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The faster you call it in and pay your deductible the better. It took me about two weeks I recall when I broke my ipod back in 2004. Sorry about your loss. Incredibly frustrating. Join the club since I had my bike stolen a couple weeks ago. Despite it being fully insured it was 25 yrs old and wasn't valued much, I didn't bother and just bought a new one. It's a pain in the ass setback when these things happen. But you were responsible and had it insured and that's all that matters.

No same D40. I needs a really good cleaning though. I'm still very happy with it, going on 2.5 years now. Excellent photo rob. This has the old SunTimes building and no riverwalk! Wow have things changed Here's a shot from this evening. Taken from Rush University Hospital Garage

I can't get focused enough to compose an actual thread so I'm just going to post a running stream of images. Anyone is welcome to show a few of their own Chicago pics as well, and there is no limit per post. This thread will cover the entire Chicagoland area, so you'll see a few suburbs as well. I'll begin with a few evening shots by the river: And here's a picture I took from my office on Thursday. What's nice is every desk on our floor has a view of the river. I hope that doesn't change!

In a short answer yes. I'm not clear why you would think it would slow anytime soon. If Detroit wouldn't have built a woodframed city, alot more of it would have stuck around for "the next big thing" when it happens. I see what you are getting at with the talent thing. I was just trying to figure out why you put Detroit at the top. Its past or present music? Any cities can produce talent and yes their environment can shape their music. Detroit's environment has changed and so has the music.

Well the architecture did accomplish something. It got photographed and even posted on the internet [and discussed!]. It must have importance, no matter the opinion.

It was like a massive cloud sucked the energy out of everyone in Chicago today. I just wanted to go home. Our office building lobby was decked out in Olympic banners in stuff. Some people in our office were even in Copenhagen. I'll still watch the games in Rio, who knows maybe i'll travel there as well. But what is really upsetting is this meant alot more to us because it was the chance to fix our city's problems with a lot more organized help.... Repair our antique transit system, build more affordable housing, improve more parks, and most importantly put more people to work. For the 2016 Olympics, we needed architects, engineers, planners, construction workers, event organizers, hotel staff, police officers, and so on. Granted, those people will always be needed, but for anyone skilled in these jobs looking for work right now, this would have been the immediate opportunity during a difficult time. Now it's back to business as usual.

I'll be interested in reading it. Mothballing is no easy task, but for the cost of demolition, I think these buildings could have been successfully secured and maintained for years to come.

Because of bombed out [good] architecture? I'm not connecting the dots between this and that. Careful now, Detroit really only has its downtown and new center skyscrapers to put forth as good architecture in the city. The rest doesn't stand a chance of surviving over the next few years. I hope you realize Detroit will be an entirely different city when it does come back. You'll hardly recognize it.

That idea doesn't work. Say I walked up to you and said "I'm going to give you my student loan debt." I doubt you want that? The building is a financial liability. Physically, yes it can be renovated. That would be easy; paying for it not so much. But when you take the cost per square foot by the total building and divide by the number of units. The cost per unit is outrageously high. Detroit doesn't have that kind of market. My own solution would be to mothball it until someone with a very abstract creative solution to getting this fixed up, but it's too late now.

Demolition was cancelled

Oh and not before I cycle through Ghirardelli Chocolate a few hundred times for free samples. Nahh, I'll be nice. It's a great street and always busy. Maybe someday I'll make it. Here's a night shot of Mariano Park, a wedge shaped (plaza technically) surrounded by restaurants. Whenever I'm hungry late at night, I make a quick run downstairs to this snack stand. Night: Day: Those restaurants are fortunately within my range. Still pricey though, but the food is great.

I find JCrew's clothing difficult to iron. Makes getting ready for work a pain. Therefore, I give this thread a failing grade Is the directory sign the only thing that won't dissolve from acid rain in this thread? Unless it's made of plastic.

It's really funny, because the apartment I live in was actually an accident. I had a service find my place. Most buildings in the downtown area run at 100% occupancy. After the tour, they were basically like "you have 5 hours to make a decision to sign the lease." Gave it a bit to long and missed out, but a unit opened up the next day on Oak St, and I immediately signed the lease. The building is great. The neighborhood doesn't really match my personality to be honest.....I come out of the building looking like a 'hoodlum.' But I'm close to work, food, trains, buses, and a block from Michigan Ave, which is nice when guests are in town. I guess the neighborhood is "changing". tsk tsk tsk. I'll do the best I can.

Excellent work. I know eventually Detroit will find its time and these landmark buildings will have a future. Just a bit of advice though for anyone who intends to explore these buildings in the near future. They have ramped up security considerably at MCS. They won't let people go with a slap on the wrist anymore, but they will arrest you and haul you off to a cell. They have begun some minor restoration work to hopefully prep the building for something larger, and they ain't messing around no matter who is inside. Numerous people have been arrested. Currently prep work has been put on hold because of asbestos exposure. Packard has also ramped up patrols and some photographers have been busted. The reason being fires have been set inside (mostly by scrappers) and there's been a lot more vandalism by kids who actually filmed their actions. Hence a camera won't let you off the hook. I figured, HP would laugh off any well intentions. They very helpful when I needed to get photos from the abandoned police station for a project. Sorry to kind of redirect the thread. I think these are amazing photos. I just hate to have a bunch of people rush off to Detroit and end up downtown at the "justice complex"

Wow, the Woodward development came out really nice. I'm pretty happy with it. Last time I saw it, there was just steel and the parking deck had just begun construction. The construction you see at the RenCen is the new port authority terminal

It's really funny, because the apartment I live in was actually an accident. I had a service find my place. Most buildings in the downtown area run at 100% occupancy. After the tour, they were basically like "you have 5 hours to make a decision to sign the lease." Gave it a bit to long and missed out, but a unit opened up the next day on Oak St, and I immediately signed the lease. The building is great. The neighborhood doesn't really match my personality to be honest.....I come out of the building looking like a 'hoodlum.' But I'm close to work, food, trains, buses, and a block from Michigan Ave, which is nice when guests are in town.

I always wondered about that, thanks for the info rob. As for my awful photography habits, I had a horrible time getting these next too. Both of these were shot from my bedroom. I couldn't find my tripod, so I duct taped my SLR to the glass. It was the only method I could think of. Unfortunately the tape began to sag in both shots, so there's some blur. I guess I should find that tripod Here's an evening shot after a storm from another window

What I love about the above lofts is that they are by no means generic. They negotiate with the existing architecture creatively.

Tragic. I've noticed in these type of cities, everytime a church closes, the neighborhood completely collapses soon after.

That's pretty darn scary, you may want to get checked just in case there is something you never knew about. Every year of my life I've had a physical and been told I've been perfectly healthy and to continue my habits. I once saw a skin specialist and found out I had to have a bunch of moles removed because they could potentially develop into Melanoma. Who would've known? Basically if I stop seeing my skin specialist, I'll die at a very early age, since I have a 100% chance of developing it if I do nothing. Oh, and our company is giving away flu shots this friday so I'm participating.

Well Cleveland does have a higher concentration of classical buildings downtown, the most pronounced of any midwestern city. Not at all by number, but the fact that they aren't interspaced by a bunch of pomo atrocities. It's EXTREMELY windy in Chicago today. It was enjoyable watching people trying to keep standing today. I can only imagine the motion sickness up in the Hancock and Sears, ahem Willis

Seems those volunteers got more than they bargained for: Asbestos Found at the Train Station Reported by: Heather Catallo DETROIT (WXYZ) - They just wanted to clean up a Detroit landmark. But what some local high school students didn’t count on was putting their health at risk while they were trying to help. It's a longshot any of them will develop mesothelioma, even handling, cutting it, whatever. The problem is no one actually knows for sure what is a "safe level" of asbestos exposure. So the best advice is to avoid it whenever possible to theoretically reduce exposure to 0.....Although that's impossible. Everyone has been exposed to friable asbestos in their life. The interesting thing about MCS, is that it's pretty easy to identify and remove it. They should have let in the professionals do the dirty work and let the kids do the rest...if you really aren't worried about falling bricks.

What's wrong with Wisconsin!?! Are you looking to start a fight? I ate the Wisconsin Mac and Cheese at Noodles and Co the other day and it was the bomb!

I got the flu this week. Too late I guess, though I'm pretty much 95% recovered at this point. I worked from home this week.

I know what you mean....I completely know what you mean. If it makes you feel any better, I saw a cop today chew out a bunch of pedestrians for blocking the bikes only lane. They weren't using the pedestrians lane at all. They nearly caused an accident. Some really nice places to live! .... I mean, horrible, just horrible!