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# posted by Timmy : 11:01 AM
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Monday, April 17, 2006
Crane Delay Dampens Cosmopolitan Style
Suburban Living Not All Guns and Rose-Print Wine Bags
(Lake Forest, IL) - With the huge demand for construction equipment and supplies directed to the Gulf Coast, and a massive construction boom of high- and mid-rise buildings in Chicago, groundbreaking of The Morgan has been delayed by a crane shortage. Until delivery of the unit former Barnes Place Co-Directors Anthony Dornacher and Timothy State purchased, both are living a suburban lifestyle in Lake Forest, Illinois, which is placing a significant crimp on their hip, cosmopolitan ways.
"In December, we learned the construction company obtained the financing and were working towards one more permit allowing the relocation of a traffic light," said Dornacher. "We've now heard they have everything in place except for a crane."
"We've been told it's a thirteen-month build-out once they break ground," said State. "They'll deliver units on the lower floors as they complete the finishing on the upper floors. Since we're on the fourth floor, we should be among the first owners to move into the building."
The Morgan was expecting to break ground in June 2005. Now, almost a year behind the original schedule, Dornacher and State anxiously await the announcement that construction has begun. In the mean time, they're reluctantly embracing a suburban lifestyle.
This past fall, both Dornacher and State graduated from the Lake Forest Citizen's Police Academy, and Dornacher recently signed up for a sewing class to learn a new skill and meet new people.
The Police Academy was very similar to State's experience in the Atlanta Citizen's Police Academy.
"The one difference," said State, "is that we got to shoot guns."
Both learned to shoot Sig Sauer P220 .45ACP handguns in addition to learning about the challenges of delivering police service to a wealthy suburb. "I've been packing heat for years," said State, "but this is the first time I've handled a gun."
Following graduation from the Citizen's Police Academy, Dornacher registered for a sewing class at the local Gorton Community Center, which offers a variety of classes in the domestic arts.
"I'm the only man she's ever taught," said Dornacher referencing his sewing instructor. Dornacher is perfecting the structure of the wine bottle gift bag. Simultaneously, he is receiving lessons in the language of lunching ladies.
Suburban living is not all guns and rose-print wine bags, though.
"It can be very isolating here," said State. Lake Forest hides behind a veneer postured as a quaint, rural community unchanged by time. Hyper-manicured lawns sprawl before McMansions, with suburban tanks parked in front ready to shuttle people from location to location. Pearls, baby strollers, designer handbags accessorize the landscape.
The first issue State and Dornacher received of Forest & Bluff magazine, the local society magazine covering people's holiday parties, featured a cover shot of a local housewife in a lace camisole and a fur coat, promoting an article on "Fashionable, Fabulous Fur!"
"In this society of unspoken expectations, I've come to realize we're living in what the South always aspired to be, but failed," said State.
"That's so academic," said Dornacher. "I just miss the simple things. Like adult servers. You ask for a mixed drink by name or a recommendation on wine, and the teenager has to get his manager."
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# posted by Timmy : 1:44 PM
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Morgan Terrace.net Goes Live
(Lake Forest, IL) -- A new Web site highlighting the condo unit Co-Directors Anthony Dornacher and Timothy State have purchased in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago is now live. www.MorganTerrace.net incorporates upgrades of many of the same features found at BarnesPlace.com. News, event information, on-line tours, and a special place for the animals are all highlights of the new site.
The site takes its name from the building, The Morgan, and the large private terrace Dornacher and State will enjoy as part of the unit.
"The terrace is going to be one of the greatest features of the new crib," said State. "So it's with great anticipation we launch the new Web site that will serve as the clearinghouse for all things Morgan Terrace."
Dornacher and State have purchased a 1,252 square-foot unit on the northwest corner of the fourth floor. The two-bedroom, two-bath unit has an additional 555 square-foot private terrace, reminiscent of the Porch at Flamingo Grove at Barnes Place in Atlanta.
A floor plan of the unit can be found on the new MorganTerrace.net.
The main page of the site will feature a blog for latest news and information, which will primarily focus on The Morgan's upcoming construction.
"Between now and move-in day, the Web site will be updated frequently with photos and construction updates," said State. "We're very excited to get settled, and hopefully that will come through in the new site."
The Morgan, a 69-unit, 11-floor building at the corner of Morgan and Van Buren in the West Loop neighborhood is just west of The Loop, Chicago's central business district. It is two blocks from the CTA's Blue Line Halstead Street "L" stop, four blocks from Greektown, three blocks from the University of Illinois--Chicago, and a short walk from many of Chicago's cultural attractions.
New E-mail Addresses
With the new Web site come new e-mail addresses. While BarnesPlace.com and its corresponding addresses will continue to be valid, you will want to add the following e-mail addresses to your address book and spam filters:
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# posted by Timmy : 8:29 AM
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