A New Master Plan for Lakeview

Blair Kamin says that Chicago's new master plan for the Lakeview neighborhood is full of big and "audacious" ideas, including a park under the El and many pedestrian improvements.

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March 17, 2011, 1:00 PM PDT

By Tim Halbur

The master plan is also very pro-business, says Kamin:

"At root, this is a business blueprint, primarily aimed at drawing new stores to the area and bolstering those already there. Yet it also makes an intelligent case that there's a link between good design and good business, echoing the same theme in Daniel Burnham's great 1909 Plan of Chicago. Offer shoppers a pleasing pedestrian experience, it argues, and they'll linger instead of zipping in and out of a single store."

The plan proposes widening sidewalks, adding street trees and building pocket parks.

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Thursday, March 17, 2011 in The Chicago Tribune

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