tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post3737048644054622441..comments2023-06-06T07:12:42.850-05:00Comments on East Village Association | West Town Chicago: Pizza Hut no more: Division-Ashland's new orderStephen Rynkiewiczhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13574865850762545756noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-14415476756823420352014-10-30T20:48:41.611-05:002014-10-30T20:48:41.611-05:00Hi Ubroc,
Study after study shows a rapid decline...Hi Ubroc,<br /><br />Study after study shows a rapid decline in car ownership and annual miles driven over the past decade, particularly in dense inner city neighborhoods like ours. The younger generations that increasingly populate East Village, Wicker Park & Bucktown rely less on cars than older generations and have little interest in owning them. In fact, it is the independence from car ownership offered by the walkability of the community, the availability of a variety of public transit options and the many marked/protected bikeways that draw people here.<br /><br />There is a clear demand in the neighborhoods surrounding the Polish Triangle for transit-oriented development. According to transitized.com, more than 50% of residents in the area use non-car transportation. The apartments in the new building are marketed to non-car owning renters and a restrictive covenant prohibits them from obtaining parking permits for the adjacent streets. It makes no sense to require parking in a building when it is not needed, or wanted, by the residents.<br /><br />Cars are here to stay; some people will still choose to rely on them all the time, and many people will rely on them some of the time, but the old associations of cars with freedom, independence and 'America' is dead. srappehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698728126601494818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-51552293208883224012014-10-28T00:08:50.756-05:002014-10-28T00:08:50.756-05:00Allowing a new building of this scale with no park...Allowing a new building of this scale with no parking is a slap in the face to every tenant, homeowner and landlord of a historic building. Buildings with no on-site parking are nothing new in Chicago, until 1957 no buildings were required to have parking. Neighborhoods like Wicker Park where the backbone of the urban fabric are historic buildings are have never had enough parking to be considered balanced. This new building will make the problem worse. Residential street parking will be harder to find, the cost of private off=street parking will rise and so will the auto emissions coming from the cars of more people cruising neighborhood streets searching for parking.ubrochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18419526811357704661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345931533681578896.post-79072293126988383342012-03-14T10:24:19.454-05:002012-03-14T10:24:19.454-05:00This looks like a great option for this space. Any...This looks like a great option for this space. Any sense on when construction would be set to begin.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425405273300920468noreply@blogger.com