Thank you, Alan Brake.
Klein also reiterated the Emanuel Administration’s commitment to building the Bloomingdale Trail. While that project is routinely compared to New York’s High Line park, the Bloomingdale Trail is being conceived as a transportation artery, not a merely as a place for a romantic promenade. It will be the most protected bike lane of all. I can’t wait to take a spin down it, preferably using a shared bike.
From Share The Road, Slash The Parking.
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I love the grittiness (c’mon, this is Chicago) of the old Soo Line along Bloomingdale Avenue.
New York City’s High Line is a place to see and be seen, but the Bloomingdale Trail will be a place to use. Ride a bike (bikes are banned from the High Line), jog, push a stroller, walk your dog, etc…
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High Line designers were so concerned with cleaner aesthetics, the abandoned railroad viaduct is now beautiful enough to film a commercial (or something) featuring people doing Tai Chi.
Hey Devo, “grittiness” is an aesthetic, too. Get over yourself. It’s way to obvious you’ve never actually seen the High Line.
I contrasted the grittiness aesthetic to the “cleaner” aesthetic of the High Line. I’ve been there; I shot that and many other photographs.
Looks like a great place to start up the old rail line and densify the corridor along it.
Most of the corridor along Bloomingdale Avenue is occupied residential. I’m not sure if there are empty parcels or commercial opportunities.
Read the comments on this article – there was a lot of discussion about renewing the viaduct as a transit line. https://gridchicago.com/2011/bloomingdale-trail-public-involvement-process-reached-a-milestone-this-week/#comment-330478169