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West Pullman Park, W 123rd St
South Deering, S Escanaba Ave
GREATER
CALUMET HISTORY
AND COMMUNITY
ASSETS
The eight primary community areas
of the Greater Calumet Planning Area
– East Side, Hegewisch, Morgan Park,
Pullman, Riverdale, Roseland, South
Deering and West Pullman – constituted the industrial heart of Chicago’s
steel industry for more than 80 years.
The East Side, Hegewisch, Riverdale
and South Deering community areas
were developed with industrial and
manufacturing uses starting in the
mid- to late-1800s and early 1900s,
and small residential areas and commercial strips popped up to serve the
areas’ workers. Also an early industrial
area, Pullman is perhaps the most
well-known planned community in
the United States, as George Pullman
developed workers’ housing and amenities alongside his rail car factories in
the late 1800s. Roseland and West
Pullman have historically been more
residential in nature than the other
community areas, with Roseland first
being settled by Dutch immigrants in
the 1850s, and West Pullman being
subdivided by developers in the late
1800s. All of the areas added new
Salvation Army Kroc Corp Center, W 119th St
Olive-Harvey College, E 103rd St
housing stock in the building boom following World War II and into the 1960s.
Today, after having lost much of the
steel industry that was its economic
driving force, the Greater Calumet
Planning Area is now redefining itself
around historic neighborhoods, natural
areas and clean industry. Portions
of Pullman were recently designated
as the Pullman National Monument;
former industrial lands to the east of
Lake Calumet are being developed as
natural and recreational areas; and the
new, state-of-the-art Method factory
has opened in Pullman.
The East Side, Hegewisch, Riverdale
and South Deering community areas
feature the city’s largest and most
diverse natural areas, located alongside
working manufacturing and industrial
uses. Calumet Park, Carver Park, Mann
Park, and Trumbull Park offer public
open space, while the Altgeld, Hegewisch and Vodak-East Side libraries
provide educational programming and
materials to area residents.
The Pullman community is served by
the 103rd St, 107th St, 111th St and
Kensington Metra stations. Gately
Park offers public open space, and residents use the nearby Pullman Library.
The Roseland and West Pullman community areas are still predominantly
residential communities. The new
Salvation Army Kroc Corps Community Center in West Pullman provides
educational, sports, arts and supportive programming, and the Gwendolyn
Brooks College Preparatory Academy
in Roseland is a top-rated public
school. The communities are served
by nine Metra Stations at: 103rd St,
107th St, 111th St, Kensington, State
St, Stewart Ridge, West Pullman, Racine Ave and Ashland Ave. Palmer Park
and Gano Park offer public open space,
and the Pullman and West Pullman libraries serve area residents. Roseland
Community Hospital, located within
the Roseland Medical District, provides
medical care for residents.
The planning area also includes relatively smaller portions of the Morgan
Park and Washington Heights community areas, but the history and future
investments in these areas will be documented in neighboring action plans:
Morgan Park in the Far Southwest Side
Action Plan and Washington Heights in
the South Side Action Plan.
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ASSET MAP
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Map Key
Interstates
Public Schools
Metra Line & Station
Private Schools
CTA Red Line & Station
Colleges
Bike Lanes and Trails
Libraries
Water
Hospitals
Parks and Open Space
Health Centers
Industrial Corridors
Police Stations
Landmark Districts
Fire Houses
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DEMOGRAPHICS
The population of the Greater Calumet
Planning Area has fallen by 26% since
1970, compared to 20% for Chicago
overall. Sixty-nine percent of area
residents are African-American, 22% are
Hispanic or Latino of any race, and 7%
are white. Nearly 39% of the households
in Greater Calumet earn more than
$50,000 per year. The unemployment
rate was higher here than in the city
overall in 2012 (the latest year for which
Planning Area-level data is available):
18.0% in Greater Calumet versus 12.9%
citywide. Unemployment has dropped
significantly since then, and this data will
be updated in future iterations of this
Action Plan.
Total Population
Rate of Population Change (Percent)
1970 to 2010
1970 to 2010
20%
10%
1%
0%
-11%
-10%
-4%
-7%
-11%
4%
-7%
GREATER
CALUMET
CHICAGO
1970
1980
1990
184,007
185,318
164,845
3,376,152
3,004,435
2,783,572
2000
2010
158,526
135,643
2,895,521
2,695,249
-14%
GREATER CALUMET
-20%
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
CHICAGO
2000-2010
Source: US2010 Project at Brown University, Longitudinal Tract Data Base (LTDB), Full data for 1970-2010.
Race and Ethnicity
2010
White
Alone
Hispanic or Latino,
of Any Race
Hispanic or Latino,
of Any Race
White
Alone
Two or More Races
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Asian
Alone
Black or AfricanAmerican Alone
Black or AfricanAmerican Alone
GREATER CALUMET
CHICAGO
Source: 2010 Decennial Census, SF1, Table DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010.
Household Income
2012
35%
30%
25%
35%
29%
27%
23%
20%
18% 17%
15%
10%
10% 11%
5%
0%
11%
10%
3%
<$25k
$25-49k
GREATER CALUMET
CHICAGO
15
8%
$50-74k
$75-99k
$100-149k
>$150k
Source: 2012 5 Year American Community Survey, Table B19001 Household Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2012 inflation-adjusted dollars).
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COMMERCIAL
According to a study commissioned by
the City in 2013, which analyzed resident
buying power and actual retail sales
within each of the Chicago’s 16 Planning
Areas, the retailers operating in the
Greater Calumet Planning Area generate
lower sales volumes in many commercial categories than the neighborhood
residents would be expected to buy. This
suggests that many Greater Calumet
Planning Area residents leave the area
to shop for goods and services in these
categories. There may be a significant
opportunity to recapture some of that
spending that is leaking out of the
Planning Area into the surrounding areas,
which will be the subject of further study
and discussion.
Vacancy rates in the Greater Calumet
Planning Area rose for industrial, office,
and retail space between 2005 and
2013. The vacancy rates for industrial
and office space are lower than those
found in Chicago as a whole, but the retail
vacancy rates are higher.
2013
$67.7M
Home Appliances &
Furnishing Stores
$10.1M
$143.6M
Food &
Beverage Stores
$115.6M
$75.8M
Health & Personal
Care Stores
Neighborhood Store
General Merchandise
$28.0M
$21.9M
$97.7M
$94.2M
$20.4M
$114.7M
$157.0M
Large Store
General Merchandise
$9.7M
$147.4M
$94.1M
Eating & Drinking
Auto Sales
& Services
$57.6M
$39.4M
$54.7M
$254.1M
$27.7M
$226.4M
$76.2M
Non-store Retailers
$5.1M
Surplus $632 M
$71.1M
$50M
0
$100M
$150M
$200M
Estimated Local Retail Sales (Demand)
Local sales exceed local demand
Actual Local Retail Sales (Supply)
Local demand not satisfied by local sales
Source: 2013 City of Chicago Citywide Retail Market Analysis of Esri Business
data.
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In some retail categories, such as Health
and Personal Care and Neighborhood
Store General Merchandise, retail sales
were higher than neighborhood residents would be expected to buy, which
suggests that visitors come into Greater
Calumet to shop for goods in these
categories.
Retail Gap Analysis
Total Vacant Rentable Commercial Building Area (Percent) by Use
4Q 2013
Building
Type
Period
4Q
2013
Industrial/
4Q 2005
Flex
4Q 2013
Office
4Q 2005
Retail
4Q 2013
4Q 2006
Total
Rentable
Building
Area (sf)
18,152,611
19,213,373
Total Vacant
Rentable
Building
Area (sf)
1,281,607
1,102,078
Total Vacant
Rentable
Building
Area (%)
7%
6%
Chicago
Total Vacant
Rentable
Building
Area (%)
10%
10%
321,538
303,209
32,477
12,000
10%
4%
13%
14%
2,792,368
2,483,129
282,905
221,146
10%
9%
7%
8%
Source: Institute of Housing Studies at DePaul University Analysis of CoStar data.
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HOUSING
In the Greater Calumet Planning Area,
61% of owner-occupants live in housing
that is affordable for those residents
(defined as households devoting less
than 30% of income to housing expenses), which is stronger than the citywide
average. However, only 44% of renters
live in housing that is affordable, which
is weaker than the citywide average.
The Greater Calumet Planning Area has
a higher proportion of vacant homes
than its share of the city’s housing stock
would suggest, and a higher share of
homes that went through a foreclosure
than the city average. The housing stock
in the Greater Calumet Planning Area is
68% single-family and 32% multi-family.
Housing Costs as a Percentage of Household Income
2012
100%
1%
39.3%
60%
1%
56.7%
34%
80%
60%
40%
59.7%
58.2%
39%
41%
10%
9.5%
40.9%
58%
57%
6%
50.6%
43%
51%
43.4%
33.9%
20%
0%
Owner-Occupied
Household
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No Housing Costs
CHICAGO
No Housing Costs
Less Than 30 Percent
Less Than 30 Percent
30 Percent or More
30 Percent or More
Renter-Occupied
Households
Source: 2012 5 Year American Survey, Table B25106 - Tenure by Housing Costs as a Percentage .of Household
Income in the Past 12 Months.
Area’s Share of Long-Term
Vacant Chicago Addresses
Area’s Share of Chicago
Residential Addresses
4Q 2013
4Q 2013
10%
CALUMET
5%
CALUMET
Source: Institute of Housing Studies at DePaul University Analysis of Data from HUD/USPS.
Housing Composition
Share of Residential Parcels
Impacted by Foreclosure
2013
2005 to 2013
SINGLE
FAMILY
GREATER
CALUMET
CHICAGO
68%
25%
MULTIFAMILY
32%
75%
Source: Institute of Housing Studies at DePaul
University Analysis of Data from Cook County Assessor.
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GREATER
CALUMET
24% 18%
GREATER
CALUMET
CHICAGO
Source: Institute of Housing Studies at DePaul
University Analysis of Data from Cook County
Recorder of Deeds via Property Insight, Record
Information Services, Cook County Assessor.
The residents of the Greater Calumet
Planning Area generally live close to
open space and enjoy more acreage per
resident than the City’s goal, which is 5
acres per 1,000 residents. By community area, East Side has 8.3 acres of open
space per 1,000 residents, Hegewisch
has 127.1, Morgan Park has 3.0, Pullman
has 4.4, Riverdale has 36.3, Roseland has
2.0, South Deering has 40.2, Washington
Heights has 2.4, and West Pullman has
1.7.
Twenty-two percent (22%) of the residents in the Greater Calumet Planning
Area live within a half-mile from a rail
station, which is the fifth lowest ratio
among the 16 Planning Areas.
Acres of Open Space per
1,000 Residents
2010
24.0 5.0
GREATER
CALUMET
CHICAGO
Share of Population within
1/2 Mile of Open Space
2010
89% 92%
GREATER
CALUMET
CHICAGO
Source: Institute for Housing Studies, DePaul’s analysis of data obtained from the 2010 Decennial Census, SF1,
Table P1 – Total Population; City of Chicago Data Portal Shapefiles of CPD Parks, FPDCC Forest Preserves, CPS
Campus Parks, City of Chicago-identified wildlife habitat, and City of Chicago Street Network; 2010 TIGER/Line
Shapefiles of Cook County Census Blocks. The universe of open space identified is limited to recreation space
(either to enter or view) that is freely accessible to the public.
Share of Population within
1/2 Mile of Rail Transit
2010
22% 36%
CHICAGO
Source: 2010 Decennial Census, SF1, Table P-1 Total Population; City of Chicago Data Portal
Shapefiles of CTA Stations, Metra Stations, and City
of Chicago Street Network; 2010 TIGER/Line
Shapefiles of Cook County Census Blocks.
Average Distance to Work (Miles)
2011
GREATER
CALUMET
19.0 MI
12.4 MI
CHICAGO
Source: Longitudinal Employer - Household Dynamics
[LEHD] Origin-Destination Data; 2010 TIGER/Line
Shapefiles of Census Blocks.
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GREATER
CALUMET
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OPEN SPACE &
TRANSPORTATION
Method of Transportation to Work for
Employed Population Aged 16 Years or Older
2012
TAXI
DRIVE ALONE
CARPOOL
61.1%
52.5%
13.2%
10.0%
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
22.6%
27.9%
BICYCLE
0.1%
1.3%
WALK
2.9%
6.7%
OTHER
0.2%
1.5%
GREATER CALUMET
CHICAGO
Source: 2012 5 Year American Community Survey, Table B08006 - Sex of Workers by Means of Transportation to
Work (only age data was used from this table).
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Method Factory, E 111th St
Grade Separation, E 130th St and S Torrence Ave
GREATER CALUMET
EXISTING LAND
USE AND RECENT
INVESTMENTS
EXISTING LAND USE
RECENT INVESTMENTS
Land in the Greater Calumet Planning
Area is heavily dedicated to transportation- and utility-related uses: 36%
of the area is used for transportation
and utilities, compared to 20% of the
land for these uses citywide. The area
contains more vacant land than the city
average, which might lead to opportunities for infill investments, while less
land is dedicated to commercial uses
than elsewhere in the city.
In recent years a series of investments
have improved the built environment
in the Greater Calumet Planning Area.
In the East Side, Hegewisch, Riverdale
and South Deering community areas:
The Greater Calumet Planning Area is
a segmented area, with Lake Calumet,
the Calumet River, rail lines, expressways and open spaces acting as barriers between many of the communities.
Commercial corridors include S Ewing
Ave, S Michigan Ave, E/W 103rd St, S
Halsted St, E/W 119th St, and S Baltimore Ave. Olive Harvey College is sited
on a large parcel near the Bishop Ford
Freeway (I-94) and E 103rd St.
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Future Big Marsh Bike Park, S Stony Island Ave
• Grade Separation at E 130th St
and S Torrence Ave. This project
eliminated at-grade crossings of the
Norfolk Southern rail tracks with S
Torrence Ave and E 130th St. Total
Project Cost: $175 million
• Calumet Open Space Reserve. DPD
transferred 650 acres of land around
Lake Calumet to the Chicago Park
District.
In the Pullman Community Area:
• Method Products Manufacturing
Complex at E 111th St and S
Ellis Ave. Method Products built
a 150,000 square foot green
manufacturing facility. Total Project
Cost: $39 million
• Pullman Park Phase II at E 111th
St and Bishop Ford Expressway.
Pullman Park Phase II is a 67,000
square foot retail complex on the
site of the former Ryerson Steel
Plant. Total Project Cost: $45.8
million
• Chicago Family Health Center at
570 E. 115th St. A new, 23,000
square foot facility that provides
medical, dental and support services.
Total Project Cost: $12.3 million
In the Roseland and West Pullman
community areas:
• Kroc Corps Community Center at
1250 W. 119th St. The new facility
provides recreational, educational,
arts and social service programs in a
160,000 square foot complex. Total
Project Cost: $52.5 million
• Kennedy Jordan Manner at 825 W.
118th St. An affordable apartment
complex for seniors with 70 units.
Total Project Cost: $18.4 million
• All Saints Residence at 11071 S.
South St. A 42-unit, affordable
rental building for seniors. Total
Project Cost: $8.4 million
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EXISTING LAND USE
Map Key
Interstates
Metra Line & Station
Red Line & Station
Water
Land Use
Greater Calumet
Land Use Percentage
14%
Commercial
7%
Public Facilities + Institutions
Transportation + Utility
Vacant Land
26%
2%
4% 0%
Industrial + Manufacturing
Parks and Open Space
8%
14%
Residential
Mixed Use (Residential + Commercial)
Citywide Land Use Percentage
36%
11%
Source: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s 2010 Land Use Inventory for Northeasetern Illinois, Version
1.0. Published: December 2014. Map information is not appropriate for, and is not to be used as a geodetic, legal,
or engineering base. Map information has no legal basis in the definition of boundaries or property lines and is not
intended as a substitute for surveyed locations such as can be determined by a registered Public Land Surveyor.
13%
31%
20%
8%
10% 8%
8%
2%
8%
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Pullman, E 112th St Circle
GREATER
CALUMET
PREVIOUS PLANS
The residents of the Greater Calumet
Planning Area have contributed their
wisdom and hard work towards several
planning efforts in recent years. This
Action Plan will build upon the work
that residents of the Greater Calumet
Planning Area have already undertaken. At least six plans have been
completed since 2000 that generated
recommendations to improve the
Greater Calumet Planning Area, two of
which were approved by the Chicago
Plan Commission. Some common
themes expressed in previous plans for
this area focused on increasing natural
and recreational open space, improving
transit access, redeveloping historic
housing sites, and making existing
industrial sites more desirable. Where
appropriate, the recommendations
from these prior plans will be incorporated into the Action Plan as Priority
Projects. Some examples include:
• The Chicago Park District should
manage lands that people will use
for recreation from “Calumet Open
Space Reserve Plan,” which inspired
Park #564 (Big Marsh) New Park
Development (Priority Project #6)
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• Develop a new library, provide
workforce development programs
and improve Carver Park from
“Altgeld Gardens Philip Murray
Homes Master Plan,” which inspired
Altgeld-Murray Homes Rehabilitation and Public Facilities New
Construction and Renovation
(Priority Project #9)
• Extend the CTA Red Line from 95th
St to E 130th St from “CTA Red
Line Extension Technical Report,”
which inspired the ongoing planning,
environmental review and funding
work (Priority Project #7)
ALTGELD GARDENS
PHILIP MURRAY HOMES
MASTER PLAN
• Provide bus service (CTA or PACE)
to the new Pullman Park shopping
center
• Renovate playground at Aldridge
Elementary School
September 2013
Participating Organizations
Participating Organizations
• Governor Pat Quinn
• Chicago Housing Authority
Priority Recommendations
Priority Recommendations
• Expand TCA Health Clinic with
additional 10,000SF
• Open public access to Lake Calumet
• Explore a retail development at the
southwest corner of 130th Street
and Ellis Avenue
• Relocate Altgeld Murray clinic to a
commercial site
• Develop a new library and
community center at 131st Street
where the former store building is
located
• Retain pool and locker rooms
• Build new co-located Fieldhouse and
Environmental Center in Carver Park
• Build the Blue Island Intercollegiate
rowing center and marina
• Catalyze the redevelopment of
brownfields
• Propose and fund a Millennium
Reserve land development program
• Support and promote the proposed
Pullman National Historical Park
• Plan for an additional 10,000 SF of
healthcare service space
• Acquire and build the strategic
connections missing in the Calumet
Area trail system
• Strengthen the Educational Campus
with a co-located early childhood
center and GED/job prep skills for
adults
• Improve stormwater management
through investments in and
coordination of green infrastructure
solutions
• Provide outdoor classroom and
ecosystems for students and
residents as part of the Educational
Campus
• Link three distinctive National
Heritage Areas (I&M Canal, proposed
Black Metropolis National Heritage
Area in Bronzeville, Hyde Park and
Woodlawn, and a proposed Calumet
National Heritage Area)
• Improve Carver Park with new
tennis, basketball, football/soccer
fields, and baseball/softball fields
• Elevate Pullman’s status from
National Historic Landmark to
National Historic Park or National
Monument
• Install a multi-use path along the
IL Harbor Belt Railroad to Beaubien
Woods
• Retain Carver Wheatley, Bond
Elementary and Hawkins High
School in Educational Campus
• Improve parking lots, sidewalks and
roadways
• Improve stormwater management
and storm sewer systems
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ACTION
• Consider LEED ND certification and
energy efficiencies that will reduce
costs over time.
• Reconfigure bus routes to serve the
proposed new 130th Street Red Line
CTA station
• Build an intermodal station that
combines the new CTA station with
a new station on the Metra South
Shore line
* Adopted by the Chicago Plan Commission
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CTA RED LINE SOUTH
EXTENSION
December 2012
October 2011
Participating Organizations
Participating Organizations
• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
Planning – Local Technical Assistance
• Urban Land Institute
• Chicago Transit Authority
• Developing Communities Project
• Loyola University Center for Urban
Research and Learning
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PULLMAN TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE PLAN
Priority Recommendations
• Extend the CTA Red Line from
current 95th Street terminus to
130th Street
• Build four new stations at 103rd,
111th, 115th and 130th; alleviate
congestion at 95th Street
• CTA is preparing the draft Environmental Impact Statement and has
applied for funding from the Federal
Transit Administration. The locally
preferred alternative for routing
is along the Union Pacific Railroad
right-of-way with a stop at Michigan
Avenue rather than 115th Street; an
alternative is to build an elevated rail
structure above Halsted Street.
Priority Recommendations
• Create a mixed-use, phased redevelopment through an economic and
community lens, versus a forensic
preservation of historical artifacts
• Focus resources on short-term,
low-cost steps to reactivate the
Hotel Complex as a community
asset
• Create and implement district-wide
improvements for wayfinding,
streetscaping and design treatments
to cohesively identify the site
• Undertake a Phase 1 environmental
study and archeology assessment
of the site
• Create a comprehensive, long-term
management and use plan for the
site
• Issue an RFP to identify a missiondriven partner the manage the site’s
redevelopment
• Open a café on the first floor of the
Hotel Florence, focused on local
residents
• Remove fencing around the Factory
Complex and install an interpretive
trail
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• Build a Visitors Center in the
Administration Building; Create a
museum in the North Factory Wing
• Use the Rear Erecting Shops for
income generating uses/tenants
• Enhance the Factory Complex site
with community gardens, apiaries,
and pedestrian trails
• Create a strategic partnership with
Chicago Architecture Foundation
• Create a linear corridor along 111th
Street from the Bishop Ford to
Cottage Grove, with identifiers,
wayfinding signage, etc.
• Approach the State of IL Central
Management Services and/or
Chicago Public Buildings Commission
to identify potential synergies and
efficiencies, such as locating city
and state agency staff at or near the
Pullman site
• Discuss partnerships with Chicago
Park District, Chicago Police Dept.,
Streets and Sanitation and the RTA
to coordinate public way improvements that coincide with Pullman’s
design treatments
CALUMET OPEN SPACE
RESERVE PLAN
February 2002
Participating Organizations
Participating Organizations
• Chicago Department of Planning and
Development
• Chicago Department of Planning and
Development
• Chicago Department of Environment
• Chicago Department of Environment
• Calumet Area Industrial Commission
• Calumet Area Industrial Commission
• Openlands Project
• Openlands Project
• Southeast Chicago Development
Commission
• Southeast Chicago Development
Commission
Priority Recommendations
Priority Recommendations
• Identify and plan for industrial
development on large, viable tracts
of land with excellent access to
transportation
• Forest Preserve District’s Burnham
Prairie and Powderhorn Lake and
Prairie be expanded and buffered by
acquisition of adjacent lands
• Create a Calumet Open Space
Reserve, with connected green
spaces
• Proposed Ford Calumet Environmental Center provide programming
focused on the environmental,
industrial and cultural history of the
area
• Include river-edge and lakeside
enhancements and emphasize
natural landscaping and storm water
management to enhance habitat for
native species
• Promote energy efficient and
environmentally sustainable design
and construction techniques
3 CONTEXT
February 2002
FIRST DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION
CALUMET AREA LAND
USE PLAN
• Future complex of trails, bike lanes
and bike routes will connect the sites
to one another and to the many
Chicago neighborhoods in which the
Reserve is located
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