Comments on: Potential development for long empty Broadway building http://edgevillebuzz.com/news/potential-development-coming-to-long-empty-broadway-building Your source for news, events, and information about Chicago's Edgewater & Andersonville neighborhoods. Fri, 08 May 2015 00:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.5 By: lakefrontmatt http://edgevillebuzz.com/news/potential-development-coming-to-long-empty-broadway-building#comment-8175 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.edgevillebuzz.com/?p=12069#comment-8175 It’s about time. I’m tired of looking directly at the rear of the building with its plywood boarded up windows and doorways for years on end. The back portion of the building was ripped off years ago leaving a very unsightly mess. A few weeks ago they did some reconstruction work on the roof, which is now covered by a blue plastic tarp. I was hoping that meant something was finally going to happen to this property. We need more quality retail space and people living on Broadway.

Pepitone’s was a big loss. The interior with it’s dark wood and skylights was unlike any other restaurant space in the area. Never go into business if you can’t afford comprehensive business insurance! Had the owners had the appropriate insurance, they might have been able to reopen.

]]> By: PassTheBatonAlready http://edgevillebuzz.com/news/potential-development-coming-to-long-empty-broadway-building#comment-8173 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:46:00 +0000 http://www.edgevillebuzz.com/?p=12069#comment-8173 Unfortunately, the older buildings are functionally obsolete like most older residential structures in Chicago. Be glad they’re not demolished.

]]> By: Michael Yonkman http://edgevillebuzz.com/news/potential-development-coming-to-long-empty-broadway-building#comment-8171 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:10:00 +0000 http://www.edgevillebuzz.com/?p=12069#comment-8171 I don’t think I’d call that completely unrelated. I’m so happy that eyesore will finally be occupied.

]]> By: Jim Olson http://edgevillebuzz.com/news/potential-development-coming-to-long-empty-broadway-building#comment-8170 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 03:39:00 +0000 http://www.edgevillebuzz.com/?p=12069#comment-8170 Why do architects who plan additions to existing buildings insist on making their designs completely unrelated to the existing building?

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