Sneak preview: Andersonville parklet
Andersonville parket design. Credit: Moss Designs
The Andersonville Development Corporation & eco-Andersonville have unveiled a preliminary design for the parklet that will soon be installed on Clark Street at Farragut.
The parklet was originally proposed as an idea to help not only promote sustainability, but to add green space which Andersonville lacks. As part of a greater eco-Andersonville initiative to improve pedestrian accessibility and bike infrastructure throughout Andersonville, the Andersonville Development Corporation (ADC) has partnered with the Chicago Department of Transporation (CDOT) and local business owners to build one of Chicago’s very first “Parklets”. Utilizing native plants, public seating and bike parking we will create a green urban retreat in one of the densest commercial districts outside of the loop. Many other major cities across the US are already embracing the parklet approach.
The organizations developed a “Kickstarter” website to ask for donations from the community, and quickly raised the $5,000 to make this idea a reality. Its not too late to contribute to the project – if you’d like to do so, click here.
