John Krause
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Making It Easier to Get to the Museum Campus Without a Car
It's already a bit of a hassle to get to and around Chicago's Museum Campus, which includes the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, the Adler Planetarium, and Soldier Field. In light of plans to build the Lucas Museum, as well as Rahm Emanuel's goal to increase tourism from 49 million visitors last year to 55 million in 2020, the problem could get worse.
October 15, 2014
Streeterville Residents Redefine Their Own Bit of Lake Shore Drive
John Krause isn't the only north lakefront resident who realizes that the Illinois Department of Transportation's "Redefine The Drive" reconstruction of North Lake Shore Drive is a chance to reinvent how the city meets the shore and the street.
July 10, 2014
Architect Urges Big-Picture, Design Thinking For North Lake Shore Drive
Local architect John Krause sees the reconstruction of North Lake Shore Drive, one of Chicago's most scenic locations, as a chance to think big -- not just about the road, but also about parks, transit, trails, the shoreline, and the future of the city alongside it. The Illinois Department of Transportation isn't used to thinking like that, though, and so Krause sees its "Redefine the Drive" project as a process "that looks and feels suboptimal."
July 7, 2014
Today, BRT Routes. Tomorrow, Rail Lines?
Let's step back from the discussion about how Chicago is implementing rapid bus routes and take a long view of how transit in Chicago might transform if these first BRT routes are successful.
February 26, 2013