Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Lincoln Square

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. […]