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Gone are the days of the arena surrounded by parking lots

Josh Vanderberg

23 Jul 2024 — 1 min read
Gone are the days of the arena surrounded by parking lots
United Center owners planning massive $7 billion mixed-use campus around the arena
Plans call for a music hall, housing, park and pedestrian-friendly spaces as part of a 10-year development project that could start as early as 2025.
Chicago Sun-TimesAbby Miller

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Zoning dissent at the board table

Trustee's Wesley and Straw vote against renewing our current zoning laws. Trustee Wesley: “For me, it’s basically approving racism,” he said. “When we drop a new zoning map that is not drawn from the legacy of racism, then I’ll vote ‘yes.’” Oak Park approves zoning map,

By Josh Vanderberg 28 May 2025
Take our housing survey

Take our housing survey

Zoning Reform SurveyThis survey aims to understand your attitudes and opinions regarding zoning reform, single family zoning, and missing middle housing.Google Docs

By Josh Vanderberg 28 May 2025
Single Stair reform

Single Stair reform

"Freeing space taken up by a stairway allows for exciting design and development possibilities and opens thin urban lots that would otherwise be financially infeasible. Subtracting a second form of egress—which Speckert estimates can cost up to $300,000 for a small building—would also allow funds and

By Josh Vanderberg 09 May 2025

Zoning reform stalls in Forest Park

The proposed reforms would increase the allowed lot coverage in denser residential districts and legalize two flats in areas where they are already grandfathered in. Why have residential zoning code updates been stalled? - Forest Park ReviewSix months after it was introduced to the village council, amendments to the residential

By Josh Vanderberg 05 May 2025
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