Here are the buildings the CTA will buy out for the Red-Purple Belmont Bypass

Announced today by the CTA, the Red-Purple Bypass properties the CTA would need are the following:

Buildings potentially impacted:
  • 3240 N Wilton Ave.
  • 3242 N Wilton Ave.
  • 3244 N Wilton Ave.
  • 3246 N Wilton Ave.
  • 3252 N Wilton Ave.
  • 3328 N Clark St. (rear building only)
  • 3334-3344 N Clark St.
  • 3346-3348 N Clark St. 3366 N Clark St.
  • 947 W Roscoe St.
  • 3406 N Sheffield Ave.
  • 3401-3407 N Clark St.
  • 3413 N Clark St.
  • 3415-3419 N Clark St.
  • 3421 N Clark St.
  • 947-949 W Newport
Properties potentially impacted (vacant lots, etc.):
  • 3324 N Clark St. Air Rights – approximately 1% of land on rear of property
  • 3326 N Clark St. – Air Rights – approximately 6% of land on rear of property, over parking lot
  • 3330 N Clark St. Vacant lot
  • 3368 N Clark St. Parking lot
  • 3427 N Clark St. Parking lot
Here is a visual of the land/properties that are impacted:

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Southport Throwback to 2007 – Wow has the ‘Port Changed

Did you wait in line for the original iPhone in the summer of 2007?  This is what Southport looked like back then.  Go back in time with us via Google Street View to 2007 and see how the street has changed tremendously.

T.G. Nails and Vintage Ballot (Empty in 2014)

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