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North River Communities Neighborhood Plan North River Communities Neighborhood Plan September 2018 Acknowledgements Special thanks to: Project Steering Committee Scott Berman (Chair), Lawrence Avenue Development Corporation Sylvia Asllani, Peterson Park Improvement Association Alderman Deborah Mell, 33rd Ward Nathan Gumley, People of East Albany Park Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th Ward Dan Luna, Brynford Park Community Association Alderman Margaret Laurino, 39th Ward Andrew Levin, Special Service Area #60 Joel Bookman, North River Commission Hannah Saayad-Moses, Jaafer Sweets John Friedmann, North River Commission Kristine Pierre, Northeastern Illinois University Laura Kehoe, Albany Park Neighbors Rene Lopez, Northeastern Illinois University Gear Up Mark Jones, Horner Park Neighbors Maxine Chaikouang, Café Chien Jim Peters, Ravenswood Manor Improvement Association Joe Hemphill, Albany Park Community Center Jim O’Reilly, North Mayfair Improvement Association Inchul Choi, HANA Center Ron Duplack, Mayfair Community Association Kompha Seth, Cambodian Association Roya Mehrnoosh, West River Improvement Association Jenise Celestin, Swedish Covenant Hospital Misha Mann, Residents of Irving Park Laurie Odell, Heartland Health Center Carmen Rodriguez, Hollywood North Park Community Association Claudia Marchan, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Funding Acknowledgement Additional thanks to: This project was supported through the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Urban Land Institute Chicago Planning’s (CMAP) Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program, which is funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Chicago Department of Planning and Development Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Chicago Transit Authority Development (HUD), Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), and Albany Bank & Trust Company the Chicago Community Trust. The North River Commission and CMAP would like to thank these funders for their support for this project. Roosevelt High School Unless otherwise specified, all photos are by CMAP staff. Unless otherwise specified, all photos are by CMAP staff. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 4 Chapter 8: Stormwater and Flooding 102 Chapter 2: Guiding Principles 10 Chapter 9: Rivers, Parks, and Trails 118 Chapter 3: Neighborhood Diversity 12 Endnotes 140 Chapter 4: Lawrence Avenue 26 Appendices 142 Chapter 5: Housing Affordability, Chocies, and Quality 50 A: Workforce Housing Strategies (ULI) Chapter 6: Transit Oriented Development 74 B: Stormwater and Flooding Resources Guide Chapter 7: Community Safety 90 C: North River Communities Existing Conditions Overview 3 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The North River Communities Neighborhood Plan The need for a neighborhood plan presents a vision for the future and a framework for making decisions that align with long-term goals. It is The North River communities boast many assets, including active the result of two years of work led by the North River commercial corridors, tree-lined residential areas, high quality architecture, beautiful parks, solid transit options, and two universities. Having long Commission (NRC) and the Chicago Metropolitan served as a port of entry for immigrant families newly arrived to Chicago Agency for Planning (CMAP) with the community’s from all parts of the globe, the North River communities are among the residents, business owners, workers, and leaders. The most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the United States, and feature a tradition of civic engagement. However, the North River communities do plan focuses on the North River communities, a core not have their own plan to guide development and investment in ways that section of NRC’s service area on the northwest side of align with community priorities. Chicago. Residents and community stakeholders hope to direct today’s choices according to a long-range vision for the community’s future. NRC engaged The North River communities are located in the City of Chicago, CMAP’s Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program to develop a plan that approximately seven miles northwest of downtown. For this planning effort, builds on the area’s valuable assets. Working with the area’s community NRC chose to focus on an area that includes Albany Park and parts of the organizations, residents, and public agencies, CMAP and NRC created a North Park and Irving Park community areas, including the neighborhoods plan that draws on the area’s transportation assets, diverse community, of Mayfair, North Mayfair, and Ravenswood Manor. NRC and CMAP chose unique commercial corridors, and rivers and open space to help guide the study area due its importance to the NRC service area as a whole. It and strengthen the North River communities in the decades ahead. The includes the three CTA Brown Line stations that serve the neighborhood, plan outlines the vision of the community as well as the policies and the Lawrence and Foster Avenue commercial corridors, and the Upper strategies that will allow it to achieve that vision. The plan will allow the North Branch of the Chicago River. NRC, elected officials, city departments, residents, business owners, and potential investors to make informed decisions on land use, transportation, infrastructure, and capital improvements throughout the area. To guide implementation of its recommendations, the plan identifies specific action items, next steps, and relevant partners both within and outside government. The implementation strategies the plan identifies are not meant to be a comprehensive list of actions by NRC and its partners, but provide suggested next steps that will help to bring the plan to reality. Introduction 5 Figure 1.1. North River Communities Neighborhood Plan Study Area I2 D Skokie V T BLVD N L W PRAT W PRATT AVE E V L B N R Niles N E A C H CK D A I I I a L G D l D ROGERS O W H GE o E O y EL RM V L A Lincolnwood o O B W L A AV V PARK N C E E L M E C V L E D L G R N M N A I2 H Edgebrook W DEVON AVE N E WEST e V ill A v RIDGE n O ra R T S E G C K Norwood NORWOOD I le I2 FOREST C a R N A d N Park L L rn PARK GLEN IN o N C E h V C O N T J L A £14 E ¤ E N V R A N V A S E R E N T N N E E A V I R Y T A I S O N D RT S G A Y R D E E HW V O O A E W V A W E F O ST I E D N L W HW A A n S y O r Y C r N w E NORTH R B E N a V EDGEWATER V M A W BRYN MAWR AVE A B W GREGORY ST 94 PARK N E N ¨¦§ R L O N G R A Gladstone T H N I2 Forest JEFFERSON n I2 S N E y H W BALMORAL AV Park w Glen O r e PARK R B E C W H H IG A G N N IN W FOSTER AVE O W FOSTER AVE £41 N ¤ S LINCOLN A R e VE T E l H RIV L y n BR GO ER SQUARE rg so AN A A r C IC fe H H d Jefferson f O C d o e rk F THE o o I2 J ¬50 w e a « o c P w s n Park N s n e M ll n e r a e v w IL v a W b a W GUNNISON ST a o l -R L N L m l N M A ALBANY i R c n U K - s e r d W LAWRENCE A W LAWRENCE AVE E e i A VE K i c w e o V t I2 k o KE E PARK z n s Ravenswood A A d c w E e e ra o e s RI S Harwood Heights A r L R W n K F NE D R V a L e HO I Damen-Ravenswood n E 90 'H A v o D § O B a s ¨¦ R l K - S AVE R i M W WILSON R - E e I E s A e W V L K s o DR A r t U ro N t n n D o E E N P N o M V V A E M A L A V UPTOWN H A SE AVE N W MONTRO E E I S E R Z V I2 E Mayfair A M A E V D A A N N Norridge E E d N I D V T o R K T o E S S PORTAGE IRVING N N S w RE O s U E P K T n A S V PARK PARK e N v E A R N e g O r a n L n F E a i -R a A v W V g 'H Ir rk id A r R in O a e E T v - P G h V r k N I r S N A E «¬19 I2 a d O P T C Irving Park o L o T e N w E N r s h S a LAKE t E H n r N ' e V o v E A A O a N - V - G VIEW n A E R n I NORTH - A o o s n T s R M i o i I2 d R d A R Grayland d CENTER is d O n A R d i DUNNING A E A d P A a N A V H L M A N ISON ST T t N W ADD r D U o a L O p n h E n I i i S l t a u u F N a o F M S E P th H r e W ROSCOE ST o AVONDALE r S a -N N t 'H n O o t- n lm o e B lm W BELMONT AVE e MONTCLARE BELMONT CRAGIN HERMOSA B Project's Location Northwest Side/Albany Park Study Area Limits CTA Rail Lines Municipal Limits Blue Line (O'Hare) Chicago Unincorporated Areas Brown Line 1:50,000 DuPage I County Open Space Brown, Purple (Express), Red Miles Cook Water Red, Purple Line 0 0.25 0.5 1 County Chicago Community Areas Metra Rail Lines Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, 2016.
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