Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about West Town

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, […]