Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Lakeview

Corridor Brewing in Lakeview today. Photo: John Greenfield

Chicago businesses: Here’s what’s required to use parking lanes to enable outdoor seating

By John Greenfield | Oct 29, 2020 | No Comments

It turns out that the bureaucratic hoops aren't especially onerous, and they're a relative bargain thanks to the city waiving some of the associated fees.

Heated outdoor seating in the parking lane at Rogers Park Social cocktail bar. Photo: Jonathan Roth

To help restaurants and bars survive winter, let’s make it easy to use car space for seating

By John Greenfield | Oct 27, 2020 | No Comments

There are plenty of ways Chicago can help restaurants and bars survive this extremely challenging period -- if city officials are willing to be flexible, generous, and proactive to help them out.

Grace Street east of Southport Avenue. Image: Google Maps

Creating the Grace Greenway from the 312 River Run to the Lakefront Trail would be easy

By John Greenfield | Oct 8, 2020 | No Comments

The city cleverly legalized westbound riding on this low-stress street with a block of contraflow bike lane. A couple more short stretches of contraflow further east could make Grace even more bikeable.

The 1700 block of West Henderson Street with its unusual planted median, called Gross Park. Image: Google Maps

School and Henderson streets in Lakeview will become Slow Streets on Monday

By John Greenfield | Sep 25, 2020 | No Comments

Community feedback on the idea has been positive so far, so assuming there's no major opposition this week, it will be installed next week.

The new columns for the Belmont flyover. Photo: CTA

Here’s an update on the Red and Purple Modernization project a year into the project

By Lisa Phillips | Sep 8, 2020 | No Comments

All of the Belmont flyover columns were finished this summer, and temporary stations are being built in Uptown and Edgewater to allow for service as new ones are built.

The Heart of Italy Cafe Street on Oakley. Photo: John Greenfield

Newest car-free Cafe Streets mostly appear to be doing booming business

By John Greenfield | Jul 14, 2020 | No Comments

Taking away space from cars and making it available to people is providing a shot in the arm to the struggling hospitality industry, while allowing pandemic-weary residents to enjoy some nightlife.

Historic Black-owned businesses Frances' Cocktail Lounge and Lem's Bar-B-Q on Chathams's 75th Street restaurant strip. Image: Google Maps

New Cafe Streets announced, but so far Black and Latino dining strips are opting out

By John Greenfield | Jun 24, 2020 | No Comments

Announced Cafe Streets in Chatham and Little Village have been cancelled or watered down, which means that so far none are planned on African-American- or Latino-owned restaurant strips.

A Slow Street in Oakland. Photo: Robert Prinz, @prinzrob, via Twitter.

The Slow Streets movement is picking up speed, but Chicago is getting left behind

By John Greenfield | Apr 28, 2020 | No Comments

Cities from New York to San Francisco are getting with the program to make room for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation, but Chicago officials are sitting on their hands.

The intersection of Belle Plaine Avenue and Clark Street, where the cyclist was injured. Photo: John Greenfield

Why didn’t the police cite an SUV driver who failed to yield to a cyclist, injuring him?

By John Greenfield | Mar 12, 2020 | No Comments

The driver apparently failed to yield to the cyclist while making a left turn onto Clark from a side street.

The Belmont Station platform in Lakeview. The stop has recently been a hot spot for crime. Photo: Jeff Zoline

CTA, CPD promise more security on the ‘L’ in the wake of recent Red Line attacks

By Igor Studenkov | Jan 9, 2020 | No Comments

While crime is down systemwide, serious crime has doubled since 2015, and there have been a string of recent attacks and robberies on the Red Line.

The Treasure Island site. Photo: John Greenfield

Neighbors fear the Treasure Island TOD has too little parking, but it actually has too much

By John Greenfield | Oct 7, 2019 | 16 Comments

The development, steps from the Red Line and express buses, will have 246 apartments and 107 parking spaces.

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