While most of us are used to the news on TV, watching through the window of a downtown studio is a unique joy.
It's great to see this Chicago window studio come back to life across from the Daley Plaza, where workers, tourists, and residents alike convene to enjoy our city's architecture, culture, and farmer's markets.
WBBM | CBS Chicago will broadcast all newscasts from the newly finished studio, which enjoyed its debut recently. Read more about it and watch their video here:
https://cbsn.ws/3VZkwD7
Quality over quantity, any day of the week. They say that you should invest in quality linen because you spend half of your life sleeping...what about your house that you'll live in for a lifetime!
A delightful article by Maytree Studios.
For this week's #TransactlyThoughts... what would you rather have? 🤔
Personally, we'd go with the modern house - looks more appealing!
Let us know what you would choose down in the comments section ⬇️
#ThisOrThat#WhatWouldYouChoose#RealEstate
🚉 From the Tracks
Episode 46 of The R5 Connection with me and Gary Lozoff is now live!l On this episode, we discuss the following #news stories affecting #Philly#commercialrealestate:
1) Ballin’ at The Battery
Talk about Electric. Jake Blumgart recently informed readers of The Philadelphia Inquirer about Ballers, the brilliant new #experiential#retail add to The Battery — Greater Center City’s ultimate lifestyle campus along the banks of the Delaware River. Ballers is the 45k+ sf, $10MM+ indoor sporting facility now under construction at the former power plant, which will include a massive turf field, dedicated squash, padel, and pickleball courts, golf simulators and other hospitality and entertainment improvements. David Gutstadt, the creator of Fitler Club, is leading Ballers’ executive and operations team.
2) Shifting #CRE Plates on Avenue of the Arts
Philadelphia Business Journal, and Jake Blumgart and Ryan Riggs (among others) in The Inquirer have written on the impacts of the sudden closure of University of the Arts, which follows on recent shuttering of Cabrini College , Delaware College of Art and Design, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Arts. UArts’ Center City real estate portfolio is substantial — and prominent. And absolutely certain to attract massive interest among the usual opportunistic investors.
3) US Office Fit-Out Cost Increases are Moderating
Andy Peters recently shared in CoStar News the results of a recent multi-market survey of year-over-year changes in #design and #construction costs for US #office fit-out projects. Mercifully, the composite for metro #Philadelphia reflect costs that are just slightly higher than 2023. What a relief!
BUILDING WATCH: #Publicservice award of the week is pinned on Ximena Conde, for publishing (in The Inquirer) news that Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is in process of repealing its four-year+ waiver on parking fees at SEPTA regional rail lots and several garages. Can we spell institutional “tin ear?” SEPTA Regional ridership has not returned to anywhere near pre-pandemic levels — despite this concession. Why, then, take public steps now to increase the barrier to adding ridership?
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As of 2021, 52% of Atlanta’s population is African American, and that identity crucially informs Atlantan art. Add to that a combination of rich cultural heritage, a vibrant arts scene with many nationally acclaimed art institutions. Then throw in a vast diversity of artistic expression across all forms of art and you get a true hotbed.
There's a lot of creativity in Atlanta, and appropriately, the 2024 Creative Placemaking Communities summit was held there this week. Atlanta is a CREATIVE PLACEMAKING demonstration in itself.
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Such an interesting episode with a little about architecture, urban planning, zoning, NIMBYs, YIMBYs and the complexity of increasing adorable housing.
A few years ago, I came across a sentence in a podcast "A city is not about its spectacles, but the enacted process it encompasses”. Somehow, that made a lot of sense to me in terms of how cities are perceived. How much significance do these spectacles lend to a city? And how does the enacted process cater to its essence? And how can we distinguish between these two aspects?
When we were asked to choose an independent study topic, I eventually settled on 'Spatial Appropriation.' The goal was to select a topic and document/analyze it across five cities: New York, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, and London. During this process, I attempted to identify instances where people had appropriated a particular place for their needs, diverging from the place's original intended purpose. This could include performances on the street, musicians on a bridge, and so on. Here's a small collection of such places that I found fitting under the category of 'enacted process'. Personally, experiencing these places and documenting them brought me a lot of joy.
Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Tech MS in Urban Design#urbandesign#spaces#publicspaces#summerprogramhttps://lnkd.in/gcMvfEKq
Glass walls are great for letting in natural light and brightening up living rooms and offices. But they are not the best for privacy, and can also overheat rooms and create too much glare on computer screens.
Researchers now report a material that lets through more light than a standard window but by diffusing most of the light much like a frosted glass window.
https://lnkd.in/guvRtaF7
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