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Move That Bus: Planning Council Promotes Bus Rapid Transit

By Patty Wetli

Oh the irony of the term Bus Rapid Transit, given how long it might take to move this concept from idea to reality in Chicago. But BRT just gained some much needed traction with an endorsement from the Metropolitan Planning Council, which included BRT among the organization’s policy initiatives for 2012. MPC, an independent...

Developer Proposes Turning Laundromat Into Apartments

By Patty Wetli

For the second time in as many months, a developer is proposing the construction of apartments, not condos. First the Ravenswood Terrace project on Lawrence Avenue was announced as rentals, and now Earthwood Development is presenting revised plans for 4232-38 N. Western Ave., currently the site of a vacated laundromat. We smell a trend....

Beautification Begins on Irving Park, Clark Streetscaping Moves Forward

By Laura Pearson

Yesterday Ald. Eugene Schulter (47th), Chicago Department of Transportation representatives, and Northcenter business leaders gathered at the intersection of Lincoln, Damen, and Irving Park to break ground on the new Irving Park streetscape. Expected to take 180 days, the $6 million beautification effort along Irving Park between Western and Damen includes aesthetic upgrades and...

Details Unveiled for Lawrence Avenue Streetscape

By Laura Pearson

Lawrence Avenue is yet another street in the 47th Ward that will undergo a major facelift (as previously reported), and now more details of the project have emerged. Starting next spring, the Chicago Department of Transportation will transform the section of Lawrence between Western and Ashland avenues into a three-lane street, with one lane...