Maybe this was already discussed. But I was browsing Curbed Chicago and came across this, about converting Argyle in Uptown to a "shared" street.
http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2...red-street.php
I'm not sure how this is supposed to work. The Viet Hoa grocery store there on the right has a parking lot just to the right of that right side foreground landscape planter. (the lot is full in Google Streetview). Is that lot being closed? How are cars supposed to get to it if not? Further down the street a huge dump truck is coming out of an alley. Those nice brick pavers won't last long under punishment like that.
And no curbs? How do you keep pedestrians out of slush/puddles after big snows/rains?
This shared street concept just looks like a mess that is going to make everyone unhappy, and a big waste of $3.6 million.