Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Lakeview

City Approves Car-Lite Belmont-Clark Development

By Shaun Jacobsen | May 16, 2014 | 28 Comments

After several iterations since first being proposed last October, plans for a new building at Clark and Belmont in Lakeview were approved by the city’s Plan Commission on Thursday. Originally conceived as a ten-story building with 98 residential units, 56,000 square feet of retail, the building will now contain 90 residential units (a mix of […]

Will Blackline Buses Be a Threat or a Complement to the CTA?

By John Greenfield | May 12, 2014 | 107 Comments

A new bus company called Blackline will offer upscale, express commuter service that will compete with the CTA. It remains to be seen whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing for local transit. As reported in Crain’s Friday, Blackline will be running “luxury buses” between Belmont/Sheridan in Lakeview and three stops in the […]

Thanks to Pressure From Community, Lakeview Will Get Real TOD

By John Greenfield | May 7, 2014 | 20 Comments

After Lakeview residents argued that a huge number of parking spaces was inappropriate for a building located only one block from a Red Line stop, the latest design for the Belmont-Clark tower is much less car-oriented. While the original design featured 100 rental units and 116 parking spots, the new one has 90 units but […]

A Huge Garage Doesn’t Belong on a Thriving Pedestrian Shopping Street

By Shaun Jacobsen | Apr 21, 2014 | 91 Comments

A parking lot at 3030 N Broadway in Lakeview, formerly the site of a Dominick’s grocery store, could soon be the home of a new development with a Mariano’s supermarket, an Xport Fitness health club, and four small retail tenants. This stretch of Broadway, designated as a Pedestrian Street by the city, is currently very […]

Belmont-Clark Tower Still Has Too Much Parking for a Walkable City

By John Greenfield | Mar 3, 2014 | 63 Comments

There’s some mildly encouraging news about the mixed-use development proposed for the “Punkin’ Donuts” site at the northwest corner of Belmont and Clark. The latest design calls for fewer car parking spaces and more housing units. DNAinfo reports that the third revision of the plan for the $50 million tower shortens the structure from 11 […]

Lakeview Developer First to Use TOD Ordinance to Reduce Parking

By Steven Vance | Jan 30, 2014 | 33 Comments

New rental housing planned next to the Paulina Brown Line station in West Lakeview at Lincoln Avenue and Roscoe Street is the first known development to take advantage of the transit-oriented development ordinance passed in 2013 that reduces parking minimums for buildings near transit stations. Centrum Partners is proposing a four- to seven-story building abutting […]

Developer Proposes Just What Lakeview Doesn’t Need: Tons of Parking

By Steven Vance | Oct 15, 2013 | 47 Comments

A new development threatens to degrade the pedestrian-oriented nature of one of Chicago’s most walkable neighborhoods by building excessive car parking at a mixed-use project close to transit. In Wrigleyville, M&R Development is proposing 148 houses, 169,000 square feet of retail space, a health club, and 493 parking spaces at Addison Avenue, Clark Street, and Sheffield […]

Injunction to Remove Divvy Station Denied, But Lawsuit Can Continue

By Steven Vance | Aug 29, 2013 | 3 Comments

Last Friday Judge Kathleen Kennedy heard arguments from plaintiffs Jeannine Cordero and David Kolin, representing the 3565 N Pine Grove condo association, about receiving an injunction to prevent the installation of a Divvy bike-share station on the roadway adjacent to their building. They contended that the station would devalue their property and bring litter, and […]

Condo Association Sues to Have “Hideous” Divvy Station Removed

By Steven Vance | Aug 22, 2013 | 93 Comments

Update Friday, 15:09: Judge Kathleen Kennedy denied the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order because they didn’t state a clearly ascertainable, protectable right and cannot sustain the merits of their complaint (if it went to trial, as they requested). The protectable rights they tried to ascertain and state were that the Divvy station would […]

What’s Up With Waguespack? The Alderman’s View of Parking Conversions

By John Greenfield | Jul 16, 2013 | 30 Comments

32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack is a key independent voice at City Hall. Most famously, when Richard M. Daley was ramming the disastrous 2008 parking meter contract through City Council in a mere three days, Waguespack was perhaps the only alderman to actually read the thick document. He led the opposition to the deal, and […]

Eyes on the Street: Weekend Started Off With Double Curb-Jumping Crash

By Steven Vance | Apr 15, 2013 | 7 Comments

A reader sent in these photos of a collision between two drivers at Belmont Avenue and Sheridan Road on Friday at around 5 p.m. — more evidence of the speeding problem on Chicago streets. Our reader wrote: Rush hour plus Cubs traffic departing the area probably made for congested circumstances, yet it seems excessive speed […]

More Parking Around Wrigley Will Only Bring More Traffic

By Steven Vance | Apr 8, 2013 | 14 Comments

The Cubs are expected to announce a deal with Alderman Tom Tunney of the 44th Ward later today that would add a large parking garage and a hotel to the area near Wrigley Field, as well as modifications to the stadium itself. The Chicago Tribune reported yesterday that “the Cubs have agreed to create extra parking in […]

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