The first batch of more defined renderings have been revealed for the upcoming stations and plazas of the CTA Red Line Extension (RLE). The images are the first of more to come as the city hosts a group of community input meetings to allow local residents to guide the design of the new public spaces. The RLE officially broke ground this past April.
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McDonald’s Park isn’t the only job site in town with a shiny new yellow Liebherr tower crane; there is now a 420 EC-H doing the heavy lifting for the parking garage at The 1901 Project, too. The crane’s base was planted in the Neat West Side ground back in July. We can’t say exactly when the rest of it was erected, but it’s been there long enough to set some heavy ironwork over the below-ground loading dock off Damen Avenue.
The Chicago Plan Commission has approved plans for a new school building at 335 West Belden Avenue in Lincoln Park. Sitting just east of the intersection with North Clark Street, the project would demolish an existing four-story residential building to make way for a $39 million expansion of Francis W. Parker School directly behind the site.
For the first time since since Fall 2017, there are two tower cranes on a McDonald’s job site, though this time they’re building a very different project. The east crane at McDonald’s Park at The 78 in the South Loop has been erected, allowing construction on the Chicago Fire’s new stadium to progress away from the river towards Clark Street.
The Chicago Plan Commission has approved plans for the residential development at 665 West Sheridan Road in Lake View East. Located near the intersection with North Pine Grove Avenue, the project would replace a large single-family home just steps away from Lincoln Park. Efforts are being led by a local developer under an LLC.
