Quote:
Originally Posted by 10023
"Community groups" is such a pointless euphemism for "old people with too much time on their hands".
Hopefully they at least get rid of the parking lot on Division.
|
There were legitimate concerns about tenants being forced out. Atrium Village tenants are largely Section 8/low income folks. CHA and private developers are building lots of low-income housing in the area, but generally the people with first priority are those on CHA's waitlist, which includes thousands of former residents of Cabrini, Robert Taylor, and other long-gone housing projects. People kicked out of Atrium Village would have to go to the back of the line. By preserving the old midrise, Onni can minimize displacement and provide affordable units more cheaply than by building something new.
Unfortunately the parking will be preserved along Division so that the interior of the site can be dedicated to park space. However, the parking lot will be set back from the street so that the narrow sidewalk width can be doubled - very important if CTA ever builds a rail station here. I agree about Elm St, it would be nice to connect it through the site, but the landowners west of the tracks would have to be on board as well, since that section of Elm St was also vacated long ago.
