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.
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.
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.
Updated renderings have been revealed and additional permits have been pulled for the first phase of the massive 1901 Project around the United Center. Led by the owning families of the arena and both the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks, the multi-phase development will slowly replace all of the arena’s surrounding surface parking lots, which rarely reach capacity.
Plans have been revealed for a new mixed-use development at 1449 West Devon Avenue along the northern boundary of Edgewater. Sitting just east of the intersection with North Greenview Avenue, the proposal would replace an existing one-story commercial building within walking distance of Loyola University.
