Four related articles in the Chicago Sun-Times, all by David Roeder:

New neighborhood bursts onto scene

Personally I think the School should still go in the Park as originally intended, there is enough space. Also, this is the first I've heard that there could be a new day care. It will be good if it encourages more families in the area.

Also one quote from the article. "Residents have standing now and that makes development much more challenging," he said. A case in point is Mayor's Daley's push to build the Chicago Children's Museum across Randolph Street from the southernmost tip of Lakeshore East. Residents in the development and just outside it have been the loudest opponents of the plan, although Daley and museum supporters have voiced determination to push it through."

Another: "In a city where most any development plan draws detractors, Lakeshore East has evolved with little controversy."

I'm not totally sure about this - issues have included the ongoing lawsuit with the Outer Drive East (400 E. Randolph) condo association regarding the height of the Parkhomes; and according long-standing covenants, Magellan should have extended the Pedway, this could be a lawsuit yet to come.

Development builds on history -- and the ooze of 1871 landfill

Article includes a summary of the main buildings completed so far
• The Lancaster, 29 stories with 209 condos, finished in 2005.
• The Shoreham, 46 stories with 548 apartments, finished in 2005.
• The Regatta, 44 stories with 325 condos, finished in 2006.
• 340 on the Park, 62 stories with 340 condos, finished in 2007.
• The Chandler, 35 stories with 304 condos, finished in 2007.
• The Tides, 51 stories with 607 apartments, due to be finished soon.

The developers: James Loewenberg and Joel Carlins

Loewenberg (73) is an architect and Joe Carlins (72) is a lawyer. They "said that if they can't continue working, they have upcoming generations at Magellan who will fulfill their plans."

What's in a name?

"New Eastside" is not contrived, David Roeder should talk to NEAR President Richard Ward about the historic name "New Eastside". Also, the neighborhood has several signs all over "Welcome to the New Eastside" and has had for years, so there's no question about which will stick.

By the way, this is in the Sunday edition (not the Saturday paper). The Sunday Sun-Times paper is at newsstands now. It mentions and has a picture of the Lakeshore East park on the cover. I don't know why they say it's unnamed, maybe they want to rename it from the Lakeshore East park to Carlins Park.

The developers seem to have a fascination with trying to rename things such as their past attempt to rename the the New Eastside neighborhood to Lakeshore East for marketing purposes. From the fourth article they seem not to have realized yet that no one bought it.

Eric