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This would be amazing:
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I'm not sure I like that proposal. As it stands, Lake Shore Drive is one of the most beautiful urban vistas in the world, especially from behind the wheel. It's a reminder that driving in a city can be inspiring and uplifting and not just aggravating. Especially as a skyscraper fan, it would suck to lose that view for an underground chute.
Obviously the city needs to be designed for pedestrians and not just drivers, but this tunnel proposal will just make LSD into a concrete rat run like every other urban expressway. Hopefully there is some changes to the proposal to acknowledge that we live in the 21st century where highways are a reality that should be embraced and not swept under the rug (at tremendous cost). |
There's no need worrying because it's never going to happen.
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At that point of the turn nobody is looking around enjoying the scenery...at least not for long or you are trading paint with some cars or concrete barriers.
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I for one like flying through that corner at like 60 MPH. Great fun.
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On Monday night I drove home and there were two separate crashes, about 1000 feet away from each other, one before the curve and one after. Aside from light fog the road conditions were perfectly normal. |
Cook County Central Campus Health Center
Went by the Cook County Central Campus Health Center at Damen and Polk today. I'll have a post up on the blog in the morning, if anyone wants to see more photos.
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Permit issued to construct new 4 story mixed use with 55 units and ground floor retail at 6253 S Cottage Grove Ave basically next to the Cottage Grove Green Line stop. Currently a vacant lot (https://www.google.com/maps/place/62...056c5a!6m1!1e1)
Good to see. |
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^. That's too good of an idea, hence our politicians will almost certainly never propose it.
You've gotta go with something 5 times more expensive and 3 times more useless, then get back to me |
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The obvious benefit of the expanded park space is legible access to the lakefront for those N Michigan Avenue shoppers who otherwise wouldn't bother. If they can glimpse the edges of an oasis (sans highway) on their horizon, they're times over more likely to go and explore, and I'd rather have their eyeballs on those parts of the skyline than those of speeding motorists. That being said, I'd rather have the money go towards a seamless connection between Grant Park and the lake (with improvements to the lakefront path between Oak and Ohio St. beaches). |
S/W Corner of Clark and Archer
I think we've chatted about this site before. At one point it had a big "hotel coming soon" sign, and over the past few months there's been a project to construct what looks like another strip mall.
There are now "for sale, for lease" signs up on the unfinished building. So it looks like someone built a stupid strip mall in an odd location on spec. |
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^^ Looking at the drawing it appears that "tunnel" part of LSD would just run about 300 yards -- from about Division to about East LSD.
I think it's a great idea to increase the amount of land near the lake, to give more room for bike and pedestrian paths. And to make the area more storm resistant. But why not save a few bucks and just keep LSD where it is now? The sharp bends they now have on LSD aren't a big issue since trucks are prohibited on the parkway. |
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