In between my apartment, the W and the lake is an empty patch of land with a fence around it and a sign advertising some new luxury condos going up at some point in the far future. No biggie, I thought - I'm moving somewhere cheaper after my first year, so any construction won't bother me. Besides, they don't have any construction infrastructure short of the fence.
Today, they started work on this ugly ass building, digging holes in the ground.
Call me a yuppie sell-out who cares more about his view than the plight (and lakefront views) of the poor, but this is complete bull. Hopefully, they'll take a long time to completely blot out everything wonderful about living here. Meanwhile, get in your visits while it's still bright and sunny in here.
On the brighter side, I went to the beach today with a cadre of newly-minted law school friends, ergo the people I will speak of at a cocktail party 30 years from now a person "I read law with in my days at Northwestern. Now where were we? Oh yes, razing the orphanage."
Tonight, we shall drink.
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