Next Step for Bloomingdale Trail: Creating an Identity
Next Step for Bloomingdale Trail: Creating an Identity - The planned 2.7-mile Bloomingdale Trail and five linked parks -- envisioned as an elevated pedestrian and bicycling corridor splashed with artwork and landscaping -- will assume a new, overarching identity when the multi-use recreation system assumes a fresh moniker: The 606. Construction on the $91 million public-private venture is expected to begin this summer with the elevated trail portion to open for use by the fall of 2014. Click on the headline for the full article.
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Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on
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Wrong department store.
Thunder Snow said:I'm gonna call it the "Sears Tower" no matter what anyone else calls the park.
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Permalink Reply by Tim S on
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Are you must be new to town Adam? I found TSnows comment pretty funny.
Hope you all got to the Bloomingdale Trail before the shovels start, it was an amazing piece of the urban landscape that not many folks ventured on to.
Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:Wrong department store.
Thunder Snow said:I'm gonna call it the "Sears Tower" no matter what anyone else calls the park.
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Nah, just sarcastic. I think they should have gone with the name The 'B'. Kinda like the 'L', only for walking and biking. The B stands for Bloomingdale.
Tim S said:
Are you must be new to town Adam? I found TSnows comment pretty funny.
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606 is pretty silly I agree. Happy I walked the trail a few times over the past few years and snapped pic's for posterity, there was some great art up there. few pics from my flicker
I am becoming an old man... remember when you had to dodge bums, gang bangers, and glass to enjoy the Bloomindale Trail, them were the days.
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Permalink Reply by Duppie on
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Nice pics!
Tim S said:606 is pretty silly I agree. Happy I walked the trail a few times over the past few years and snapped pic's for posterity, there was some great art up there. few pics from my flicker
I am becoming an old man... remember when you had to dodge bums, gang bangers, and glass to enjoy the Bloomindale Trail, them were the days.
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Permalink Reply by Brendan Kevenides on
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+1
Cameron 7.5 mi said:That article is everything that's frustrated me about the whole Bloomingdale project. If half the energy that's gone into branding, identity building, etc. had gone into designing and building a park, we'd have something by now.
I'm waiting for when the next step to involves a shovel.
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If anything, this project has been a great example of community driven design: a four-day design charette and countless public outreach meetings led to a design that has been widely praised by the community.
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130619/logan-square/606-bloomingda...
Not sure if putting any more effort in the design would have led to a better result.
Cameron 7.5 mi said:That article is everything that's frustrated me about the whole Bloomingdale project. If half the energy that's gone into branding, identity building, etc. had gone into designing and building a park, we'd have something by now.
I'm waiting for when the next step to involves a shovel.
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Permalink Reply by Night Owl on
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The Bloomingdale/606 is absolutely going to be a regional park, much in the way that Humboldt, Lincoln, or Jackson Parks are and will draw residents and tourists from all over the city. No park belongs exclusively to a single neighborhood. They are free and open for everyone. It's one of our parks greatest features.
Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:Also stupid: "The 606 – named for the 606 zip code prefix all Chicagoans share". The trail won't go though all neighborhoods, nor is it even centrally located or easily accessible for all Chicagoans, so this tagline is BS.
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It's impossible for either of us to prove our points, so I'll just have to say that I disagree with you. Will it draw LESS people from the south side than from the north side? Certainly. Is it more of a draw than Calumet Park? Absolutely. This is the next big thing in open space and park planning in the Chicago. People are going to want to see it.
Cameron 7.5 mi said:It's regional, but far from city wide. I expect the number of people from South Shore using the Bloomindale will be similar to the number for people from Logan Square using Calumet Park.
Night Owl said:The Bloomingdale/606 is absolutely going to be a regional park, much in the way that Humboldt, Lincoln, or Jackson Parks are and will draw residents and tourists from all over the city. No park belongs exclusively to a single neighborhood. They are free and open for everyone. It's one of our parks greatest features.
Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:Also stupid: "The 606 – named for the 606 zip code prefix all Chicagoans share". The trail won't go though all neighborhoods, nor is it even centrally located or easily accessible for all Chicagoans, so this tagline is BS.
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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on
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If only there was some way to get the trail a little farther east over the highway, river and tracks into Lincoln Park/Old Town. It doesn't even look like there are any viable streets that can do it.
It's roughly at the same junction that still serves rail customers around Kingsbury Street and Goose Island.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on
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;)
Thunder Snow said:I'm gonna call it the "Sears Tower" no matter what anyone else calls the park.
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