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A Face For the Name: Downtown Chicago’s HoJo Tower Gets Rendered
It’s always good to put a face with a name. Over a month ago, when we first told you about the skyscraper proposed to replace the Googie-riffic Howard Johnson’s motor lodge at 720 North LaSalle in...
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Two River North Skyscrapers Get Positive Reception At Coming-Out Party
720 North LaSalle drawing A pair of River North residential high-rise developments received positive feedback from locals at the official coming-out party on Monday evening. Magellan Development...
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Third New Building Announced for Two Blocks of River North
The River North side of LaSalle Street is where it’s at these days. Less than a week after a public meeting was held for two new residential towers proposed for 720 North LaSalle Street and 167 East...
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A Skyline-Changing Week for Chicago; City May Approve 4 New Towers
For fans of Chicago’s urban environment, it’s always a good month when the city approves a new skyscraper. Some months we get lucky and two are approved. If everything goes as expected, this week...
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All About the New Skyscraper at 720 North LaSalle
Rendering of 720 North LaSalle, courtesy of bKL Architecture Last week, we were the first to tell you that the Chicago Plan Commission approved the construction of a new residential tower at 720...
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Smoking Hot Model: 720 North LaSalle
Before you know it, the Howard Johnson motel in downtown Chicago will be gone, replaced by a new residential tower. For those of you who can’t wait to see what the finished product will look like,...
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Oh No! HoJo Demo a Go!
The downtown Howard Johnson’s motel when we last saw it in October If you’re a fan of googie architecture, and mid-century kitsch, get your camera down to 720 North LaSalle before the Chicago’s...
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A New Look at 720 North LaSalle
720 North LaSalle rendering courtesy of bKL Architecture Last week we told you that demolition permits have been issued for the former Howard Johnson’s motor lodge at 720 North LaSalle in downtown...
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Oh No! Po’ RiNo HoJo No Mo’
If you wanted to get one last glimpse of Chicago’s downtown Howard Johnson’s motel before it was demolished, well you’re too late. It’s gone, baby. The Chicago Architecture Blog‘s Daniel Schell...
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Status Update: HoJo is Gone; Make Way for the HoJo Tower
720 North LaSalle rendering courtesy of bKL Architecture The future of River North is well and truly upon us, as the half-block of land at 720 North LaSalle is ready to receive its bounty: The HoJo...
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Hey Ho, HoJo A Go
720 North LaSalle rendering courtesy of bKL Architecture After what seemed like an eternal wait, one of River North’s most anticipated new skyscrapers has gotten the green light from the city of...
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720 North LaSalle Foundation Work Deepens
It wasn’t all that long ago you could get a shower and room at 720 North LaSalle Street. What was once a Howard Johnson Inn, consider by many to be a hole-in-the-wall establishment for weary...
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165 West Starting to Look Superior
165 West Superior under construction (Courtesy of Near North Spy Mike) The new residential tower rising at 165 West Superior Street is starting to look like something. Near North Spy Mike sent in this...
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What Seven Months of Skyscraper Growth Looks Like
720 North LaSalle under construction (Courtesy of River North Spy Mike) It’s hard to believe it was just seven months ago that construction crews started sinking excavator teeth into the gummy silt...
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bKL’s Exhibit On Superior Gets its First Art
When you call a skyscraper “Exhibit,” it’s natural to expect the building to come with some nice art. And that’s exactly what happened at bKL’s Exhibit on Superior (165 West Superior Street) this...
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River North’s Newest Public Park Opens at Exhibit on Superior
As downtown Chicago ads more and more residents, the ratio of people to greenspace grows increasingly lopsided. That’s part of the reason so many people were happy to see River thth’s newest public...
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