Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Development

Loyola Proposes Building a “People Street” on Kenmore Avenue

By John Greenfield | Mar 29, 2013 | 30 Comments

View Larger Map Looking north on the 6300 block of North Kenmore Avenue prior to the current construction. Last year the Chicago Department of Transportation striped a contraflow bike lane on Albion Avenue in Rogers Park. The idea was to allow northbound cyclists to avoid busy Sheridan Road by riding from the Kenmore Avenue bike […]

Yes, It Can Be Done: 99 New Apartments With No Parking

By Steven Vance | Feb 21, 2013 | No Comments

While I was browsing Andrew Salzberg’s map showing how much development is allowed near transit stops, I noticed a dark spot — a site where a taller building is allowed — at the southwest corner of Ashland Avenue and Division Street. Then I remembered the development underway there, the “1601 Tower,” on the site of a […]