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Existing

Wilson to Sunnyside Existing Anticipated

Parking on east side of street 25 spaces 25 spaces (approximately)

Community Green Space 15,279 square feet 18,610 square feet (+22%)

Natural Drainage Area none 3 areas

Sunnyside to Montrose Existing Anticipated

Parking on east side of street 62 spaces 44 spaces (approximately)

Community Green Space 3,317 square feet 12,694 square feet (+283%)

Natural Drainage Area none 3 areas

Area Facts

rendering to come

Proposed

Safety Fence(on RR property line)

Landscape Wall

Stormwater Management Areas

The West Ravenswood Corridor Greenway Metra North Line Improvements

Cross Section

Sunnyside AreaThe proposed Wilson-Sunnyside Avenues landscape improvements continue south to Sunnyside, essentially with little change. However, between Sunnyside and Montrose Avenues, as in other sections of the Ravenswood Greenway, the bulk of current landscape plantings are on railroad property and will be removed during the project construction. An additional fifteen feet of new green space is proposed to be created by narrowing the width of Ravenswood Avenue, changing the street to one-way southbound and converting the existing head-in parking to angle parking. This will provide sufficient width to avoid installation of a high retaining wall and al-low for use of a lower, plantable landscape wall. While all current landscaping will be removed, the new parkway will allow for an equal amount of greenery plus opportunities for sustainable drainage improvements.

If this portion of Ravenswood Avenue is not narrowed to allow for a substantial landscaped parkway area, the green space remaining after project completion will be about five feet wide, backed by a continuous “high wall.” This will be a more pronounced change for the landscaping in this area, which is currently well-maintained by area businesses.

Existing

Green Space

4' Concrete Parking Wall

Traffic Flow Traffic Flow

Safety Fence

RR Property Line RR Property Line

Existing Train Track

Parallel Parking Parallel Parking

Proposed

Railroad“high wall”at end of

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Landscape “bump-out” for traffic calming

and stormwater mitigation Landscape

“bump-out” for traffic calming

and stormwater mitigation

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Width of Existing Green SpaceGreen Space

Existing Landscape Plantings (on RR property)

New Landscape Plantings

Head-in Parking Angled Parking

New Train Track

Landscape Wall

Bridge

New and wider landscape plantings

replace existing landscaping largely on

railroad property

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