UIC architecture students competed to design improvements for the spaces under Chicago's South Side "Skyway," which carries drivers from the city to and from Northwest Indiana.
Underpasses on Chicago's South Side were the subject of a University of Illinois at Chicago contest for architecture students. Chicago's Skyway is a privately owned highway that connects northwest Indiana and Chicago. The South Chicago Chamber of Commerce and architecture firm, Urban Labs, put together an exhibition of the student's concepts.
"The purpose of last week’s meeting was to gather feedback from the community on what they would like to see occupy the 93rd and Commercial space," Maribel Quezada writes for Streetsblog Chicago.
In many of the proposals, little-loved spaces would turn into places to walk, bike or relax, enlivening the neighborhood the Skyway passes through on the southeast side of Chicago. "Under this proposal, the space would be transformed into a unique, recognizable public space that would attract and benefit multiple generations through the use of art, a garden-market, and play spaces," Quezada writes.
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