PUBLIC MEETING MAY 30, 2019| 6:00PM |OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC | - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

PUBLIC MEETING MAY 30, 2019| 6:00PM |OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC | SZOLD HALL 1

 Master Plan Intro & Scope  Strategies & Planning Concepts  Next Steps & Input Activities 2

Teska Associates Goodman Williams Group Sam Schwartz Consultants PROJECT LEAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/ TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BUSINESS RETENTION COMMUNITY PLANNING /  Stacey Meekins URBAN DESIGN  Linda Goodman  Sara Disney Haufe  Jodi Mariano  Christen Hayes  Jane Wilberding  Erin Cigliano  Kyle Terry  Heather Faivre 3

40 th Ward  40 th & 47 th Wards  SSA #21 – diverse corridors  CTA Bus and Rail Lawrence Ave  Variety of local businesses  15+ Festivals Per Year Western Ave CTA Brown Line  Master Plan Scope:  Guide near term SSA Projects 47 th  Partner with agencies for long term Ward placemaking projects  Work with Aldermanic offices to guide private development (not a Montrose Ave substitute for zoning / permitting) 4

April May Sept Mar Dec Nov Oct Feb Jan i PHASE 1 | ac ac analyze/ p engage PHASE 2 | ac ssa develop the strategy ssa PHASE 3 | p visualize the action plan ac PHASE 4 | ac ssa prepare / approve the master plan p i SSA ac Advisory Interviews Public ssa Commission Committee

Ad-hoc Advisory Committee  SSA Staff  Rudy Flores , Exec Director  Allen Schild , Heart of Lincoln Square Neighbors  Ryan Warsing , Neighborhood Services Director  Adam Kingsley , Heart of Lincoln Square Neighbors  SSA Commissioners  Stephen Reynolds , Winnemac Park Neighbors  Todd Feinberg (SSA Vice Chair, Bistro Campagne,  Connie Barnes , Greater Rockwell Organization Resident)  Lucinda Dieker , Greater Rockwell Organization  Jason Kraus (Rockwell Partners)  Tom Kosinski , Greater Rockwell Organization  Ben Munro (Davis Theater/Carbon Arc Bar)  Abbey Butkin , Greater Rockwell Organization  Melaina Prest (SSA Chair, Candea Development)  Anthony Qaiyum (Merz Apothecary/The Shops at Merz)  Adam Kashuba , Gross Park Advisory Council  John Ratzenberger (Gateway to Learning)  John Ratzenberger , Gateway to Learning, SSA  Nick Yassan (RANY Management)  Dave Zibell , Old Town School of Folk Music  LSRCC Board of Directors  Jason Kraus, Rockwell Partners, SSA  Ed Kaczmarek , LSRCC President, Urban Pooch Canine Life  Melaina Prest , Candea Development, SSA Center  Todd Feinberg , Bistro Campagne, SSA  Scott Friedland , Timeless Toys  Scott Friedland , Timeless Toys  Sean Cooper , Cooper Financial Planning 6  Bob Farster , Resident

Focus Groups / Interviews  Institutions - Lawrence Hall, Cambodian Association, Sulzer Library, Levy Center, DANK Haus, Old Town School, Welles Park (CPD), Forward Chicago  Businesses & Restaurants – A Pretty Flower, Harvesttime Foods, Book Cellar, Café Selmarie, ENJOY, The Chopping Block, Nomadic Ant, Beans & Bagels, Bloom Yoga Studio, Luella’s, Baker Miller  Aldermanic Offices – 40 th & 47 th Wards  Schools – St. Matthias, Waters Elementary, Amundsen High School  Agencies – CDOT, CTA  Local Developers 7

01 02 03 04 05 Project Website Apple Fest Neighborhood Advisory Stakeholder Polls (3) Committee / Interviews SSA (25 ) Commission Meetings (5) 8

Statistics  280+ subscribers  8,000+ visits  350+ idea contributions  227+ map comments  1,700+ poll responses  Poll 1 | 563 inputs  Poll 2 | 695 inputs  Poll 3 | 487 inputs 9

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 Placemaking Opportunities  Safety / Crosswalks / Signage  Vacancies / Development  Landscape Needs “ It would be nice if the Western Station got a little update, I like the idea of a low-line development under the tracks. The sidewalks on Eastwood where they meet Lincoln are wide and could be designed for seating areas similar to intersections in Andersonville. The sidewalks along this bend of road are not wide enough and actually dangerous for pedestrians. 11

Maintain: Improve:  Walkable environment (79%)  Traffic Congestion (55%)  Local Shops + Eateries (71%)  Pedestrian/Bike Amenities (39%)  Access to Metra/CTA (37%)  Public Art, Culture, History (38%)  Sense of Community (34%)  More Landscaping (37%)  Historic Preservation  Gathering Places (32%)  Chicago-style, masonry  Affordable housing (42%)  2-3 Stories in scale  Street Pattern / Setbacks 12

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Neighborhood Polls 1745 total poll responses 1835 comments - poll 3: urban design 156 comments - poll 2: placemaking 200 comments - poll 1: likes + needs Website Ideas 354 idea contributions (hearts) 227 mapped comments 150 apple fest insights Dialogue + Check-Points 25 Stakeholder Interviews 05 Committee / Commission Meetings Establish Themes + Findings Market :: Transportation :: Urban Design Draft Strategies 15

Improve safety Improve flow Reinforce place Improve connections • Build upon vision • Improve signal • Maintain special zero timing events space • Low stress bike • Improve transit • Evaluate East • Improve routes station areas Lawrence, streetscape at the • Site specific Improve West square connections to Lawrence • Gateway & key barriers wayfinding • Prioritize regional 16 signage routes

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Preserve Support locals Fill vacancies Encourage a character range of • Encourage developers to • Marketing materials residential lease to local businesses • Renovate/redevelop • Support events • Coordinate City/County older spaces programming • Increase housing type incentives for small • Encourage ground floor • Market local businesses & variety commercial at key businesses with • Expand local events / development sites • Encourage transit institutions local business partners • Support non-retail uses oriented density to • Improve access and • Consider pop up shops as appropriate support businesses 18 wayfinding

:: Quick Poll #2: ‘When it comes to development, what would you like to see most?’ ‘Commercial • development / rejuvenation north of Lawrence Ave’ (425 votes, 61%) ‘Affordable housing that • includes a variety of housing types’ (296 votes, 43%) ‘Maintain the • neighborhood’s current density’ (200 votes, 29%) ‘Higher density, • particularly near transit’ 19 (139 votes, 20%)

Reclaim sidewalks Reinforce Improve corridor Guide private placemaking appearance development • Bench / planter art program • Support SSA holiday • Implement a blade • Support corridor specific • Mini plaza (SQU)areas décor signage program for design guidelines • Improved plazas, local businesses • Enhance safety & alleyways and walk thrus functions of existing • Add parklets and beneath the El Tracks plazas widened sidewalk areas at key locations • Improve Lincoln Ave streetscape to support • Add wayfinding signs community festivals and business directory 20 kiosks

01 02 03 Building Orientation + Streetscape + Amenities + Sidewalk Site Layout Sidewalk Activation Organization - Presence to the street, setbacks - Business signage - Clear + open sidewalks - Off street parking, placement + screening - Building entries + plazas, focus on intersection corners - Perimeter buffering - Outdoor seating + dining - Public art + murals - Ground floor uses activate sidewalks - Landscape plantings - Building materials, first floor transparency - Façade materials

Murals Blade Signs Parklets Bike Racks Gateway Poles & Banners Wayfinding & Business Kiosks Mosaic Planters Temporary Globe Lights

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PUBLIC PLACEMAKING (Poll #2)  Develop a Shared Street on Lincoln (45%)  Revitalize North Lincoln (repeated comments)  Public Art: incorporate a decorative street canopy (25%) & more murals (17%) BUILDING DEVELOPMENT (Polls #2 & #3)  Commercial development/rejuvenation north of Lawrence Ave (61%) 25

PUBLIC PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES THE SQUARE • Develop a Market Street that calms traffic and supports fests Create bump outs, widened NORTH • sidewalks and medians as LINCOLN AVE appropriate. GIDDINGS • Create a more functional PLAZA stage, controlled alley access and overhead light canopy. ALLEYWAY Enhance rear building • facades and service areas, direct pedestrians to 26 crosswalks.

PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES North Lincoln Ave The Square and South Lincoln Ave BUILDING Offset the narrow scale of the Protect existing outdoor room; • • ORIENTATION + SITE street and sidewalk with Maintain existing character and • LAYOUT softened building orientation; enhancements, such as upper floor setbacks, activated ground floor spaces & façade enhancements. STREETSCAPE + Encourage seating areas at Maintain existing and encourage • • SIDEWALK corner lots new seating; ORGANIZATION AMENITIES + Encourage operable glass doors Encourage seating areas, big games, • • SIDEWALK that blend indoor and outdoor interactive art ACTIVATION space without impacting the sidewalk width; Encourage parklets • 27

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