So please stop blaming the residents when Sterling Bay could have given up some of their ownership to get an investor to fund the rest of the project.
that could be nice
I’m so high this looks like a Shaolin Monks map
Whew! I was worried that rich people would have no place to live.
Don't worry, there will be plenty of "wealth redistribution" to go around-these suckers will be easy pickings!
I think we all know those 20,000 new jobs aren't going to help anyone in the middle class or below. Got to love the city's politics, they know who writes those campaign donations checks...welp better get back to my red lined neighborhood to watch a new ivory tower cast its shadow over me! Can't wait.
@@ZachJ-0 You got it right, Zach. Remember Nelson Algren's words about the first Chicago settlers: "Paid the Pottawattomies off in cash in the cool of the Indian evening and had the cash back to the dime by the break of the Indian dawn." That's Chicago banking and high finance in one complete lesson
@@chrisnash430 I hope you’re not talking about robbing people…
if it makes you feel better they're living on contaminated soil
Please try to do it something emblematic and unique that represents in some way to Chicago internationally. Something like a landmark like Sydney opera or ciudad de las ciencias y las artes in Valencia which has a modern and beautiful architecture. Also, please try not to build horrible square buildings that will look bad in 20 years
Chicago has landmarks already Navy Pier , Willis Tower AKA Sears Tower to name a couple.
The city needs this, and now the casino. Its literally going to change Chicago for the better.
They took money meant for the poor to build it.
just gotta keep the sreggin out
He looks at a “Full Scale Model…” on the project 🤣
What growth spurt?
difference.. Englewood.. this kill for no reason
Are you pretending or just plain stupid?
They are consulting "steakholders"
I wonder if that means residents or a**holes with money and an ego
Good to see the new development in Chicago. Now if they can just get the crime under control...
Robocops Delta City.
So it’s Diet Hudson Yards lol
Hopefully a Comedy Club ....
can they not
Soccer stadium was dropped 😩
It ain’t coming on the south side 😂
Wait...a restaurant doesn't want a fucking stadium near them? Are they insane? That's like the biggest driver of patronage outside of rapid transit additions...
wouldnt touch a piece of land there without doing my own soil tests. the whole area is contaminated you cant just toss some grass on it and call it good
Sure you can. What are you worried about? You think it’s any more contaminated than any other part of the city? Are you from Chicago? Do you know about the filth that flowed through the Chicago River for decades, contaminating everything in its path? Everything you eat and all the air you breathe is contaminated with something. Who cares? Btw, I’m not defending this development, I’m just sick of people complaining. Have a great day! 😀
@@strqrt70 no idiot my place is not built on ‘industrial wasteland’ Im well aware of the carcinogens that pollute the air and water thats all around too why do you think im leaving this dumpster? besides the politics taxes race wars etc.
glad the NIMBYs lost
Ummm but all the people are cartoons. I'm gonna wait
Typical NIMBYS at it again, you're worried about the economic racial divide because it's primarily high-income housing? How about also considering the amount of housing this creates which is proven to lower rent in surrounding areas, the added density and taxes from this development increase city revenue by a large margin which means taxes allocated for this project be recuperated and redistributed, geographical divides are broken because lower-income citizens have access to this community without needing to drown money into owning a car because of the pedestrian-oriented design. Adding green spaces to a city has positive environmental impacts, not to mention the amount of heavy metal that was removed from this area.
You may be right but it doesn't make the socioeconomic argument wrong
Then stop crying when the poor wants to have fun in you're neighborhood or even rob you for shitting on them for the millionth time F boy..
Show me what cities prove your argument to be true. From what I’ve seen, there has been no proof of lowering rents anywhere. What it has proven is that when these new developments come up, even as great as they are, rents are raised EVERYWHERE, forcing long-term residents, of which many are lower income, to move out. Typical gentrification, though per usual, they won’t admit that.
SODOSOPA
I've been to Chicago many times and have enjoyed each visit. But I find it ridiculous that local governments subsidize projects aimed at the affluent. If American capitalism is so great, why are the wealthy always asking for the public to subsidize their projects? They sure don't socialize their profits. If you want to build something, get a loan like the rest of us.
If american capitalism is so bad, why is america the richest and most powerful country in the world?
@@painexotic3757 The problem is the vast majority of the wealth goes to the very top. That's why the U.S. LAGS behind other industrialized countries in a MULTITUDE of areas: healthcare, education, housing, etc. But hey, if you'd rather subscribe to blind patriotism, go ahead.
@@utxex97 the poorest people in america are, ironically, some of the richest people in the world..
Lincoln Yards isn't getting a single cent from the city of Chicago. TIF funds are a temporary reduction in property taxes in exchange for the developers improving city infrastructure. Here, Lincoln Yards developers are building roads, bridges, improving the Metra station, cleaning up toxic waste, building public parks, and extending the 606. Chicago benefits in every way from this TIF, since that toxic plot of land was generating exactly 0 property taxes before Lincoln Yards came along anyway.
As long as we get a dog park...
Lady at the end made a good point. I just don’t get how such a great city can’t invest more in lower income communities. Seems like a great development but it’s like some neighborhoods have just been forgotten about and neglected. I don’t live there just my observation from the outside.
Just by reading these comments you can tell why and that is greedy WP don't give a damn about Black or Hispanic people, unless it involves them during their dirty work or having the Mayor to create laws to keep minorities away from them and they're upper class lifestyles..
Chicago isn't actually giving any money to Lincoln Yards. TIF is just a temporary property tax reduction in exchange for the developers improving city infrastructure. They're used all the time in the south and west sides, much more often than on the north side.
That is the gentrification mindset. They won’t say it out loud, because they know it will shut their plans down. You have these wealthy investors with these bold plans and the money to fund them, yet they take little to no concern for the people, many who wouldn’t be able afford to live around, who have been there, in most cases, their whole lives.
Essentially, building a new neighborhood for upper class people who aren't from Chicago to live in Chicago. All you rideshare drivers, and food carrier folk can expect more work with no tips.
at least they’re building more housing. less possibility for lower income people to be priced out in the future
@@chris4484 a net positive no doubt. but is money the most important thing for a cities residents, especially if none of that money is spent productively.
Alas Chicago effs it up again. Miss my walks in the quietude there...
This vast and void is happening in every city, nothing special or unique about the look or feel. But you'll pay for it.
Can we just focus on the crime first
Environment influences our behavior. If we want to reduce crime then we have to reduce poverty, beautify and update ghettos so they're not so ghetto. The only other option would be to physically separate and not allow minorities to visit or live in Chicago. Otherwise, there will always be crime even with cops everywhere. We are reflections of our environment.
This is a private development. I’m pretty sure that’s not the developer’s job
It’s actually proven that development decreases crime
Developments like this make the crime go down genius!!!
This has nothing to do with crime rates…. They’re just building a couple bridges and buildings.
It's finally happened in Chicago.A luxurious area where the wealthy live separated from the commoners who take care of their world.
Imma need an L stop there
city in a city lol cha project lingo
Another location for the rich..
Plan calls for new riverwalk for the public and thugs and robbers can prosper, I bet thier licking their chops right now, gonna get all that easy money. 💰
Are these condos for the migrants
Chicago? Come on. Maybe, if it was in Florida.
Chicagos economy is bigger, better, and more attractive than the whole state of Florida.
@@B3ezy 😂😂😂😂 very true
A hurricane just hit Florida.
If you rich
Invest in Chicago
get ready for super expensive housing.
I'll take it all if nobody wants it.
Thug magnet. Mark my words.
Dont get shot......
Ugh NIMBYs..........