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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on October 14, 2011 at 3:13am

Come on people, it's been 4 minutes.  Someone needs to know this one!

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on October 14, 2011 at 3:21am

Whole Foods in Lincoln Park.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on October 14, 2011 at 3:30am

Duppie, you win again?

 

You must be good at this!

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on October 14, 2011 at 3:34am

I do get around.

 

Oh, and my job is rather boring...

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Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on October 14, 2011 at 4:17am

too easy...whole foods LP

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on October 14, 2011 at 4:25am

I was actually impressed with the number the racks could hold.  Are there any other grocery stores that have that many racks in the city?

Jeff Schneider said:

This has to be one of the worst rack installations ever.  The racks are too close together for the interior ones to be used.

For a company that wants to project a "green" image, this Whole Foods sets a terrible example.  They have *400* car parking spots (indoors) and just a couple of (mostly unusable) bike racks.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on October 14, 2011 at 7:19am

I think that particular store has only been open since early 2009.

 

http://www.chicagofoodies.com/2009/05/lincoln-park-whole-foods-is-n...

 

h' said:

And yet, it's head and shoulders above what almost any other retailer in Chicago provides, especially considering it was installed before the mandate in the 2006 building code revision.

Jeff Schneider said:

This has to be one of the worst rack installations ever.  The racks are too close together for the interior ones to be used.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on October 14, 2011 at 7:27am

Maybe so,

But how many other grocery stores do you know where you can quaff a nice micro brew while you shop? I don't know of any other ones in the downtown area. That alone is reason enough to put up with crappy bike parking...

Jeff Schneider said:

This has to be one of the worst rack installations ever.  [...]

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on October 14, 2011 at 7:41am

Jeff does has a point.  With SO MUCH car parking, it would be nice to see new businesses not only offering plentiful bike parking, but parking that is easy to get to and appropriate type of racks (which Whole Foods Lincoln Park does well, correct)?

 

It's a matter of looking at the glass half empty or half full.  And looking at the glass half empty isn't necessarily a bad thing if it helps encourage business owners to accommodate even more cyclists.

 

A definite conversation starter.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 24, 2011 at 10:40am

The Whole Foods at Roosevelt and Canal may have an equal number of racks.  I haven't counted, but they've got space got a LOT of bikes, and those racks are well used.  They're in a single line along a wall, with video surveillance.  If you haven't been there before, they're between the street-level parking entrance on Canal St. and the store entrance on that level.

Julie Hochstadter said:

I was actually impressed with the number the racks could hold.  Are there any other grocery stores that have that many racks in the city?

Jeff Schneider said:

This has to be one of the worst rack installations ever.  The racks are too close together for the interior ones to be used.

For a company that wants to project a "green" image, this Whole Foods sets a terrible example.  They have *400* car parking spots (indoors) and just a couple of (mostly unusable) bike racks.

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