Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Lincoln Square

A cyclist rides on Leland Avenue near Artesian Street in Lincoln Square. Photo: John Greenfield

47th Ward: Community outreach will help prevent backlash to Leland Greenway extension

By John Greenfield | Sep 4, 2019 | 16 Comments

While the Dickens Greenway proposal in Lincoln Park has been highly controversial, meeting with Lincoln Square neighborhood groups early in the planning process is promoting buy-in.

GoFundMe Launched for Bike Crash Victim Sorin Coneac, SUV Driver Still at Large

By John Greenfield | Aug 13, 2019 | 3 Comments

Miraculously, Coneac is coming home from the hospital less than three weeks after his skull-exposing injury.

Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Critically Injured Cyclist Sorin Coneac, 17, in Lincoln Square

By John Greenfield | Jul 29, 2019 | 4 Comments

Bike community members identified the victim, a youth who has been active with a local bike selling discussion group.

Leland already works as a quiet eastbound route across the 47th Ward. Adding a contraflow lane on one-way stretches between the river and Western, and between Damen and Clark, would make it more useful. Image: Google Streetview

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Leland Greenway Won’t Be Extended West of Clark Before Pawar Leaves Office

By John Greenfield | Sep 26, 2017 | 3 Comments

While the traffic-calmed side-street bikeway is already underway in the 46th Ward, there are currently no plans to extend it west.

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Not Surprising: With Weekday-Only Service and No A.M. Rush Hours, Lincoln Bus Pilot Fails

By John Greenfield | Aug 8, 2017 | 5 Comments

With limited hours and a relatively high ridership goal, the Lincoln Avenue bus pilot never met its target and will be canceled next month.

Why Did Divvy Stations Dance Around River West, Lincoln Square?

By Steven Vance | Nov 21, 2014 | 11 Comments

Divvy bike-share stations were designed to be easy to move around, with their modular construction and off-grid solar power. Sure enough, plenty of Divvy members have had their routines disrupted by station moves lately: 8,000 Divvy members received word this year that stations they’d recently used were on the move. One Divvy member forwarded two […]

Kempf Plaza Has All the Right Ingredients for a Great Public Space

By Shaun Jacobsen | Aug 29, 2014 | No Comments

Streetsblog will be on vacation on Monday, September 1. Enjoy your Labor Day! There are few pedestrian spaces in Chicago that evoke the feeling of an old European city as well as Kempf Plaza (perhaps better known as Giddings Plaza) in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. Now that city, advocacy groups, neighborhood organizations, and individuals call […]

Swap Parking for Green Space at the Golden Angel Site? The Horror!

By John Greenfield | Sep 18, 2013 | 41 Comments

The impending departure of the Golden Angel pancake house, 4344 North Lincoln in North Center, located kitty-corner from the Sulzer Library, where I often type up Streetsblog posts, is bitter-sweet for me. I’ll miss conversing with the chatty waitresses at this old-school greasy spoon while I tuck into a plate of their tasty chilaquiles. On […]

Eyes on the Street: New Pedestrian Islands on Lawrence Avenue

By Steven Vance | Sep 6, 2013 | 15 Comments

Three years after the Chicago Department of Transportation presented renderings and details about a proposal to narrow Lawrence Avenue between Clark Street and Western Avenue in Lincoln Square, construction began in June despite late opposition from business owners. The project will put Lawrence on a road diet from four travel lanes to two, with a center […]

Where Will Bike-Share Stations Go? System Map Begins to Take Shape

By Steven Vance | Apr 26, 2013 | 7 Comments

Chicago’s bike-share system, which will go by the name of Divvy, is on track to launch by the Bike To Work Day Rally on June 14. Divvy will start out with 75 stations in downtown and River North before growing to about 400 stations in an area roughly bounded by Lake Michigan, Devon, California and 63rd. […]