Observations and musings from a resident of Chicago's 21st ward.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Mariano's and Wal-Mart to Bronzeville?
Found below article over at Crain's Chicago
Two big retailers are honing in on properties for new stores in Bronzeville on the South Side.
Milwaukee-based Roundy's Supermarkets Inc. plans to open a Mariano's Fresh Market on land owned by the Chicago Housing Authority near 39th Street and Martin Luther King Drive, according to a person familiar with the project.
Less than a mile from that site, at 39th and State streets, Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wants to open a supercenter, another source said.
The projects provide a vivid example of how retailers are scouring the market for development parcels with strong population densities, often in Chicago.
Two big retailers are honing in on properties for new stores in Bronzeville on the South Side.
Milwaukee-based Roundy's Supermarkets Inc. plans to open a Mariano's Fresh Market on land owned by the Chicago Housing Authority near 39th Street and Martin Luther King Drive, according to a person familiar with the project.
Less than a mile from that site, at 39th and State streets, Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wants to open a supercenter, another source said.
The projects provide a vivid example of how retailers are scouring the market for development parcels with strong population densities, often in Chicago.
Gigabit Squared is looking to transform nine Chicago neighborhoods, and just keep growing from there.
Technology projects worth $150 million will transform nine South Side
neighborhoods by 2015 with a data center, a job training center and
ultra-high-speed Internet connections that will bring Chicago’s fastest
fiber and wireless broadband capacity to 100,000 residents and 11,000
schools, businesses, hospitals and clinics, the project’s leader says.Story continues at Chicago Grid.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Bus rapid transit to ‘maximize potential’ of Ashland Avenue
I say do it!
http://www.wbez.org/news/bus-rapid-transit-%E2%80%98maximize-potential%E2%80%99-ashland-avenue-106738
Fact sheet from the CTA.
http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/brt/CTA_Ashland_BRT_Fact_sheet.pdf
http://www.wbez.org/news/bus-rapid-transit-%E2%80%98maximize-potential%E2%80%99-ashland-avenue-106738
Fact sheet from the CTA.
http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/brt/CTA_Ashland_BRT_Fact_sheet.pdf
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Mayor’s ‘strategic vision’ for seven neighborhoods
A “permanent farmer’s market” that
could rival Seattle’s Pike’s Market. The nation’s longest protected bike
lane. An Uptown Music District. A pedestrian bridge over Lake Shore
Drive at 35th Street. An elevated, boardwalk bike trail at the Drive’s
north end.
Those are just some of the ideas that
could become a reality, thanks to a $3 billion plan that shows Mayor
Rahm Emanuel is taking Daniel Burnham’s, “make no small plans” mantra
to heart. Article continues here.
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