45th Ward Full List of Project Ideas

Streets Committee

Idea Location Eligible? Eligibility Explanation

Sidewalks Jefferson Park

Sidewalks S. Devon on Central by Forest Preserve

New Turning Lanes Austin-Gundersen, Lawrence @ Funeral Home

New Curbs 5100 block of Hutchinson

Alley Re-pavement 5400 W. Rosedale

Repave 4700 N. Central Ave

Curb Repair 5634 W. Leland Ave

Curb Repair 5738 W. Eastwood

Permanent Crossing Bryn Mawr Ave

Sidewalk Repair 6058 W. Gunnison BUT along the …block of Meade

Street Re-pavement Avondale, from Austin to Meade

New Curbs Needed 5634 W. Leland Ave. (Directly in front of Colleties)

Illegal Left Turn onto Milwaukee (Signage, Traffic Flow)

Foster, Eastbound @ NW Highway

Water Pooling on Pavement (Does this contribute to Cave-ins?)

Lawrence, in Parks (Jefferson & Roberts Square)

Repaving/Parking/Walkways Avondale, Behind Copernicus

Sidewalk Near Beaubien on LeClaire

Sidewalk Near Metra

Sidewalk Lipps

Sidewalk Ainslie

Alleys (Flood Control, Potholes, Snow Clean-Up)

Ward-Wide

Jefferson Park Terminal Crosswalk

Additional Stop Signs in Crosswalks (Weighted: They go in the middle of

Ward-Wide

the cross walk, for Pedestrian Crossing Only)

Speed Bumps 3700 W. Grace, 3088 Hamlin, 3900 W. Dakin

Remove Meters to Allow Exit Traffic East of Pulaski

Street Resurfacing Byron (Tripp & Kilgare), (Kostner & Kenneth)

Sidewalks Lawrence

Parking Irving Park

Commuter Parking Lots

Sidewalk Repairs 5700 Major & 5700 Seminole

Curb Repair 5738 W. Eastwood

Asphalt/Street Re-pavement 5500 W. Faragut

Repave FG Streets

Gladstone Park Intersection

Resurfacing Forest Glen Ave. Berwyn to River

Add Sidewalks Cicero to Catalpa to Forest Glen Ave., West Side

Sidewalk Between Kilpartick & Cicero @ Belle Plaine

Street for Repaving Byron between Monticello & Hamilton, 3700-3800 Blocks of Lawndale

Street Repair Nagle to Austin on Gregory

Resurfacing-Green Alley Alley behind Belle Plaine & Berteau, behind Cicero, Kilpartick

Resurface Streets Berwyn & Balmoral

Remove Speed Bump On Berwyn

Forest Glen Ave. From Bridge to Elston

Edens Parkway

Ramp Where you walk under Edens

Traffic Issues by Mariano’s, Chase Bank

Water Drainage 4800 Balmoral

Street Re-pavement 5000-5100 Menard

Speed Humps on Street (Also think of traffic through alley)

Street Re-pavement 5700 Menard

Street Paint Markings on Speed Bumps

All Over

Tree Trim Service Menard

Auto Repair Shop (Clean-up) Higgins & Menard, Mango

Speed Bumps Gunnison

Repaving, Speed Bumps, Permeable McVicker (Ainslie, Strong)

Alley Re-pavement (Think Sustainability, Green Alleys)

5000 Menard – 5100 Mango (Infrastructure)

Alley Re-pavement Mason & Marmora

Sidewalks Replaced 5800 Ainslie

Street Repaving (Are there better

Material Options?)

Strong & Marmora,

6400-5400 Higgins &

Merrimac, McVicker &

Argyle, Mason between

Higgins & Strong,

Between Lawrence &

Ainslie, Gale Street,

Milwaukee to Higgins,

Also Intersections of

Alleys & main streets

where there is no

plowing

Speed Bumps Needed - Old Ones

need Repainting

Major & Goodman

Sidewalk Repair

4900 W. Byron

Sidewalk Repair

Safety, Turn-Signal

3800 N. Lamon

Foster/Nagle/Higgins

Repairing Alley Sewers

5300 N. Meade - 5300

BK N. Mobile

Resurface

Higgins Between Nagle

& Central

Repaving - Lighting - Stop for

Pedestrians

Gregory

Bike Committee

Idea Location Eligible? Eligibility Explanation Bike-lane Signage

On Central S. Devon

Dedicated Bus Lane, Bike Lanes,

Pedestrian Walkways

Irving, Keeler, Pulaski

Expressways

Bike Trail Expansion (Existing Trail

Expansion)

Cicero, Pulaski, Bryn

Mahr

Bike Lane

Nagle & Northwest

Bike Lane

Crosswalk

Austin (Avondale)

Bike Lane

Milwaukee, Abandoned

Railroad

Bicycle Exchanges

EL Stations, Schurz

H.S., Gladstone Park,

Commercial District,

Six Corners Market

Place (Jewel)

Bike Racks, Bike Lanes

Pulaski

Metra Bike Racks

Bike Path Connection to North

Curb Repairs 5400 Block of N. Monitor

Sidewalks

Higgins - Central -

Austin

"Traffic-calming" devices, such as

Pedestrian Stop Signs, where painted

crosswalks are located (but not at a

stoplight or stop sign)

Throughout ward & St

Constance school, at

Strong and Austin, or

near all ward schools

Re-pavement Rosedale Avenue

New Curbs West Side of 5702 W.

Eastwood Ave.

Sidewalk Repair 5525 W. Ardmore the

sidewalk survey SR

#12-01896402

Branch Trail & Foster, Pulaski Trail

Pedestrian Connector using Existing

Metra Tunnel

Forest Glen Ave to

Marianos

More Visible Bike Lane on Forest

Glen Ave (North of Bridge)

Bike Lanes - Closer to Curb

Higgins

Protected bike lane

Lawrence the distance

between 90 and 94 to

get from the well paved

Lawrence bike lane east

of Cicero, leading to

Elston

Extra Bike Share Kiosks

Jefferson Park Transit

Station & throughout

ward

Bike Lane

On Milwaukee leading

to the six corners

Parks Committee

Idea Location Eligible? Eligibility Explanation Water Feature @ Front of

Independence Park

Irving &

Springfield

Band Shell

All Parks

Independence Park (Playground

Renovation)

Ind. Park

St. Robert Bellarmy Park Renovation

Youth Friendly Addition to Parks

Create a Park

4800 & 4900

Sunnyside

Temporary/Permanent Mobile for

Over-crowding

Hitch

Roberts Square Playground

($150,000)

New Library

Lot Clean-Up

Lawrence &

Avondale

Dog Park

Gunnison & Cicero

Community Garden

Lumber Yard, Fleet

Management Site

Additional Water Fountains in Ward

Parks

New Infrastructure (Playground,

Equipment, Surface, Gate)

(Relocation of Water Feature)

Kolmar Park,

Independence Park

& Disney

Dog Run & Park

Byron between

Parkview & Pulaski

Water Park, Playground

Improvements

Independence Park

Playground

Beaubien School

Dog Park, Sports Field

Disney II School

Container Gardens

Community Gardens

Vacant Lots

Picnic Tables (Permanent)

Fountains

Game Tables

Bocce Ball Courts

Farnsworth Playground

Solar Garbage Cans

Forest Glen Park,

Elston Ave Near

Forest Glen Metra,

Milwaukee Ave

near Jefferson Park

Station

New Playground (Water Feature

Moved to Playground, More Trees on

Irving Park Side)

Independence Park

Expansion of Irving Park Gardens

Both Sides FG Gardens (Stanley

Spring West) East Side Viaduct

Community Gardens (Think

Sustainability, Fruit & Nut Trees,

Orchard)

New Water Fountains

Park at Foster and

Austin

Dog Park

St. Constance (PB

Meeting)

Rain Garden

Community Gardens (Tree Nursery)

In Vacant Lots

Restrooms

Foster, Austin Park

Gladstone Triangle Decoration

Nature Trail-Walking Path (Water

Feature, Nature Reserve, Living

Learning Community)

Park @ Foster & Austin (Need

Updated Facilities)

Skateboard Park

Community Center for Afterschool

An outdoor rental Field Turf field

(Park Advisory Board & Park

Supervisor Support Idea)

Jefferson Park

More Trees

All Parks, Parkways

Streetscape Committee

Labyrinth

Poop Station

Overhead Climber for Playground Dickinson Park

Idea Location Eligible? Eligibility Explanation More Trees

All Parks, Parkways

Railroad Ties & Planting

(Landscaping)

Replacement

Banners on Light Post ("Welcome

to…)

Ward Wide

Stop Sign @ Peterson

Nagle (Between

Raven & Kennedy)

Street Lights (Cables Hanging)

5100 N. Mulligan

Street Lights

Yellow to White

Paint Hydrants

Paint Curbs Yellow

Benches

Trees Milwaukee Ave.

Cameras on Graffiti Corners

Lower street lights (Improve

Commercial Viability)

Irving Park between

Elston & Pulaski

Additional Trash Containers

Throughout ward

Sheltered Waiting Area, Tent at Irving

Park Food Pantry

Add Synchronized Traffic Light

(Traffic Flow & Pedestrian Safety)

(Addison &

Avondale,

Lawndale) (Irving

& Pulaski)

Park lets

Sidewalk Benches

Corner Gardens

ASH

Planters and/or Light Pole

Street Scaping

Elston-LeClair to

Sec of State

Digital Communication Signs

Pedestrian Crosswalk Mid-Street

Signs "State Law"

Street Cleaning, Permanent Signs

Designating Times

Street Scaping & Improvements

Between Elston &

Pulaski on Irving

Park

Street Lighting, Lower Lamp on

Sidewalk Side

5200-5300 N.

Mobile

Plant Trees

Throughout Ward

The Point

Lawler, LaPorte,

Bryn Mawr

Better Lighting @ Ramps (Green

Arrow)

Irving Park &

Kennedy

Cross Walk Signage’s

Cross Traffic Signs that say "Cross

Traffic Does Not Stop" (Bambi Signs)

Speed Limit Signs (Larger)

Paint Fire Hydrants

Paint Light Poles

North Side of Foster (East & West)

Solar Garbage Compactors

Crosswalks

Redo at Foster, Add

at Menard & Foster

Public Safety (Lighting, Blue lights)

Solar & Wind Street Lights

Little Sign - Stop Sign

Austin, Strong

Replace Old Trees

Solar Powered Stop Signs

Repaving, Lighting, Stop for

Pedestrians

Gregory

Repaint Light Poles, Hydrants

Mulligan (4800)

Jefferson Park Crosswalk

Speed Bumps & Cross Walk

Markings

Mulligan, Gunnison

Lighting (Sidewalk Needs

Improvement to Improve Safety)

(All Streets Central

to Nagle, Higgins to

Gunnison)

Merrimac, Higgins

to Gunnison -

Moody - McVicker

- Meade - Mulligan

(Then Continue the

rest of ward)

Stop Sign

Strong & Austin

Sidewalk Trash Cans (hidden in

decorative concrete “planters”)

4600-4800 Block of

Lawrence

“Real” Sidewalk planters for small

trees – anything to “green up” the

appearance.

4600-4800 Block of

Lawrence

CTA Committee

Idea Location Eligible? Eligibility Explanation Decorative, Historic Kiosks Installed

at a Handful of Locations

Near the Milwaukee,

Lawrence

intersection,

including near or at

the CTA Terminal,

Jefferson Park,

Copernicus Center,

Jefferson Park

Library, Wilson Park

and the Masonic

Temple.

Info Kiosk (for posters, neighborhood

events, controlled)

Jefferson Park

Station, Harlem

Station @ CTA

Station

Trash Cans

Jefferson Park

Terminal

Express Bus Lane

Jefferson Park to Red,

Brown

Jefferson Park Facilities Improvement

New EL Stop on Blue Line (Traffic

Study)

Nagle

Irving Park Blue Line Renovations

(Aesthetically pleasing, Assessable

Entrance)

Metra Bike Racks

Solar Garbage Cans Forest Glen Park,

"Traffic-calming" devices, such as

Pedestrian Stop Signs, where painted

crosswalks are located (but not at a

stoplight or stop sign)

Throughout ward &

St Constance

school, at Strong

and Austin, or near

all ward schools

Alley Light 4400 block of N.

Milwaukee

Elston Ave Near

Forest Glen Metra,

Milwaukee Ave Near

Jefferson Park Station

Digital Communication Signs

Park District,

Libraries, Post Office,

Transit Stations/Stops

Improve Security: Cameras - Lighting

on Platform & Closer to Bridge,

Flashing Light @ Crosswalk

Gladstone Metra

Beautification, Clean-up, Murals,

Cafes, Safety

Jefferson Park Transit

(Center Station)

Community Art Murals

Viaducts - Holiday

Center at Jefferson

Park Transit

(Horticulture)

Security Cameras - Community

General Surveillance

Gladstone Metra

Arts Committee

Idea Location Eligible? Eligibility Explanation Community Identifiers

1. Jeff Park (Cicero &

Lawrence) 2. Portage

3. Gladstone, 4. Ind.

Park

Beautification - Wrapping Utility

Boxes

Ward Wide

Viaduct &Underpass Murals

Ward Wide

Murals (Lighting Safety)

Pigeon Control

Decorative, Historic Kiosks Installed

at a Handful of Locations

Near the Milwaukee

& Lawrence

intersection,

including near or at

the CTA Terminal,

Jefferson Park,

Copernicus Center,

Jefferson Park

Library, Wilson Park

and the Masonic

Temple.

Viaducts (Clean, Paint)

NW Highway &

Central

Paint Metal Structure @ Viaducts

Pigeon Abatements

Viaducts @ Pulaski

& Irving Park,

Keeler& Kostner (All

Railroad Tracks)

Viaduct Cleaning & Maintenance

(Goes wt. Pigeon Abatement)

Public Art

Gateway Sign - Neighborhood I.D.

Arts Center

Community Center

Redo Mural & Pigeon Guards

Elston Viaduct

Graffiti Proof Viaducts

Signs to ID Neighborhoods (Permit

Parking Near JP Park)

Murals East Side of Pulaski,

Across from Blue

Line Stop

Mosaic

Add Anti-Pigeon Spikes

Art Project Sculpture

LeClaire & Elston

Near Metra

Community Identifiers Independence Park

Mural

Elston Avenue

Beautification, Clean-up, Murals,

Cafes, Safety

Jefferson Park Transit

(Center Station)

Central & Kennedy Viaduct (Falling

Apart, Repaired, Rebuilt)

Community Art Murals

Viaducts, Holiday

Center at Jefferson

Park Transit

(Horticulture)

Viaduct (Repair & Mural)

Cicero & Elston