1 STUDIO 431 Lakeview Low-Line CHICAGO, IL Landscape Forms Elements: Custom Cubbies Design Partner: PORT Urbanism When the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce drafted its master plan in 2012, among its top priorities was development of the property located below the “L” tracks, known as the Lakeview Low-Line. The Chamber’s goal was to develop a walkway that connected the neighborhood’s Southport and Paulina train station plazas and ultimately the Southport and Lincoln Avenue corridors, both major retail and restaurant areas. The Chamber, Friends of Lakeview, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), and funding arm Special Service Area 27 were all stakeholders in the project. PORT Urbanism, a Chicago-based landscape architecture firm, was awarded the project, and PORT Urbanism selected L

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