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>> THE PASTOR SAYS THEY ARE NOT

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HOPELESS THAT IS INSPIRING.

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>> OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS SOME

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CHICAGOANS HAVE HAD MORE ROOM TO

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MOVE OUTSIDE AS SOME STREETS

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OPENED UP FOR BICYCLISTS,

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RUNNERS AND PEDESTRIANS AND

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OTHER STREETS CONVERTED FOR

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OUTDOOR DINING.

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DESPITE ENTHUSIASM FROM

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TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES AND

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EAGER RESIDENTS SOME OF THE

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SHARED STREETS ARE NOT READY YET

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AND ONE OF THE ANNOUNCED

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LOCATIONS FOR OUTDOOR DINING IS

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NOT HAPPENING AT ALL.

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NICK BLUMBERG REPORTS.

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>> LOCAL TRAFFIC IS STILL

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ALLOWED ON DREXEL BETWEEN OAK

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WOOD AND HYDE PARK BOULEVARD BUT

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THE STREETS NOW OPEN FOR

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PEDESTRIANS, JOGGERS,

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ROLLERBLADERS AND BICYCLISTS

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LIKE OWEN HIS REACTION?

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>> I LOVE IT.

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WHAT IS MY REACTION?

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>> LAWSON SAYS MAKING BICYCLING

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SAFER HELPS PROMOTE A GREAT WAY

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TO GET AROUND INTEREST WHAT'S

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NOT TO LOVE?

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YOU'RE BURNING CALORIES,

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EXERCISING, SAVING GAS MONEY,

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INSURANCE, REPAIRS, REALLY?

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>> DREXEL IS ONE OF THREE

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STRETCHES OF SHARED STREETS

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RIGHT NOW.

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CORTLAND ARE OPEN AS AN

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ALTERNATIVE TO THE 606 TRAIL.

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IN LINCOLN SQUARE AND RAVENS

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WOOD, LELAND IS A SHARED STREET

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FROM LINCOLN TO ASHLAND.

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>> PEOPLE HAVE APPRECIATED THIS

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OPPORTUNITY ESPECIALLY FOLKS

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WITH YOUNGER KIDS WHO WANT TO

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MOVE AROUND FOR A FEW BLOCKS.

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>> MATT MARTIN SAYS MAKING

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STREETS MORE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN

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FRIENDLY AND CREATING SPACE FOR

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OUTDOOR DINING DOESN'T

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NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO AWAY WHEN

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THE PANDEMIC DOES.

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>> WE HAVE A PROGRAM OF COURSE

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IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE

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WE'RE CLOSING DOWN FOR A SHORT

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PERIOD OF TIME STREETS ENTIRELY

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TO TRAFFIC.

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A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES

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THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS WELL

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AS EUROPE DO THAT.

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THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD

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CONSIDER.

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>> BROADWAY AND LAKEVIEW AND

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RUSH STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE

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HAVE STARTED CLOSING TO TRAFFIC

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OVER THE WEEKEND AND OPENING FOR

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OUTDOOR DINING.

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AND IT'S COMING SOON IN CHATHAM

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INCLUDING BROWN SUGAR BAKERY.

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>> YOU CAN GET ALL KINDS OF

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THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT THINK YOU

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SHOULD HAVE BUT HAVE A LITTLE

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BIT OF THIS.

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>> THE PLAN WAS TO CLOSE 75TH

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STREET BETWEEN INDIANA AND

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CALUMET BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS

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ONBOARD.

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SO STEPHANIE HART WITH LOCAL

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LEADERS AND RESIDENTS CAME UP

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WITH A PLAN TO MOVE THE OUTDOOR

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SEATING OFF OF 75TH.

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>> SO THAT TRAFFIC AND BUSES CAN

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CONTINUE TO RUN AND TO THE SIDE

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STREETS RIGHT BY THE MAIN

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THOROUGHFARE.

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I THINK IT IS A GREAT COMPROMISE

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PLUS IT'S SHADY ON THE SIDE OVER

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THERE.

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>> HART HOPES THE SHADY SEATING

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WILL BE READY BY JULY FIRST.

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OUTDOOR DINING IS IN THE WORKS

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ON TWO STRETCHES AS WELL.

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THE WEST CENTRAL ASSOCIATION

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HOPES TO OPEN TAYLOR STREET AS

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SOON AS FRIDAY.

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THAT ASSOCIATION IS WORKING

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TOWARD OUTDOOR SEATING ON

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RANDOLPH BETWEEN HALSTED AND

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ELIZABETH AND PLANS TO GET THAT

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APPLICATION INTO THE CITY THIS

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WEEK.

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BUT NOT EVERYONE IS INTERESTED

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IN OUTDOOR DINING.

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WHEN THE FIRST ANNOUNCED THE

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PILOT PROGRAM ONE OF THE SIX

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STREETS WAS 26TH IN LITTLE

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VILLAGE.

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BUT THE LITTLE VILLAGE CHAMBER

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OF COMMERCE TOLD US THEY ARE NO

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LONGER PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE

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BECAUSE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA

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SAY THEY LOSE MONEY ON DAYS WHEN

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THE STREETS SHUTDOWN.

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AS FOR MORE SHARED STREETS FOR

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PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS THERE

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IS NOTHING OFFICIAL BUT THE CITY

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TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND

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ALDERMEN SAY THEY ARE WORKING ON

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OUTREACH.

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ALDERMAN MATT MARTIN HOPES TO

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SEE SHARED STREETS LIKE LELAND

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THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

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>> TODAY AND MOST DAYS IT'S NOT

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BEEN TOO BUSY WHICH IS GREAT BUT

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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE

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INSURING THAT IT DOESN'T GET TO

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A POINT WHERE IT'S TOO BUSY.

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>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M

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NICK BLUMBERG.

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>> AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO

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LEARN ABOUT A COUPLE OF

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STRETCHES OF ROADWAY THAT ARE