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Chicago’s Odd obsession with Ground Level Parking
It’s hard to see Chicago developers’ obsession with ground level parking when stacking buildings on top of parking only hurts neighborhoods.
Placemaking on Lincoln: Listening to Sneckdowns
We’re excited to see progress on the new placemaking project at the Lincoln | Wellington | Southport intersection. What about you?
Chicago’s People Spots Here to Stay … Here’s Why
People Spots are tiny parks, right along Chicago’s neighborhood sidewalks. Good for business, good for neighborhoods, good for people! Here’s why:
The Great Strip Mall Debate: There Really Are Pros and Cons, But Chicago Doesn’t Need Any New Ones
The strip mall question has re-emerged in Chicago news feeds in response to Alderman John Arena (45th) who wants to ban any new strip mall construction in the Jefferson Park business district. So the question re-emerges. Are Strip malls a miracle of convenience or a blight on the urban landscape. One thing is certain – they […]
If They Build it We Will Park – So Why Require More Parking With Every New Construction Project?
Bring on the predictable outrage, folks, but we’re about to do it … we’re about to say … There is WAY too much free parking available in Chicago. We should stop building more of it! For all the hoopla over the (admittedly) terrible parking meter deal made by Mayor Daley and regardless of the sticker […]
How Green Roofs, Green Space, and Green Design affect the Heat Island Effect in Chicago
Despite a relatively cool summer here in Chicago this year (thanks, I guess, Polar Vortex), we’ve all battled heat waves rolling off parking lots or struggled to arrive un-sweatily at our destinations more often than we’d like. And every summer – warm, hot or baking – is warmer here in the city (and the surrounding suburbs) than […]
The Melee that is Montrose Beach Parking Lots
Our proposal for an updated Montrose Beach Park – which both maintains the already extensive multi-user quality of the park and enhances it with less parking!
Andersonville Parklet Wrapping Up
The Andersonville Parklet (or People Spot, according to CDOT) is just wrapping construction now. We have added a robust .006 acres to Chicago’s park system. Details and progress photos inside.
PARK(ing) Day in 30 Days
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/27730232] Our third annual PARK(ing) Day installation at Southport and Addison is on Friday, September 16, 2011, 9a-5p (video above is a mashup from our 2009 park-ification). This is totally going to be the best year yet! On site bicycle repair, in-park dining tables, live music, and food. Be sure to be there to […]
You May Now Park at Dill Pickle
The bike parking at the Dill Pickle has quadrupled this week, the bike racks have been installed! We have also finished the installation of the vintage-door-vestibule-window (see where the doors were before, below), reclaimed floor and wall tile (check out the groovy flower print in the center of the tiles) and storefront door from the […]