Let’s fence off empty parking lanes to make room for safe walking and running
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Sidewalks are crowded nowadays, but parking lanes were empty. Let's turn parking lanes into pedestrian space.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Lincoln Square
100% affordable TOD proposed for Lincoln Square parking lot, local landlord blows a gasket
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Fortunately, the resident calmed down after he learned that no parking spaces would be lost.
The first public hearing on the Leland greenway extension was refreshingly uncontroversial
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Unlike the community meeting for the Dickens greenway in Lincoln Park, there was little vocal pushback against the project.
47th Ward: Community outreach will help prevent backlash to Leland Greenway extension
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While the Dickens Greenway proposal in Lincoln Park has been highly controversial, meeting with Lincoln Square neighborhood groups early in the planning process is promoting buy-in.
GoFundMe Launched for Bike Crash Victim Sorin Coneac, SUV Driver Still at Large
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Miraculously, Coneac is coming home from the hospital less than three weeks after his skull-exposing injury.
Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Critically Injured Cyclist Sorin Coneac, 17, in Lincoln Square
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Bike community members identified the victim, a youth who has been active with a local bike selling discussion group.
Leland Greenway Won’t Be Extended West of Clark Before Pawar Leaves Office
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While the traffic-calmed side-street bikeway is already underway in the 46th Ward, there are currently no plans to extend it west.
Not Surprising: With Weekday-Only Service and No A.M. Rush Hours, Lincoln Bus Pilot Fails
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With limited hours and a relatively high ridership goal, the Lincoln Avenue bus pilot never met its target and will be canceled next month.
Why Did Divvy Stations Dance Around River West, Lincoln Square?
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Divvy bike-share stations were designed to be easy to move around, with their modular construction and off-grid solar power. Sure enough, plenty of Divvy members have had their routines disrupted by station moves lately: 8,000 Divvy members received word this year that stations they’d recently used were on the move. One Divvy member forwarded two […]
Kempf Plaza Has All the Right Ingredients for a Great Public Space
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Streetsblog will be on vacation on Monday, September 1. Enjoy your Labor Day! There are few pedestrian spaces in Chicago that evoke the feeling of an old European city as well as Kempf Plaza (perhaps better known as Giddings Plaza) in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. Now that city, advocacy groups, neighborhood organizations, and individuals call […]
Swap Parking for Green Space at the Golden Angel Site? The Horror!
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The impending departure of the Golden Angel pancake house, 4344 North Lincoln in North Center, located kitty-corner from the Sulzer Library, where I often type up Streetsblog posts, is bitter-sweet for me. I’ll miss conversing with the chatty waitresses at this old-school greasy spoon while I tuck into a plate of their tasty chilaquiles. On […]