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Permalink Reply by Liz on December 19, 2011 at 1:20pm

what really annoys me is that there isn't a walk through either.  When i've had to go pick up a package from this location, I have to walk an extra half a mile, instead of just going to the halsted bus.  not fun with a heavy/awkward package. 

Anne Alt said:

I also miss that closed-off section of 14th Pl.  It was useful.

I share your concern about little industrial streets being closed to us if they become too popular.



h' said:

My favorite was 14th place across Halsted eastbound to Jefferson to head downtown.

UPS closed it off and I still miss it.

I'd be careful about promoting some of these (particularly Lumber) because if others start using them they're going to be closed off to public access.

Permalink Reply by Joel on December 20, 2011 at 2:58am

I like 21st between Racine and California.  Stop lights at the major intersections, but a quiet residential road with very little traffic.  

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on December 20, 2011 at 4:30am

It is almost 3/4 mile to walk in from Halsted & Roosevelt.  It's really ridiculous that they won't allow any access from the Halsted side.

h' said:

It is a horribly long walk. I always seem to find myself on Halsted south or Roosvelt when I need to get there by foot.

I think if you calculate it out it is actually 3/4 of a mile to walk from the Halsted side.

For the first few months after they started denying access I would ride on in and give the guard a hard time when they came running after me, but I ended up getting tired of it.

Permalink Reply by John Wirtz on December 20, 2011 at 8:52am

1. Going to and from Evanston, I like to avoid Sheridan Road and the narrow sidewalk along Calvary Cemetery at the lakefront.  Instead, I use Custer Street in Evanston, which connects to Damen in Rogers Park. I use Damen for southbound and Wolcott/Winchester for northbound between Greenleaf and Howard.  Greenleaf is a great way to get across Clark Street to Ashland Blvd.

2. Downtown, I sometimes like to cut through Lake Shore East between Upper Randolph and the Lakefront Trail.  Going northbound, you turn left from Upper Randolph to Field Blvd.  Then you can either head east through a parking garage or continue around the park to Lower Lower Wacker by the impound lot.  There is a crosswalk across Lower Lower Wacker, and an opening in the fence that allows you to get onto the River Trail.  You can wrap around from there onto the Lakefront Trail.

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on December 20, 2011 at 11:16am

I commute from central loop to the west loop via lower wacker. Starting at Garland Court and Lake, exiting at Post Street and Lake. A straight shot away from many cross streets and pedestrians with just one cautionarty intersection in the middle. Same way home in reverse.

Permalink Reply by Gail Garcia on December 21, 2011 at 5:42am

I wonder if you can have your package directed to a UPS store? I know FedEx allows that; you can, I think, even redirect it once they've made an attempt.

Cameron Puetz said:

When given a choice of shippers, I avoid UPS because of this. With 14th Place closed off there isn't a good way to get to this facility by transit despite the bus running very close to the facility. Even if it costs a couple of bucks more I'll ship with someone who makes pickup easier.

Liz said:

what really annoys me is that there isn't a walk through either.  When i've had to go pick up a package from this location, I have to walk an extra half a mile, instead of just going to the halsted bus.  not fun with a heavy/awkward package. 

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on December 21, 2011 at 9:48am

You can -it just costs something like $5 extra/package to get this "extra service."

Gail Garcia said:

I wonder if you can have your package directed to a UPS store? I know FedEx allows that; you can, I think, even redirect it once they've made an attempt.

Permalink Reply by Mike Haring on December 21, 2011 at 9:53am

On the other hand, it makes for a kinda cool "urban trail" running experience.  I run there pretty regularly in the warmer months.
 
Joe TV said:

Belmont to Foster?  I wonder if you are referring to the path that, last I checked, looks like this: 

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on December 21, 2011 at 10:34am

Cool!  I didn't know that Cameron.  UPS stores are a huge rip-off and have been even back when they were mailboxes.etc  

Speaking of the Jefferson UPS it is like walking into Mordor when one goes to that place.  I wish I had access to my iPhone pictures right now as I took a picture of the customer pick-up door next to the employee door on the South side of the building.  What an ugly pit of a slaughterhouse entrance.  It's absolutely shocking to me every time I go down there.  Don't even try and pick up a package sent to you at an address you don't have photo-ID with that address on.  If you have two residences and the one the package came to is different than the one on your ID you are SOL -even if it is the same exact name.  I guess I'm the only person in the world who ever tried to order something delivered to a second address.  

HATE ups!

Permalink Reply by Adam Kitzmann on December 21, 2011 at 11:29am

There's that little Hubbard to Kinzie or Kinzie to Hubbard move at Green street that avoids crossing Halstead at Hubbard (Which is a pain in the ass sometimes). It's a bit muddy, but worth it for me. 

Permalink Reply by Minh on December 21, 2011 at 12:01pm

Let's say you are in Logan Square closer to Belmont and you need to get to Lakeview / Boy's Town/ Belmont Harbor, but don't want to take Belmont. You can take W School St starting at Western all the way to Broadway with very little congestion and traffic. To get back you can take W Roscoe which is just 1 block north of School st.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on December 21, 2011 at 12:15pm

That's a good route but Roscoe is 2 blocks North of School.  I wish there was a good way to get out of Logan Square because from Kedzie to Western Belmont is a meat-grinder -especially under the Kennedy and over the river.  That section of Belmont could use a road diet to 2 lanes in the worst way.  That'd slow down maniacal speeding traffic and the pinch spots are so tight there is no way for traffic in the outside lane to safely pass bikes (so they just don't do it safely rather than moving into the center lane.)

Minh said:

Let's say you are in Logan Square closer to Belmont and you need to get to Lakeview / Boy's Town/ Belmont Harbor, but don't want to take Belmont. You can take W School St starting at Western all the way to Broadway with very little congestion and traffic. To get back you can take W Roscoe which is just 1 block north of School st.

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