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Expand after school programming for youth

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: ASM | Becoming A Man (BAM), Working On Womanhood (WOW), Girls in the Game, Mikva, CPS, Chicago Park District, Library, BuildOn, Churches Project Timeframe: Short-term
arts safety youth-programs park

Flood Level Marker

East Peoria, Illinois
Create a sculptural monument at the water's edge to mark different notable years of flooding, or just to artistically display the river's flood levels during an actual flood. Would look great if partially made out of slabs of green and blue glass ...
flood-level public-art water public-space park

Outdoor Amphitheater Riverfront

East Peoria, Illinois
Would love to suggest a remodel of The CEFCU Center Stage at The Landing. Perhaps a covered amphitheater with 500-600 seats and a rolling hill grass lawn that can accommodate 1000 people, where they can enjoy music, theater, the symphony etc with ...
entertainment arts park public-space land-use

Add decorative features to the streetscape

Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Add additional streetscape elements that make a more pleasant and interesting place for people to walk and spend time. This could include public art, plantings, unique seating and lighting.
infrastructure public-space street placemaking

Promote the development of the Peoria Design Center

Peoria, Illinois
The concept for the Design Center draws on opportunities for broadening existing building industry and warehousing uses in the district to incorporate more of a design and showroom component. The center would become a hub for design professionals,...
building land-use preservation retail adaptive-reuse showrooms

Downtown Riverfront Park

Peoria, Illinois
Reclaim most of the downtown riverfront for a large linear park along the Illinois River. My suggestion is to acquire commercial property currently on the east-side of SW Water Street and turn it into a park for passive (open green space) & acti...
water walking preservation public-space park

Display public art to activate public spaces

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Explore opportunities to display public art to help activate public spaces through collaboration with local partners.
public-space public-art

Gateway to the Neighborhoods

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: The redevelopment of the site should involve the creation of a beautiful entrance to Lincoln Park from the expressway and from Lincoln Park to Bucktown. Public art could be included in o...
north-branch-river-works

Food Truck Court

Peoria, Illinois
Provide a gathering place with tables and restrooms in green area for food carts and food trucks. This would allow a variety of choices in a relaxed atmosphere. Rent the slips for vendors for parking. The area would be flood safe with the mobil...
food water walking public-space park bicycling

Metra Electric Rail Shuttle

Chicago, Illinois
High-frequency rail shuttle using existing ME infrastructure from Millennium Station to 67th Street with stops at Van Buren, 11th, 18th, McCormick Place, and 55th-56th-57th to better link Art Institute and Museum of Science and Industry to the Mus...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Urban Gondola

Chicago, Illinois
Urban Gondola, similar to one in Medellin, Columbia and one proposed for Austin, Texas that would take passengers from Union Station down Van Buren to Stations above the two L stations and tracks to Van Buren Metra/South Shore/ Institute of Arts s...
museum-campus-transportation-study

Active Noise Reduction

Chicago, Illinois
The goal is to (actively) reduce the noise of the train in an affordable and durable manner Passive acoustic methods merely block sound, while active methods use microphones, computers, and speakers to alter the sound propagation. There are...
transforming-wabash

HISTORICAL JEWELERS ROW IDENTITY PROJECT

Chicago, Illinois
The three pillars of vibrant community development are Identity, Sustainability and Mobility. Identity represents a community’s historic and present day character. When we think of China town, we know exactly what we are getting, quality restauran...
transforming-wabash

The Congress Theater

Chicago, Illinois
The issues in my neighborhood is a old theater called "congress theater". around the theater is really dull and worn out. people have been putting graffiti all over the theater for many years, but when people buffer up the graffiti it doesn't help...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods building

Connect the Civic Center to the River

Peoria, Illinois
By creating a shared street concept on Fulton Street, the city can create a single, straight, park-like thoroughfare that passes from the Civic Center/Town Hall block, through downtown, in-between the Riverfront Museum and Caterpillar Visitor's Ce...
event-space market shared-street

Betty Friedan Memorial Sculpture Park

Peoria, Illinois
Peorian Betty Friedan's book "Feminine Mystique" started the women's movement and ultimately changed the world. Throughout her life she championed equality for all people regardless of gender, race, religion, or origin. Her global impact calls for...
equality betty-friedan memorial public-art walking water land-use public-space park

Public Open Space Along the River

Chicago, Illinois
Idea posted on behalf of an Outreach Meeting 2 Attendee: Include clean and safe park space adjacent to the Chicago River for passive and recreation purposes. Collaborative art and music spaces could find a place here too.
north-branch-river-works

Riverfront Sculpture Garden

Peoria, Illinois
Establish a Sculpture Garden for large scale outdoor sculptures to enhance the public art and culture of Peoria. My suggestion is that this be a large park with plenty of green-space for multi-use purpose but includes these large outdoor sculptur...