[image title="newspace-0165" size="thumbnail" id="682" align="left" ]We’ve only been in our new offices for just over a year, but already we’re having to move to a new location. Our current beautiful old loft space is being torn down at the end of the year to make room for a Ronald McDonald House. It’s hard to complain, since it is a charity “hotel” of sorts for families whose children are in the hospital — and with a new one being built nearby there will most likely be a demand for affordable places to stay.
Liz Tate and Jim Annerino, owners of Hootenanny with whom we share space, found a nice space about a block away from our current location. It’s actually the former haunts of Outsider, a post company that shuttered earlier this year due to the economic conditions. This sad event for those owners actually ended up being a blessing for us, as the space already includes a machine room, cable runs, and edit/graphics suite-sized offices.
We have a bit of teardown to do at the space — removing the loathed drop ceilings, fluorescent lighting, and more. Our plan is to film during construction and show the building out process to our fxphd members. I’m sad to move…but change is always exciting.
Looks like the filmmaking community in chicago is gettting even tighter. If I remember correctly for being a PA in Chicago, looks like you’ll be moving right next to Filmworkers, which I believe is the old Playboy building.
I just if there was a reason to have to move, that would be a justified one.
I hope you like the new diggs. I look forward to seeing your new space develop. Good luck guys! Love FXGuidetv, FXGuide podcasts, and RedCentre.
This brings to mind some comedian’s routine from several years back, along the lines of, “I’m all for Ronald McDonald and everything, but seriously, just how big of a freakin’ house does that clown need?”
Wishing you guys all the best as one door closes, and a new one opens.
Cheers! — Roger D.
As a former employee of Cinema Video Center, who was based in that building for many, many years. It’s a little sad to hear that the building will be no more. As a little bit of history, it’s where Filmworkers had their first office and also where Towers Productions got their start….
Isn’t that in the Dao building? Good thing you love Thai John – or…that you don’t have to move an entrance desk made of stones… or cpus the size of viking refrigerators… or a massive desk made of metal “branches”
Embrace the simplicity as walls don’t define us, people do. Best wishes and many blessings !!!!!!!