THE BLOOMINGDALEPUBLIC MEETINGSeptember 24, 2012

Overview - PROJECT STATUS

Public Meeting Design Complete Public Open House Construction Begins Bloomingdale Basics Opens

Enhanced Bloomingdale

December 2012

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COMMIS-SIONS ST.LOUIS AVE KIMBALL PARK WESTERN AVE WALSH PARK

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Overview - ADAPTIVE REUSE

Industrial Infrastructure Public Amenity

Overview - ADAPTIVE REUSE

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Overview - SITE CONTEXT

BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL

DOWNTOWN CHICAGO

CTA BLUE LINE

MAJOR BIKE ROUTES

Northerly Island

Overview - SEGMENTS

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Segment 1 - N. RIDGEWAY AVE. - N. ST. LOUIS AVE.

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Segment 1 - WESTERN TRAILHEAD ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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Western Trailhead Garden

Western Observatory

Segment 1 - EXISTING VIEW AT RIDGEWAY AVENUE

Segment 1 - PROPOSED VIEW OF WESTERN TRAILHEAD AT RIDGEWAY AVENUE

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Segment 1 - ST. LOUIS PLANTING ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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Segment 1 - EXISTING VIEW LOOKING EAST NEAR ST LOUIS AVENUE

Segment 1 - PROPOSED VIEW OF POPLAR GROVE AND PHENOLOGICAL PLANTING

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Orchard / Pollinator Garden

Pyrus pyrifolia

Salvia

Asclepias syriaca

Aster spp. Echinops Allium spp.

Enhanced Railroad Hedge

Learning Gardens

Shade Grove

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Segment 2 - KIMBALL PARK ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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Play Space

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Plaza

Central Observatory/Event Space

Shade GrovePicnicLawn

Segment 2 - KIMBALL SECTION

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Hanging Bridge Gardens

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Segment 3 - JULIA DE BURGOS ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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Segment 3 - JULIA DE BURGOS SECTION

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Segment 3 - HUMBOLDT BOULEVARD ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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Segment 3 - HUMBOLDT BOULEVARD SEATING

Segment 4 - N. MOZART ST. - N. CAMPBELL AVE.

Sumac Tunnel

Echinacea Grassland

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Segment 4 - CALIFORNIA ACCESS ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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Art Commission Site: Data Zone

Segment 5 - N. CAMPBELL AVE. - N. LEAVITT ST.Spire Garden

Flowering Shrub Grove

Silver PoplarGrove

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Segment 5 - N. WESTERN AVENUE ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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Art Commission Site:Western Place

Segment 5 - N. WESTERN AVENUE SECTION

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Segment 5 - MILWAUKEE - LEAVITT ACCESS PARK ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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Overlook Stairs

Spire Garden

Park 567

Segment 5 - EXISTING VIEW OF MILWAUKEE AVENUE FROM CTA BLUE LINE

Segment 5 - PROPOSED VIEW OF MILWAUKEE AVENUE BRIDGE AND OVERLOOK STAIR

Segment 6 - N. LEAVITT ST. - N. WOLCOTT AVE.

Finish Grade

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Stainless SteelWelded Metal MeshPanel

L4.05 Railing and FenceDetails

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34' Park Fence 1/2"=1'-0"

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1Privacy Screen1/2"=1'-0"

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Vine Scrim

Aristolochia macrophylla Campsis radicans Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Privacy Screen

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Segment 6 - DAMEN ACCESS ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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Existing DogFriendly Area

Bleachers

Damen Arts Plaza

Segment 6 - EXISTING VIEW OF CHURCHILL FIELD PARK LOOKING SOUTH

Segment 6 - PROPOSED VIEW OF CHURCHILL FIELD PARK AND ARTS PLAZA

Segment 7 - N. WOLCOTT AVE. - N. ASHLAND AVE.

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Segment 7 - WALSH PARK ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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WHEEL-FRIENDLY EVENT PLAZA

Art Commission Site

Acoustic Barrier

Skateboarding

Live Music

Farmers Market

Segment 7 - EXISTING VIEW OF 1800 N. ASHLAND AVENUE PARCEL

Segment 7 - PROPOSED VIEW OF WHEEL-FRIENDLY EVENT PLAZA

Stations - SEGMENTS

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Stations - READING THE PLAN

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Stations - READING THE PLAN

ARTS LEGEND

LANDSCAPE LEGEND LANDSCAPE LEGEND (Cont.)Lawn

Planting Area

Existing Vegetation

Deciduous Trees

Phenological Planting

Evergreen Tree

Shrubs

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Nature Trail

Access Ramp

Bench

Billboard Art

Material Art

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Interpretive Art

Text Based Art

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Privacy Screen

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Multi-use Path

Pedestrian Shoulder

Walkway

Bloomingdale Public Meeting / Reunión Pública de Bloomingdale September 24, 2012 / 24 de septiembre de 2012 

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