Your Guide to Chicago's Northcenter, Lincoln Square and Ravenswood Manor.

• http://twitter.com/rgiraldi Richard Giraldi

  A Marianos in the neighborhood would be awesome.

• Sarah Dandelles

  Did Mariano’s get the TIFF money? That’s what I want to know…

• Anonymous

  I’m not aware they asked for TIF. Besides, the city just approved the TIF funding for the Lawrence Ave. streetscape: http://www.centersquarejournal.com/email/lawrence-avenue-streetscape-moves-forward

• niuguy

  They really need to bring back the residential.  Why on earth (besides to please a few locals) would you build low density next to a transit stop?  It doesn’t make sense.

  I am all for the development of this area, but I want to see forward thinking development.

• Anonymous

  Yeah, I don’t get Chicagoans’ resistance to high-density… it’s what makes neighborhoods team with life and offers more chances for good retail. Stupid, stupid decision.

• Mike royce

  Yeah, so that way every neighborhood can be Lincoln Park.

• Anonymous

  Ravenswood is not in danger of becoming Lincoln Park, Mike. That area is of Lawrence is sad and very un-dense. It could use some density. Move to the suburbs if you want an acre of land per capita.

• Mike royce

  If you keep packing it in you moran it will be.  Sorry, city dweller all my life not a transplant  from some other state or burb, like I am sure you are. 

• Anonymous

  It’s funny how you at first called me a ‘moran’ and then had to fix it. I’ve owned property in the neighborhood since I was 24 (1996). What’s with the insults? Makes you seem like you don’t have much of an argument…

• Mike royce

  The insults were started by you- who told me to “move back to the burbs” because I really don’t want my property value to decrease more than it already has.  Nobody is against the Mariano’s, Gym and what not going up, but But throwing up more condos/rentals

• Mike royce

  How is overpriced housing that will deflate current real-estate forward thinking? You must be a developer decoy. Nobody that actually owns property in the area wants the residential aspect involved at all. You would know this if you went to the public forums for residents.

• niuguy

  Haha.  No sir!  
  I’m a grad student who has an admittedly idealistic view of city planning. Areas around train stops should be relatively higher (obviously Ravenswood is not Lincoln Park is not the Loop) density and as you go further from the stop density would be reduced.   A few main points….1) Silly to have low density around a stop….defeats the purpose of having great services such as the L2) While the opinion of residents is important, its not the only thing.  Planners have a responsibility to think long term.  That means considering how best to use city resources. 3) Even if the city REALLY wants density it also comes down to developers and whether or not they think its profitable.  Clearly, these developers are ok with having no housing and since that area has been in need of development for a long time, it will probably go through despite the city’s wants.

  Anyways, its all my opinion of course….and I’m nobody. haha  
  Y’all should play nicer around here.  No need to get upset.  :)

• Cheryl Sigsbee

  I’m really going to miss the garden center that sets up in the Sears parking lot next to the auto center.. I wish there were a place elsewhere in Ravenswood where they could set up. Any ideas?

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