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Concern about El Paseo Trail raising housing prices suggests that 606-like greenways are needed all across the city
Earlier this month, a 64-year-old man died from injuries he suffered in October, when a hit-and-run Jeep driver struck him on the 1900 block of South Union Avenue (700 W.), besides the Dan Ryan Expressway in Pilsen. Exactly one week after his death, residents gathered for a community meeting to discuss the possibility of rebooting the proposal for El Paseo Trail. That would be a rails-to-trails bike-pedestrian route, which would run just three blocks west of the crash site.
November 20, 2024
Hit-and-run Jeep driver fatally struck man, 64, riding bike in Pilsen, 3rd Chicago bike death this year
Meanwhile, discussion of the neighborhood's El Paseo rails-to-trails proposal, shelved in 2022 by concerns it might speed up housing displacement, is starting again with a meeting this Wednesday.
November 11, 2024
Emanuel’s Plan for Pilsen and Little Village Doesn’t Go Far Enough to Prevent Displacement
Since the proposal only requires developers to make 10 percent of the on-site units affordable, it's insufficient to protect low-income and working-class families.
November 16, 2018
