Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Lakeview

The new columns for the Belmont flyover. Photo: CTA

Here’s an update on the Red and Purple Modernization project a year into the project

By Lisa Phillips | Sep 8, 2020 | No Comments

All of the Belmont flyover columns were finished this summer, and temporary stations are being built in Uptown and Edgewater to allow for service as new ones are built.

The Heart of Italy Cafe Street on Oakley. Photo: John Greenfield

Newest car-free Cafe Streets mostly appear to be doing booming business

By John Greenfield | Jul 14, 2020 | No Comments

Taking away space from cars and making it available to people is providing a shot in the arm to the struggling hospitality industry, while allowing pandemic-weary residents to enjoy some nightlife.

Historic Black-owned businesses Frances' Cocktail Lounge and Lem's Bar-B-Q on Chathams's 75th Street restaurant strip. Image: Google Maps

New Cafe Streets announced, but so far Black and Latino dining strips are opting out

By John Greenfield | Jun 24, 2020 | No Comments

Announced Cafe Streets in Chatham and Little Village have been cancelled or watered down, which means that so far none are planned on African-American- or Latino-owned restaurant strips.

A Slow Street in Oakland. Photo: Robert Prinz, @prinzrob, via Twitter.

The Slow Streets movement is picking up speed, but Chicago is getting left behind

By John Greenfield | Apr 28, 2020 | No Comments

Cities from New York to San Francisco are getting with the program to make room for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation, but Chicago officials are sitting on their hands.

The intersection of Belle Plaine Avenue and Clark Street, where the cyclist was injured. Photo: John Greenfield

Why didn’t the police cite an SUV driver who failed to yield to a cyclist, injuring him?

By John Greenfield | Mar 12, 2020 | No Comments

The driver apparently failed to yield to the cyclist while making a left turn onto Clark from a side street.

The Belmont Station platform in Lakeview. The stop has recently been a hot spot for crime. Photo: Jeff Zoline

CTA, CPD promise more security on the ‘L’ in the wake of recent Red Line attacks

By Igor Studenkov | Jan 9, 2020 | No Comments

While crime is down systemwide, serious crime has doubled since 2015, and there have been a string of recent attacks and robberies on the Red Line.

The Treasure Island site. Photo: John Greenfield

Neighbors fear the Treasure Island TOD has too little parking, but it actually has too much

By John Greenfield | Oct 7, 2019 | 16 Comments

The development, steps from the Red Line and express buses, will have 246 apartments and 107 parking spaces.

Matthew Walsh of Walsh Construction; Tom Tunney, 44th ward alderman; Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky; Mayor Lori Lightfoot; U.S. Senator Dick Durbin; Kelley Brookins, Federal Transit Administration; Congressman Mike Quigley; Howard Brookins, 21st ward alderman; CTA President Dorval Carter. Photo: City of Chicago

It’s getting real: Construction began on Phase I of Red and Purple Modernization today

By John Greenfield | Oct 2, 2019 | 2 Comments

Work on the Belmont flyover, slated for complete by late 2021, kicked off today. RPM also includes the reconstruction of four station and extensive track and signal work.

Residents hope that the changes to Lake Shore Drive will be divinely beneficial for safety and efficiency. Photo: John Greenfield

“Leave Briar Alone!”: Lakeview Residents Weigh in on North Lake Shore Drive Plans

By Jessica Papanek | Aug 14, 2019 | 8 Comments

The latest proposals presented at a community meeting included changes to the Belmont and Irving Park Junctions.

Joseph Ruta at a baby shower for his daughter Kaylee Ruta shortly before his death. Photo: Facebook

CPD Has Reportedly Identified Person of Interest in Hit-and-Run Killing of Joseph Ruta

By John Greenfield | Aug 8, 2019 | 7 Comments

According to Ruta's girlfriend, the victim was conscious and provided a description of the vehicle before dying seven hours later.

The 1000 block of West Oakdale. Image: Google Maps

Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Joseph Ruta, 56, in Lakeview

By John Greenfield | Aug 5, 2019 | 3 Comments

Ruta was the 20th pedestrian killed in Chicago this year.

The aftermath of last night's crash. Photo: Matheis Carly

Second Car Crash on the Lakefront Trail in Lakeview in Two Weeks

By John Greenfield | Nov 30, 2018 | 7 Comments

This latest case is yet more evidence that additional enforcement is needed on the drive.

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