14 Jan 2004

  
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I wanna be hip and homeless

The Powers That Be have proposed building a giant metal box at the corner of Division and Clybourn to house displaced Cabrini residents and the city's homeless.

In one of the more ridiculous statements to come out of any mouth in recent memory, Lakefront Supportive Housing (the developer) CEO Jean Butzen waxes poetic:

"We thought it would be a really important statement to make that even people who are homeless, who are the poorest people in our society, deserve to live in a building designed by an internationally famous architect."

Oh my yes! Only the most trendy and hip for our city's homeless will do! Thankfully it will be conveniently close to a Starbucks, too.

Silly me, I'm no President and CEO of a housing development company, but I would've thought it might also be kind of important to HELP THEM TO NO LONGER BE HOMELESS?!?


 
 
andrew to: architecture, chicago, hobos
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Will this metal box have a conveyer belt at one end, big metal teeth in the middle and crank out tasty candies on Clyborn?

jpeg 14 Jan 2004

Quote: "Helmut is a world-class architect, global in his reach and enjoying his maturity." said Daniel Friedman, director of the School of Architecture at the University of Chicago.
THERE IS NO FUCKING ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO!

jpeg 14 Jan 2004

It's kinda like an aquarium for Hobos...

motero 14 Jan 2004

I think the important thing is that everyone feels better about themselves for thinking of doing this.

QTip 14 Jan 2004