Clark Street Crossroads Chicago, Illinois

Services Provided

Visioning
Plan
Urban Design

People Involved

Brett Weidl
Donald Zellefrow
Javier Ortiz

Award

2023 AIA Illinois Honor Award for Excellence in Master Planning

Bringing life and investment to an urban neighborhood corridor.

MKSK played a supporting role focusing on Urban Design to collaborate with the Chicago Department of Planning and Development on a long-range vision for the Clark Street corridor between Montrose and Foster in the Uptown/Ravenswood/Andersonville neighborhoods. As an intersecting ‘Crossroads’ where several aldermanic wards, Special Service Areas as well as a diverse fabric of existing neighborhoods overlap, the study focuses on the corridor’s overall land use, character, and physical appearance to support and inform existing local businesses, identity, and future corridor development.

The plan provides a vision for the corridor through community informed urban design guidelines advising future growth, development, and investment. A robust community engagement focused process, land use framework plan, design guidelines, prioritized development sites, and implementation strategies were provided within the final plan.