Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Pilsen

Join Us for a Meetup on August 16 at Harbee Liquors & Tavern in Pilsen

By John Greenfield | Aug 2, 2017 | No Comments

Streetsblog’s meet-ups are always a great opportunity to hang out and network with folks who are passionate about sustainable transportation and livable streets.

Is this close enough to a train station for you? Image: Google Maps

Join Us for Our Reader Meet-up Next Wednesday 2/8 at The Barrel in Pilsen

By John Greenfield | Jan 31, 2017 | No Comments

While many Streetsblog readers are hardy all-season cyclists, we know some folks hate to go out in the cold, so once again we’re holding our monthly meet-up at a convenient, transit-friendly location. In fact, next week’s event will be held smack-dab next to the Pink Lane’s Damen-Cermak station, at The Barrel bar in Pilsen. Here’s […]

Policies and Politics, Not TODs, Are to Blame for Affordable Housing Crunch

By Steven Vance | May 3, 2016 | 39 Comments

Yesterday the Tribune’s Mary Wisniewski further explored a topic Streetsblog’s John Greenfield covered two weeks ago for the Reader. Virtually all of Chicago’s new transit-oriented development projects are upscale buildings in affluent or gentrifying neighborhoods. TOD advocates argue that adding housing in these communities will take pressure off the rental market. But some Logan Square residents […]

Residents Want to Ensure the Paseo Trail Won’t Be a Route to Gentrification

By John Greenfield | Mar 23, 2016 | 35 Comments

[The Chicago Reader recently launched a new weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. This partnership will allow Streetsblog to extend the reach of our livable streets advocacy. We’ll be syndicating a portion of the column on the day it comes out online; you can read the remainder on the Reader’s website […]

KaBOOM Promotes Placemaking as a Way to Encourage Play

By John Greenfield | Nov 26, 2014 | 1 Comment

Active, creative, and social play has a number of benefits for children, especially those in low-income, urban communities. However, nowadays many kids don’t get enough opportunities for healthy play, according to staffer Janine Kacprzak from the nonprofit KaBOOM. The organization has helped build over 2,500 playgrounds across the country, including hundreds in Chicago, Kacprzak said. […]

Go Pilsen TDM Program Encourages Walking, Biking and Transit Use

By John Greenfield | Jul 7, 2014 | 2 Comments

[This article also runs in Checkerboard City, John’s column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] Last September, the Chicago Department of Transportation launched the Go Bronzeville transportation demand program in the historic Near South neighborhood otherwise known as the Black Metropolis. The initiative provided resources for residents interested in getting around […]

Good Times at Streetsblog Chicago’s One-Year Anniversary Pary

By John Greenfield | Feb 7, 2014 | 8 Comments

Big thanks to everyone who came out to help us celebrate our first anniversary of writing Streetsblog Chicago last night at Simone’s in Pilsen. Steven Vance and I were impressed that dozens of loyal readers braved the cold on a night when the mercury dropped to -1 F. A couple of hardy souls even Divvied […]

Help Streetsblog Chicago Celebrate Our One-Year Anniversary This Thursday

By John Greenfield | Feb 5, 2014 | 4 Comments

Steven Vance and I are looking forward to celebrating our landmark-filled first year of writing Streetsblog Chicago this Thursday with a reader meet-up from 6 to 9 p.m. at Simone’s Bar, 960 West 18th in Pilsen — we hope to see many of you folks there! If you’ve never been to one of these events, […]

Pedaling to All 68 Divvy Stations in One Day Was Fun, Not Frustrating

By John Greenfield | Jul 1, 2013 | 43 Comments

In a hurry? Read a shorter version of this piece at Grist.org, an environmental news website. To hear the Chicago Tribune tell it, people who used the Divvy bike-share system on its first day of operations last Friday experienced nothing but headaches. But on Sunday I rode a Divvy to and attempted to dock at […]

CDOT Provides an Update on Efforts to Ensure Divvy System Is Equitable

By John Greenfield | Jun 19, 2013 | 25 Comments

Imagine if almost everybody who rode the Chicago Transit Authority, a public transportation system subsidized with taxpayer money, was Caucasian. Denver found itself in an analogous situation last year, when a survey revealed that, in a city where almost half of residents are people of color, 89.9 percent the people using the publicly funded Denver […]

Bike Parking Revolution: Brewpub to Get Chicago’s Fifth On-Street Corral

By John Greenfield | Mar 7, 2013 | 16 Comments

On-street bike corrals have many benefits for retail areas. They accommodate a high number of customers and advertise the efficiency of cycling, since one car spot fits up to 12 bikes. Parking bikes in the street frees up space on sidewalks for pedestrians. On-street racks placed at corners improve sight lines and shorten crossing distances […]

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