Do you want to live in "What-IS-that-big-thing-lake?"

To explain, that balloon is on a 72 feet, 8 inches long line, which is the height of the top of the clock tower on the proposed Mercy Housing Lakefront Grayslake Senior Center building at the lot on the southwest corner of Illinois Route 120 and Neville Road in Grayslake.  The balloon was tethered to the lot behind the building site where the ground is at a level 9 feet below the baseline of the proposed building - so the actual clock tower will be 9 feet higher!

At that, the balloon, even when the wind pushed it lower TOWERS above the adjacent properties AND the shore of nearby Gray's Lake: (Click for larger.)

From 120/Neville Grayslake Senior Project Height Demonstration Balloon

and as the other pictures show, can be seen far west on Route 120.

So what would the building look like? Let's put the drawing: (Click for larger.)

where balloon was (Note that the balloon is not in the same exact location where the clock tower would be.): (Click for larger.)

From 120/Neville Grayslake Senior Project Height Demonstration Balloon

Let's hope lakefront homeowners and recreational users of Gray's Lake like that view.


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View all of the pictures in a slide show here.

Copies of Mercy's submitted architectural drawings are linked here.