[Mr Downtown]

^Um, your Division street example has street parking. You need sidewalks as generous as Michigan Avenue to make for a comfortable pedestrian experience next to moving lanes. Look at the two streets flanking Dearborn Park to immediately see the difference. Clark and State have similar ROW widths and frontages (mostly walls, unfortunately). But one has street parking, and that's the one people walk along.

Permit parking as a long-term solution is inherently subject to political pressure. Whom do you think the alderman will most want to please in 2025: the 40 side-street homeowners or the 400 voters in the TOD highrise?