Did the City wise up and drop the "606" name for the Bloomingdale Trail? David Roeder in the Sun-Times writes today that the construction contract was just awarded, and the proposed branding is mentioned nowhere in the article. More to the point, the underlying
press release by the City has seven paragraphs and the name never appears, referring to it only as the
Bloomingdale Multipurpose Trail and Park. Da Mare is also quoted there calling it basically the same thing.
(The release also indicates that work will begin by next week! Opening still scheduled for next fall.)
On a semi related point, the contract is for $54 million and involves repairing 40 viaducts. Makes you wonder about the occasional single L station rehab that costs about the same amount.