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 Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on November 28, 2012 at 9:23am

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.

Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on November 28, 2012 at 9:36am

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.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 28, 2012 at 10:57am

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.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on December 7, 2012 at 3:14am

Wolf Point vote postponed for a second time

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

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on December 7, 2012 at 3:56am

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... 

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on December 8, 2012 at 9:35am

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. 

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on December 8, 2012 at 10:36am

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. 

Permalink Reply by Lee Crandell on December 8, 2012 at 10:38am

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

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on December 8, 2012 at 3:35pm

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

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 25, 2013 at 5:38am
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 25, 2013 at 5:42am

I saw that too today.  hmm.....

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

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