Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Uptown

CTA bus driver fatally struck William Hiebel, 85, next to LFT’s Buena underpass

By John Greenfield | Oct 11, 2021 | No Comments

Although police described the victim as a pedestrian, a local resident told Streetsblog the senior was actually bicycling west from the underpass into the road when he was struck.

The Leland Slow Street. Photo: John Greenfield

Despite 85% increase in cycling on Leland, Slow Street was taken down 3 months early

By John Greenfield | Sep 10, 2021 | No Comments

If the Leland Slow Street treatment very successful in encouraging biking this year, why did it make sense to take it down during peak cycling season?

A person walking a dog in the Wilson sidewalk bike lane last March. Photo: John Greenfield

Ald. Cappleman discusses 46th Ward walk/bike projects, and the LSD viaduct issue

By John Greenfield | May 28, 2021 | No Comments

Cappleman discussed bike and pedestrian matters in the ward, including the extremely controversial installation of sidewalk bike lanes in Lake Shore Drive viaducts.

The Leland Slow Street this afternoon. New this year are signs advising drivers to go 5 mph. Photo: John Greenfield

Leland Slow Street reopens, and two more routes are opening in the 5th Ward tomorrow

By John Greenfield | May 27, 2021 | No Comments

Once the sun comes out, we'll surely see lots of people, including plenty of families and kids, enjoying these safer, traffic calmed streets again.

The Lawrence station as it looks now and the future design. Images: Google Maps, CTA

First major phase of four Red Line station rehabs and track upgrades kick off next month

By John Greenfield | Apr 21, 2021 | No Comments

The project will rebuild the century-old Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr Red Line stations and tracks.

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.

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