midway crossings project
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6’ TREE BUFFER ZONE
SIDEWALK LED LIGHTING
PLANTER BUFFER ZONE
LIGHT MAST
SIDEWALK LED LIGHTING
6’ TREE BUFFER ZONE
8’ WIDE SIDEWALK
LED GUARDRAIL
15’ WIDE SIDEWALK
EMERGENCY PHONE
8’ WIDE SIDEWALK
NEW CROSSWALKS
NEW CROSSWALKS
NEW CROSSWALKS
NEW CROSSWALKS
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Start FinishConstruction Jul-10 Nov-10Install of lighting elements Oct-10 Dec-10Landscaping & planting (weather dependent) Spring 2011
Project Goals• Enhance pedestrian safety and circulation• Transform the pedestrian crossing experience with safe, well lit sidewalks• Increase the sense of safety and community in and around the Midway • Illuminate to mark presence of these crossings through the park
Architect:Bauer Latoza StudiosJames Carpenter Design
General Contractor: Bulley and Andrews
Desiree DiLucente(773) 702-3447
Project Manager:
Special Thanks ToChicago Department Of Transportation Chicago Park DistrictAlderman Hairston Alderman Cochran
As the University’s presence south of the Midway grows in both population and scope of activities, the Midway Crossings project will improve safety for members of the campus community and for our neighbors. Undertaken in partnership with the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Department of Transportation, Midway Crossings will bring a number of improvements to Ellis Avenue and Woodlawn Avenue where they cross the Midway.
Through these corridors, LED lights embedded in handrails and low pathway markers will illuminate wider sidewalks. New light towerswill illuminate pedestrians and define the walkway. A combinationof trees, grass and concrete planters will provide a buffer betweenpedestrians and cars. New E-phone pylons with security cameraswill be installed at strategic points to supplement the emergency phones already in place.
When construction is complete this fall, the changes will providea safer, more appealing passage between two important parts of campus. The Midway itself will become a more attractive destination. And as first proposed in the Park District’s Midway Plaisance Master Plan adopted by the community in 2000, the project will respect thegrandeur of this special landscape with a design that harkens back to Frederick Law Olmsted’s concept of connective bridges.
SIDEWALK LED LIGHTINGSIDEWALK LED LIGHTING
LED GUARDRAILLED GUARDRAIL
15’ WIDE SIDEWALK 15’ WIDE SIDEWALK
8’ WIDE SIDEWALK 8’ WIDE SIDEWALK
6’ TREE BUFFER ZONE6’ TREE BUFFER ZONE
EMERGENCYEMERGENCYPHONEPHONE
PLANTER BUFFERPLANTER BUFFERZONEZONE
LIGHT MASTLIGHT MAST
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