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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Little India, W Devon Ave at N Maplewood Ave North Park Village, 5801 N Pulaski Ave WMS Boathouse, Clark Park at the Chicago River of Rosehill Cemetery was recently munity leaders, investors, and – most NORTHWEST remade into a 20-acre nature preserve importantly – the dedicated resident- SIDE EXECUTIVE for the public; and where people from sof the Northwest Side Planning Area 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY all over the Midwest travel to shop and neighborhoods to improve this Action dine at Indian and Pakistani businesses Plan over time. Devon Avenue’s “Little India.” The Na- along Devon Avenue in West Ridge ture Center at North Park Village. The each weekend. river-front parks. The Northwest Side Planning Area is home to many popular places to visit in Chicago. It is also GUIDING STRATEGIES home to 266,000 residents who live in This Action Plan contains Priority a collection of distinct neighborhoods. Projects that are either in progress or The strategies and priority projects in development, such that they can articulated in this Action Plan will help be reasonably completed within five to make these neighborhoods even years, with more projects to be added more vibrant. as the Action Plan continues to grow. These investments will be guided by The Northwest Side Planning Area is the following strategies: bounded generally by the city’s border GUIDING STRATEGIES & at W Devon Ave and W Howard St on 1. Guiding Strategy #1 CONCENTRATION AREAS the north, the Metra UP North Line / 2. Guiding Strategy #2 TO BE CREATED WITH N Ravenswood Ave on the east, the NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT I-90/94 Expressways on the west, 3. Guiding Strategy #3 and W Diversey Ave on the south. It Visit www.cityofchicago.org/cnnto learn more contains parts of 11 wards, 31 neigh- borhoods, and 10 community areas. CONCENTRATION AREAS Residents enjoy 70 parks, send their Smaller areas that offer significant children to 98 local schools, and are opportunities will be the subject of served by19 train stations through- further careful planning and action in out the Planning Area. Compared the coming months: with Chicago’s 16 Planning Areas, the A. Concentration Area “A” from N Northwest Side Planning Area has Boundary Street to S Boundary the second highest number of total Street, and from W Boundary Street residents, and the fourth lowest un- to E Boundary Street employment rate (8.8%). Its largest land B. Concentration Area “B” from N uses are residential (58%) and parks Boundary Street to S Boundary Street, and from W Boundary Street and open space (16%). At least two to E Boundary Street previous plans have been completed C. Concentration Area “C” from N since 2000 in the area. Boundary Street to S Boundary Street, and from W Boundary Street But the Northwest Side Planning Area to E Boundary Street is much more than facts and figures. This is where many immigrants from The City of Chicago’s Department of the four corners of the world make Planning and Development will contin- their first arrival in the United States; ue to work with aldermen, other City where a never-developed section departments and sister agencies, com- FIRST DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION - FOR FIRST DRAFT 3 Evanston HOWARD ST Howard Chicago Neighborhoods Now: Northwest Side 13 ROGERS AVE ACTION PLAN NORTH TOUHY AVE Map Key RIDGE BLVD 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 EXECUTIVE Interstates CTA Red Line & Station AVE WESTERN Rogers Park Metra Line & Station CTA Yellow Line & Station CTA Brown Line & Station Parks and Open Space Blue Line & Station Water PRATT BLVD CTA Purple Line & Station Lincolnwood DAMEN AVE DAMEN KEDZIE AVE KEDZIE McCORMICK BLVD McCORMICK DEVON AVE Concentration Areas DEVON AVE 4 3 A Concetration Area “A” TBD B Concetration Area “B” TBD 2 C Concetration Area “C” TBD 18 PETERSON AVE PETERSON AVE LINCOLN AVE 12 Illustrative Priority Projects CENTRAL PARK AVE PARK CENTRAL 1 Foster Avenue at Koster and Tripp Line Pacific/North Union Signal Improvements 2 Lincoln Village Bike and AVE CICERO 7 Pedestrian Bridge over North BRYN MAWR AVE AVE WESTERN Shore Channel at Hood Avenue 3 Devon Ave Streetscape, California to Rockwell 4 Devon Ave Streetscape, Western RD PULASKI to Leavitt and Kedzie to 94 CALIFORNIA AVE CALIFORNIA KOSTNER AVE KOSTNER Sacramento 17 AVE RAVENSWOOD N 1 FOSTER AVE 5 North Branch Riverwalk at Milwaukee District North Line Addison 6 Irving Park Road Bridge Rehab 61 over the Chicago River EDENS EXPY 7 Jamieson Elementary School LAWRENCE AVE Ravenswood Annex Kimball Western Damen Kedzie Francisco Rockwell 8 Western Avenue Viaduct over ELSTON AVE Belmont, Overpass Removal and Corridor Improvements 90 10 9 Independence Park, New Spray Montrose Pool and Playground MONTROSE AVE Montrose Mayfair 15 DISCUSSION - FOR FIRST DRAFT 10 Sulzer Regional Library Mechani- LINCOLN AVE cal Upgrades/YOUmedia Improvements 11 Clark Park, New Multi-use AVE PARK CENTRAL Baseball Stadium and New Artificial-Turf Field Irving Park Irving Park IRVING PARK RD 6 Irving Park 12 Rosehill Cemetery New Park 9 AVE WESTERN Development Union Pacific/Northwest Line 13 Pottawattomie Park Playground Renovation Addison KEDZIE AVE KEDZIE 14 Lane Tech High School, Building AVE CALIFORNIA ADDISON ST Addison Improvement (Phase 1) 5 ELSTON AVE 11 14 15 Horner Park Ecosystem Restoration Paulina 16 Lathrop Homes Redevelopment 8 17 Swedish Covenant Modernization BELMONT AVE AVE DAMEN 18 Support Redevelopment of 4102 Belmont CLYBOURN AVE W Peterson Ave KENNEDY EXPY 19 TBD 20 TBD 16 21 TBD 90 DIVERSEY AVE 94 22 TBD 23 TBD 24 TBD 25 TBD 26 TBD 27 TBD ACTION PLAN TO BE 28 TBD CREATED WITH 29 TBD 30 TBD NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT visit www.cityofchicago.org/cnnto learn more 4.