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Wicker Park Trader Joe’s: Good Company, Wrong Location
Neighbors of a Trader Joe's grocery store, proposed by Smithfield Properties for the corner of Division Street and Honore Street in Wicker Park, fear that the development will harm the work they've put into crafting a pedestrian-friendly street lined with locally-owned businesses. The store is welcome in Wicker Park, but neighbors say that the proposed location at Division Street and Honore Street isn't the right one.
March 26, 2014
Yes, It Can Be Done: 99 New Apartments With No Parking
While I was browsing Andrew Salzberg's map showing how much development is allowed near transit stops, I noticed a dark spot -- a site where a taller building is allowed -- at the southwest corner of Ashland Avenue and Division Street. Then I remembered the development underway there, the "1601 Tower," on the site of a shuttered Pizza Hut restaurant. The interesting thing about this 11-story, 99-unit building is that it will provide no car parking spaces for residents.
February 21, 2013