[CPEO-BIF] U.S. Steel South Works, Chicago, Illinois

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

500 Acres of Beautiful Brownfield Redevelopment

Ted Rosenbaum
Chicago Now
June 4, 2010

One of the items on the docket yesterday for the City Council Zoning 
Committee was the first step toward changing the face of the South Shore 
for generations to come.  McCaffery Interests is trying to develop the 
nearly 500 acre site of the old US Steel South Works site along the lake 
between 79th and 87th.  As the Tribune first reported, the Zoning 
Committee approved both a development proposal for the first 77 acres in 
the northwest corner of the property, as well as an overall zoning plan 
for the entire development.

This is an incredible chance for the city to transform an entire area 
into a local hub--not to mention add to the string of lake front parks 
that already covers most of the shoreline.  The first 77 acres alone 
will add a million square feet of retail space plus plenty of 
residential units.  When finally completed (maybe before I die?) the 
500-acre project calls for 17,000 dwellings--potentially a density of 
over 30,000 people per square mile, or roughly the same as Lake View.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/elevating-chicago/2010/06/500-acres-of-beautiful-brownfield-redevelopment.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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