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Old Posted May 24, 2019, 8:01 PM
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Originally Posted by galleyfox View Post
That would make too much sense for Chicago. Large parts of the South side are still zoned single family because how else could the alderman get their fair share.

https://blog.chicagocityscape.com/ho...i=8c793743d9a0
Most of the land around the south branches of the Green land is zoned for multi-family - R5 and R4 on residential streets and -2 and -3 on commercial streets. Almost everything north of about 67th and east of the Dan Ryan is zoned for rather high density, as is much of Englewood and South Shore; the latter being the only one that is, for the most part, built out and occupied at anywhere close to the built density it's zoned for.

The issue in these areas is not zoning, it's scant demand, other than some very slow but steady investment in Bronzeville generally north of 51st and east of King Drive. Even if the developable potential under existing zoning on the south side doesn't technically allow for a million more people, it at least allows for several hundred thousand, and the infrastructure also already exists.
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