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Toll Brothers’ Oak Lawn High-Rise Gets Unanimous Approval From City Plan Commission

By Jon Anderson / July 24, 2017 /

…high-rise we could build within zoning” … “here’s what a shorter, equally dense building looks like” … “here’s the better high-rise resulting from work with the neighborhood and Oak Lawn

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Note to Developers: Give Neighbors and Neighborhoods a Chance

By Jon Anderson / July 18, 2017 /

…see this happening in the area of Oak Lawn, where a misguided group want to lower height by downzoning. Variety is the spice of life, not acres and acres of…

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Knox-Knox. Who’s There? Oak Lawn Committee Gets Glimpse of Fab Retail, Hotel and (sigh) More Apartments

By Jon Anderson / July 12, 2017 /

It was a busy evening for Cole Avenue at last night’s Oak Lawn Committee meeting. There were a pair of unrelated projects proposed on the Knox Street and Armstrong Avenue cross…

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To See State Fair’s Flying Monkeys, Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Mayor’s Office

By Jon Anderson / June 27, 2017 /

…meant to ensure a tiny turnout. But more than one Fair Park friend got hold of it and plastered it out there. Were I not on the Oak Lawn Committee…

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Unraveling Our Tight Housing Market: Home Building

By Jon Anderson / June 21, 2017 /

…density. In my own neighborhood, I’m steeling myself for the upcoming fight to replace the Preston Place condos that burned in March of this year and surrounding properties. In Oak

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