Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Uptown

Ah, the sights, sounds, and smells of a typical July weekend at Montrose Beach! Simonds Drive by the beach. Image: Google Maps

Sorry, losing the perk of free beach parking is not a major social justice issue

By John Greenfield | Mar 19, 2021 | No Comments

Despite complaints from local residents, metered parking will make Montrose Beach less car-centric; help the city's bottom line; and even, counterintuitively, make driving to the beach less of a hassle for those who choose to do so.

The current gas station layout is mostly asphalt. Image: Google Docs

Gas station next to lakefront in Uptown to be replaced by a bigger gas station

By John Greenfield | Feb 19, 2021 | No Comments

The property owner is seeking a zoning change that would allow for a new two-story building containing a new gas station with accessory retail and office space within a two-story building.

The current Argyle station design and the future one. Images: Google Maps, CTA

Thoughts on Uptown and Edgewater Red Line station designs

By Courtney Cobbs | Feb 4, 2021 | No Comments

In general the stops will have a sleek, minimalist appearance and a red-and-white color scheme, and eliminating the need for supporting pillars in the viaducts will create an airier feel.

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.

CPD officers wrongly cited curfew to order Streetsblog to stop filming arrest

By John Greenfield | Jun 3, 2020 | No Comments

A minor encounter with Chicago Police Department officers underscored the importance of making sure police follow laws protecting freedom of the press.

The homeless encampment in the Wilson viaduct. Photo: John Greenfield

Homeless tents have returned next to Uptown bike lanes likely built to displace them

By John Greenfield | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments

The bikeways were probably intended as defensive architecture to keep homeless people from taking shelter in the underpasses, and they're not even successful in that regard.

Overview of the drive from Diversey to Hollywood.

Uptown LSD Improvements Would Include Trail Grade Separation, Bus Amenities

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 30, 2019 | 13 Comments

But some residents argued that plans to make cyclists and pedestrians on the Lakefront Trail use tunnels and an overpass to cross eat-west streets in order to facilitate driving is car-centric.

While a flier circulated by a neighbor called the development proposed for this parking lot "supersized," half of the building would be only about three feet taller than this four-story building next door, and the other half would be considerably shorter. Photo: John Greenfield

Most Beacon Street Neighbors Agree: 9 Units With 10 Spots Won’t Create a Parking Crunch

By Courtney Cobbs and John Greenfield | Jul 11, 2019 | 11 Comments

At Tuesday's community meeting, residents voiced concerns about density and the community input process, but most reached a consensus that 1.11 parking spots per household is sufficient.

Rendering of the proposed building at the northwest corner of Sunnyside and Beacon, currently occupied by a parking lot.

Misleading Fliers Attack Multifamily Housing Proposal in Transit-Friendly Sheridan Park

By John Greenfield | Jul 7, 2019 | 15 Comments

A neighbor is arguing that allowing a condo building will more than a 1:1 ratio of parking spots to housing units will create a parking crunch.

The project reconfigured the Racine/Broadway intersection to create a new plaza. Photo: John Greenfield

Circular Sculpture Is the Cherry on Uptown’s Complete Streets Makeover Sundae

By John Greenfield | May 10, 2019 | 6 Comments

Today city officials cut the ribbon on a multicolored ring-shaped sculpture in the Uptown Entertainment District, the crowning touch on a street remix that converted excess asphalt at Racine Avenue and Broadway into a new pedestrian plaza. The makeover was part of the Broadway streetscape project, which includes new sidewalks, street repaving, lighting, bike racks, […]

The new bike trail (with an access lane for pedestrians) crosses Simonds Drive south of Foster. Photo: John Greenfield

Eyes on the Street: Lakefront Trail Separation between Montrose and Ardmore

By John Greenfield | Jul 7, 2018 | 11 Comments

The new bike route adds a half-mile to the trip, but cyclists are rewarded with scenic views.

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