Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Jefferson Park

How the New TOD Ordinance Could Save a Rejected Jeff Park Development

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Last Tuesday, the city’s Community Development Commission put the brakes on Mega Realty’s plan to build a housing and retail development on two vacant lots located a five-minute walk from the Jefferson Park Transit Center. One of the parcels is city-owned, and the commission voted against a proposal to give the land, valued at $530,000, to the developer […]

Uninsured Motorist Kills Senior in Jefferson Park

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View Larger Map The 5900 block of North Elston from the driver’s perspective. A 45-year-old woman struck and killed Joseph Kubica, 77, early Saturday morning in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Around 12:50 a.m., Kubica was walking across the street on the 5900 block of North Elston, according to Officer José Estrada […]