Architecture Mon Jul 07 2008

Re-Orienting Logan Square

Last Tuesday, Logan Square residents met with Alderman Manny Flores and city planning officials to discuss a draft of the Milwaukee Avenue Corridor Plan, the Chicago Journal reports.

Some resident organizations acted surprised to here that the planned called for building densely surrounding the transportation nodes that exist in the First Ward neighborhood. Sally Hamann of the Greater Goethe Neighborhood Association apparently never equated density with building height. However, Alderman Flores supports a more intense use of the land as a "green" building practice. He asks, rhetorically, "Are we going to commit to sustainability? If we are going to do it, we have to commit and not be afraid of it."

The plan emerged from multi-year effort from outside consultants and community members alike. Public meetings and design sessions yielded the following report ,accessible from the Center for Neighborhood Technology website.

As the Logan Square area continues to emerge several more planning documents are sure to be crafted. A previous plan focuses on maintaining and developing the open areas on the northwest side.

— Carl Giometti / Comments (0)