{"id":13956,"date":"2017-02-09T15:24:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T20:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=13956"},"modified":"2017-02-09T15:44:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T20:44:41","slug":"lake-shore-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"A Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lake Shore Drive as we know it could totally change<\/h3>\n

Chicago’s beaches are pretty great, but some people think they could be even better.<\/p>\n

\"lake<\/a>
Photo Credit: 2nd Ward; VOA Associates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Redefine the Drive<\/a>” is a significant reimagining of the city’s lakefront proposed by members of city neighborhood organizations, the Chicago Park District<\/a>, the Chicago Department of Transportation<\/a>, and the Federal Highway Administration. It includes the expansion of existing beaches into a park spanning 70-acres, lined with new beaches that edge Lake Michigan, and the creation of a manmade island. It would also mean that a portion of the highway side of Lake Shore Drive would have to be covered by park land\u00a0and re-routed.<\/p>\n

Renderings show the addition of new streets in the park that connect to both the Lake Shore Drive highway and the residential streets that run perpendicular to it. The current flow of traffic north of Chicago Avenue would have to be almost entirely reorganized. For anyone who’s ever been splashed by abnormally high tides during inclement weather while driving on Lake Shore, this plan might help eliminate those occurrences.<\/p>\n

The lakefront is one of our city’s greatest treasures, and the thought of completely overhauling such a notable section of it might at first seem a little far-fetched. Residents and neighborhood organization members of Streeterville are largely in favor of the plan, which draws inspiration from famed Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. Introduced in 2013, it was estimated to cost almost $200 million. It’s currently under review by the Illinois Department of Transportation. If approved, construction wouldn’t begin for at least another three years.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Photo Credit: 2nd Ward; VOA Associates<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The\u00a0long-term potential of this plan is endless. Special programming at the park, the construction of new tourist attractions, and an increase in beachfront activities are just some of the things that could result from this imaginative proposition.<\/p>\n

Featured Image Credit: 2nd Ward; VOA Associates<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lake Shore Drive as we know it could totally change Chicago’s beaches are pretty great, but some people think they could be even better. “Redefine the Drive” is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":13969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1554],"tags":[284,355,1107,263,1934,1193,362],"class_list":["post-13956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-news","tag-beach","tag-beaches","tag-chicago-park-district","tag-lake-michigan","tag-lake-shore-drive","tag-michigan-avenue","tag-oak-street-beach"],"yoast_head":"\nA Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive | UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A hefty proposition for a totally reimagined Lake Shore Drive that includes a new park and beachfront is currently under review. Here's what it looks like.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A hefty proposition for a totally reimagined Lake Shore Drive that includes a new park and beachfront is currently under review. Here's what it looks like.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UrbanMatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-09T20:24:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-02-09T20:44:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/extralarge.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Courtney Rios\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UMatterChicago\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UMatterChicago\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Courtney Rios\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Courtney Rios\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/5cdd4982f384593ea468073d6933e025\"},\"headline\":\"A Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-09T20:24:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-09T20:44:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/\"},\"wordCount\":341,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/extralarge.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"beach\",\"beaches\",\"chicago park district\",\"lake michigan\",\"lake shore drive\",\"Michigan Avenue\",\"oak street beach\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/\",\"name\":\"A Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive | UrbanMatter\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/extralarge.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-09T20:24:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-09T20:44:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"A hefty proposition for a totally reimagined Lake Shore Drive that includes a new park and beachfront is currently under review. Here's what it looks like.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/extralarge.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/extralarge.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533,\"caption\":\"lake shore drive\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/category-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"A Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/\",\"name\":\"UrbanMatter\",\"description\":\"For What Really Matters\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UrbanMatter Chicago\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png\",\"width\":371,\"height\":99,\"caption\":\"UrbanMatter Chicago\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UMatterChicago\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/5cdd4982f384593ea468073d6933e025\",\"name\":\"Courtney Rios\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c815f0646d81b171689b40b43fc445d5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c815f0646d81b171689b40b43fc445d5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Courtney Rios\"},\"description\":\"After graduating from the U of I with a Bachelor\u2019s in English, Courtney hit the ground running. A lifelong passion for writing (oddly foreshadowed by a tendency to live on streets named after dead British authors) is what drives her professional endeavors. When she\u2019s not at her desk with headphones in, cranking out articles on Chicago\u2019s music, dining, and nightlife scenes, you can usually find her at concerts around the city, watching horror movies, psyching herself into going to the gym, or obsessing over scented candles.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/author\/courtney\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive | UrbanMatter","description":"A hefty proposition for a totally reimagined Lake Shore Drive that includes a new park and beachfront is currently under review. Here's what it looks like.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive","og_description":"A hefty proposition for a totally reimagined Lake Shore Drive that includes a new park and beachfront is currently under review. Here's what it looks like.","og_url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/","og_site_name":"UrbanMatter","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/","article_published_time":"2017-02-09T20:24:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-02-09T20:44:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/extralarge.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Courtney Rios","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UMatterChicago","twitter_site":"@UMatterChicago","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Courtney Rios","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/"},"author":{"name":"Courtney Rios","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/5cdd4982f384593ea468073d6933e025"},"headline":"A Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive","datePublished":"2017-02-09T20:24:55+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-09T20:44:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/"},"wordCount":341,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/extralarge.jpg","keywords":["beach","beaches","chicago park district","lake michigan","lake shore drive","Michigan Avenue","oak street beach"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/","name":"A Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive | UrbanMatter","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/extralarge.jpg","datePublished":"2017-02-09T20:24:55+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-09T20:44:41+00:00","description":"A hefty proposition for a totally reimagined Lake Shore Drive that includes a new park and beachfront is currently under review. Here's what it looks like.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/extralarge.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/extralarge.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"caption":"lake shore drive"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/lake-shore-drive\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/category-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A Massive Park and Beachfront Might Be Built on Lake Shore Drive"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/","name":"UrbanMatter","description":"For What Really Matters","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization","name":"UrbanMatter Chicago","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png","width":371,"height":99,"caption":"UrbanMatter Chicago"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UMatterChicago"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/5cdd4982f384593ea468073d6933e025","name":"Courtney Rios","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c815f0646d81b171689b40b43fc445d5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c815f0646d81b171689b40b43fc445d5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Courtney Rios"},"description":"After graduating from the U of I with a Bachelor\u2019s in English, Courtney hit the ground running. A lifelong passion for writing (oddly foreshadowed by a tendency to live on streets named after dead British authors) is what drives her professional endeavors. When she\u2019s not at her desk with headphones in, cranking out articles on Chicago\u2019s music, dining, and nightlife scenes, you can usually find her at concerts around the city, watching horror movies, psyching herself into going to the gym, or obsessing over scented candles.","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/author\/courtney\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}