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Nine leading architecture firms reinvent Chicago’s second coast. These ideas demonstrate innovative concepts for placemaking and how to create a continuous and accessible pedestrian and bicycle path with integrated open spaces along the Chicago River edge.
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The Chicago River Edge Ideas Lab Helps Architects Envision a...
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Each firm has created their visions for three iconic sites...
- Architects' Visions
The highway, off-ramps, and bridge create barriers that divide neighborhoods. The Urban Thread prioritizes pedestrian and bicycle circulation by stitching together various levels of infrastructure, green space, and activity spots. It provides for a continuous riverwalk.
The Green Graft layers over existing infrastructure with new decked parks and pathway connections to carry people over and along the river. The upper-level pedestrian bridge sits above the expressway and provides access to new amenities planned for the Main Post Office and a safe link to neighborhood parks.
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles (251 km) [1] that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop). [2]
The River Edge Ideas Lab is an initiative to reinvent the South Branch of the Chicago River. Nine leading architecture firms with experience developing innovative riverfronts, parks, and public spaces were invited to envision a unified aesthetic along Chicago’s riverfront.
The resource map helps us advocate for river-edge developments to incorporate: Habitat creation, protection, and enhancement; Nature-based solutions for stormwater capture and infiltration; Avoidance of potentially river-harming or polluting uses; Public access to the river’s edge and the waterway for recreation
Each firm has created their visions for three iconic sites along the Chicago River, with each site representing a typical edge condition: a building edge, an open space edge, and a bridge edge.
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