Five years following the stateside onset of COVID-19, and as work-from-home trends continue for many American office employees, New York; Washington, DC; Chicago and plenty of other cities are increasingly becoming home to office-to-residential conversions. The Windy City’s shining star is the 1925 headquarters for the Chicago Tribune on vibrant Michigan Avenue. Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
The State of Illinois building is a work in progress. Google will be here soon to save the day.
Note that these are high end apartments and condominiums. City of Chicago government efforts, however, are directed at affordable housing.
Plus NY is not Chicago. There’s less crime in Manhattan and more desirables jobs. NY also does not empty out at night like Chicago does. LaSalle Street at night, for example, is not a desirable place to be due to the lack of foot traffic.
Also note that one of the luxury buildings mentioned in the article has a Whole Foods in its first floor. No one is putting a Whole Foods in any converted Loop office building.
Or Englewood
Whole Foods would need a separate check-out aisle for the shoplifters who, you know, don’t want to check out.