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Originally Posted by brian_b
It wont be that long. U of C is offering employee down payment assistance all the way up to I-55. There's a field house under construction at Ellis Park at 35th. A new pedestrian bridge also on 35th. Drive around the Kenwood historic district and you see evidence of a lot of interior renovations on the old mansions. A new Marianos on 39th. Infill here and there.
Lake Meadows and Michael Reese are the big questions and will probably be the final push.
Perceptions of safety are changing. I see women jogging alone on 31st street every day. Northsiders will be the last to know.
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And there's no shortage of people biking down King Drive all the way to Hyde Park. The development is certainly in pockets but progress seems steady.