Kinzie Street Protected Bike Lane Being Removed?

According to Alderman Reilly, it is going to be relocated to Grand Ave. because of the impact that the Wolf Point development will have on traffic. Hopefully it will connect all the way to Milwaukee Ave. Source: bitly.com/VN8x9p

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 28, 2012 at 1:24pm

Isn't that usually the way it goes? What we get is the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

Lisa Curcio said:

Cynic that I am, I assume that there was a lot more going on behind the scenes than what is indicated in any of the newspaper articles ;-).

Anne Alt said:

. . . . Does anyone else get the feeling that there was a lot more going on behind the scenes yesterday than what's indicated in the Trib and Sun-Times articles? ;0

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on November 28, 2012 at 2:23pm

Wow! Interesting turn in developments for the development (little pun).

I live in the 47th ward and we were super lucky that the developers doing the Marianos store and Belgravia group, building the rental development, really listened to the concerns of the residents and Alderman Pawar. Every meeting they seemed to tweak their plans according to our concerns from the last community meeting.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on November 28, 2012 at 2:36pm

Interesting! The Marianos construction project in the 3rd(?) ward has been blocking most of the sidewalk on Clark St for weeks now.

Julie Hochstadter said:

Wow! Interesting turn in developments for the development (little pun).

I live in the 47th ward and we were super lucky that the developers doing the Marianos store and Belgravia group, building the rental development, really listened to the concerns of the residents and Alderman Pawar. Every meeting they seemed to tweak their plans according to our concerns from the last community meeting.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 28, 2012 at 3:57pm

Do you mean the one by 17th Street?

Tony Adams said:

Interesting! The Marianos construction project in the 3rd(?) ward has been blocking most of the sidewalk on Clark St for weeks now.

Julie Hochstadter said:

Wow! Interesting turn in developments for the development (little pun).

I live in the 47th ward and we were super lucky that the developers doing the Marianos store and Belgravia group, building the rental development, really listened to the concerns of the residents and Alderman Pawar. Every meeting they seemed to tweak their plans according to our concerns from the last community meeting.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on December 7, 2012 at 8:14am

Wolf Point vote postponed for a second time

Read more: http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/article/20121206/CRED03/12120...

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on December 7, 2012 at 8:56am

Not sure if this is good or bad. If Reilly is true to his word, this could be a good thing. If not (and sometimes repeated delays like this turn into stealth back room approvals), maybe not. Stay tuned.

Julie Hochstadter said:

Wolf Point vote postponed for a second time

Read more: http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/article/20121206/CRED03/12120...

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Permalink Reply by Michelle S on December 8, 2012 at 2:35pm

This DNA Info article has a link to all the drawings of the proposed project. Somehow I had missed that it includes a surface parking lot as part of it. Seriously? In 2012, in a prime spot in the heart of the city, someone is proposing a surface lot.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on December 8, 2012 at 3:36pm

Looks odd to me - more like a version of the plan with only one tower and most of the existing surface parking preserved. I wonder if including that was an error. It's not consistent with the other images.

Check out this aerial view of the site.

Michelle Stenzel said:

This DNA Info article has a link to all the drawings of the proposed project. Somehow I had missed that it includes a surface parking lot as part of it. Seriously? In 2012, in a prime spot in the heart of the city, someone is proposing a surface lot.

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Permalink Reply by Lee Crandell on December 8, 2012 at 3:38pm

Michelle -- You had me worried there for a minute. But it looks like DNA Info oddly just posted Phase 1 photos. The surface parking lot will be built over (if the project moves forward). Download the presentation here to see the site plan and renderings without the surface parking: http://www.wolfpointchicago.com/content/projectoverview

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Permalink Reply by Michelle S on December 8, 2012 at 8:35pm

Oh, phew. Thanks for that, Lee. Except for that surface lot, I thought the design looks pretty nice.

Lee Crandell said:

Michelle -- You had me worried there for a minute. But it looks like DNA Info oddly just posted Phase 1 photos. The surface parking lot will be built over (if the project moves forward). Download the presentation here to see the site plan and renderings without the surface parking: http://www.wolfpointchicago.com/content/projectoverview