Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about West Town

Recent Chicago Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities

By John Greenfield | Jul 29, 2015 | No Comments

Man Fleeing Police Fatally Strikes 13-Month-Old Boy in Stroller Dillan Harris, a 13-month-old boy who was sitting in a stroller, was run over and killed by a driver who was being chased by police in the wake of a gunshot murder, prosecutors said. On Saturday, July 11, at around 1:40 p.m., an off-duty police officer […]

Parking-Lite Residences Sprouting All Across Chicago

By Steven Vance | Dec 29, 2014 | 27 Comments

The resurgent downtown economy and the growing demand for car-lite living, both in Chicago and nationally, have spurred an apartment-building boom that’s transforming neighborhoods citywide. Many of these apartments are rising along the Chicago Transit Authority’s rail lines, partially thanks to a recent change to the city’s zoning ordinance that has made it easier to […]

Proposed River West Towers Would Be Better With Even Less Parking

By Steven Vance | Oct 24, 2014 | 48 Comments

Security Properties from Seattle recently received Plan Commission approval to build 14- and 15-story buildings on the site of the Gonnella bakery at 1001 W. Chicago Avenue, near the busy intersection with Milwaukee and Ogden avenues and the Blue Line’s Chicago stop. 363 apartments and 35,000 square feet of retail would fill the two towers, helping […]

Get a Leg Up: Steven and Friends Install the Nation’s First Bicycle Footrest

By John Greenfield | Jun 27, 2014 | 55 Comments

A video of Ryan Lakes using the footrest. Streetsblog Chicago writer Steven Vance doesn’t just report on transportation news — sometimes he makes it. Case in point is the city’s newest cycling amenity, a bike footrest and handrail that Steven and his friend Ryan Lakes recently installed at the southeast corner of Milwaukee and Ogden, […]