- Daley announces $227-million CTA plan Trib
- Mayor defends zoning decisions Trib
- Kimball Hill considers bankruptcy Crain’s
- Grant Park group considers preservation Chicago Journal
- Harper Court parcel focus of discourse HP Urbanist
- CHA plan continues with Oakwood Shores Chicago Mag
- Virtual White City tour unveiled at museum Trib
- No new grocer for Ashland Avenue Chicago Journal
- Smaller retailers favor online sales Chicago Reader
- Metra expansion depends on federal aid Trib
- Property tax system needs fix Chicago Reader
- Condo inventory grows as sales slow Trib
- Even more condos coming this year Sun-Times
- Fed seeks fix for financial markets Trib
- Bungalow group expanding workshop schedule STNG
Oh, come on! The 2100 block of Ashland Avenue is hardly a “grocery desert” in need of yet another street-clogging megastore. There are two Jewel stores approximately equidistant from that area (Ashland/Milwaukee and Ashland/Wellington) plus Whole Foods a bit farther north, and a new store that’s replaced Cub Foods in the Elston Ave. corridor just northwest of Ashland/Elston/2100 N. There’s also an easily accessible 7-11 and a probably a few other small convenience stores as well.
The real mystery to me is why Dominick’s closed their magnificent megastore by Ridge and Pratt, an area seriously underserved by major grocers even as the Ridge Ave. corridor is attracting new condos and families to fill them.
The city definitely has not “kicked in” a dime toward the CTA. If you read more than the headline you will find that the money comes from federal funding, most of it borrowing against future federal formula funds and the rest coming from unused funds for the Douglas branch reconstruction and the cell-phones-in-subways service. There’s no “new” money from anybody, especially not from the city.