The walk to the Midway from the Orange Line use to be twice as long...and for a few years it wasn't inside.

Around 51st I'm not aware of any imminent plans right now, but there are some 3 and 6 flats going up in the northern part of the 4600 block of south Calumet near the 47th Street stop.

As mentioned before, the Obama Library may go next to the Garfield stop. Everyone seems to think this will spur a ton of new development, I'm not so sure.

I think its the perfect spot tbh! Garfield Blvd. has major potential and U of C has been interested in investing in this area for a while. Also logistically its next to the Green Line and a short jot from the Red Line.


When I lived in the area in 2011-2012, I noticed that all of the buildings between 54th PL and 54th St north and south and MLK and Calumet east and west, were demolished. Most of buildings were occupied and some even newly renovated. These post inspired me to investigate and it seems like 11/7/2012 all of the parcels were bought by Lake Park Association Inc, I wonder what they have planned.

This was once proposed for that site.
http://wibiti.com/images/hpmain/550/276550.jpg

double post

Can't wait for the Lake Shore Drive redevelopment, but I know realistically it will be at least 10+ years away from starting. It will be nice to see more greenery east of the drive.
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/t...406f4976ef.jpg

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#sectio.../p2p-81368284/

International study critiques Chicago transit

Transit deserts strand thousands far from jobs
 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...htmlstory.html

By Tribune Graphics,
@ChiTribGraphics

"Approximately 438,500 people in Cook County live in a transit desert, an area with a high demand for transit but that is more than a half-mile from a train stop and a quarter-mile from high-quality bus service. A study of Cook County transit deserts proposes a host of projects to address the shortfalls......"

So tell me how this unified group would be structured; how it would decide on regional priorities. Remember that the suburbs pay 72% of the cost of transit in this region, but take only 20% of the trips. If representation is based on taxation or on population, do you think the 6 suburban members (of 9) would be voting to fund even more service in city neighborhoods?

^ The agency should be 1/3 suburban, 2/3 city despite the funding differential.

Why? Because the suburbs owe their prosperity to Chicago's existence. And without transit, Chicago would have become Cleveland or Detroit long ago.

The only reason I don't live outside the Midwest right now is due to Chicago's awesomeness. And I'll bet my right thumb there are a lot of other people who probably feel the same way.

Obviously that's how it "should be", but it's clearly not how it will be. The suburbs will never agree to treat Chicago fairly as long as they hold an economic advantage in terms of their general health and the wealth of their citizens. This is why Chicago carries an unfair burden when it comes to the poor as well, most suburbs simply don't allow them into their communities. This is also why I am completely OK with an open and hostile war by the city against the suburbs until every square inch of Chicago is gentrified. Everyone likes to lament that there is no "regional gain" when Chicago poaches jobs from the suburbs, but I disagree. The suburbs are an inefficient pack of leeches on the real economic core of the region that is downtown Chicago and every job we can condense there makes the regions economy more efficient in a number of ways.

Eventually the fiscal distress and economic hardship that plagues a large swath of Chicago will migrate to the suburbs as their job clusters empty out and head downtown. At that point the suburbs might actually start being more reasonable when it comes to regional collaboration and, personally, I think will start asking to be annexed again. But this can't happen if the city continually "plays nice" with the hostiles in the collar counties.

This is already happening in the south suburbs, but I seriously doubt it will ever happen to the North Shore. There's got to be a better way to divvy things up than waiting for economic doom to hit the suburbs.

You think people that live in the suburbs are blood-suckers on society and deserve economic hardships be visited upon them? That goes a bit beyond the makeup of a transit funding board. You are downright hateful if those are your true thoughts.

Sick.

If we were in a complete fantasy world, it would be run by a central CEO/planner who is appointed by an elected oversight board of 7 people. The jurisdiction would cover the current IL area of the Chicago metropolitan area as defined by the census.

The CEO would have no term limit, but the board members would be limited to a single 6 year term. The group would be required to retain independent auditors who would conduct yearly financial audits.

CEO would set out overall transit strategy and board approves this and all capital expenditures. CEO would essentially operate like the CEO of a publicly traded company.

Pipe dream, I know

the suburbs would not exist without the city.
the executives who live out their by their golf courses can fucking deal with it.
also, the burbs are dying. people and companies are moving to the city.

these are FACTS, not opinions.

deal with it.

Some burbs are dying but others are so large now they can be considered small cities unto themselves. 200k population for a suburb is not tiny.

Then you're hateful and sick, too. Thank god we still have a representative form of government to temper your gestapo-like mindset.

If there MUST be a unified transit board, why not fill it based in part on where the money comes from? If your predictions of a suburban apocalypse come true, the money will all be in the city anyway.

I think the question should not be where the majority of the money comes from but where the majority of the rides are taken/needed. But good luck getting anyone else to think that way.

If it's a single organization that serves the entire metro area, why should there be a distinction between city and suburbs?

Hundreds of thousands of suburbanites use transit every single day to get to their jobs in the Loop. Don't you trust them?