[west-town-brad]

Originally Posted by Jibba

Yeah, not close it off to car traffic but take up more of the street and add in a good buffer of trees (and something 'softer' like crushed granite rather than concrete or asphalt). Champs has maybe a 2:3:2 ratio of pedestrian to car traffic allotment of its width (just looking at it from above in Google maps satellite view).

don't forget the silly number of ambulances that use michigan ave every day to get to northwestern hospital campus.