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Principal north-south line, chartered in 1850 and incorporated in 1851. If so, much of the credit goes to advocate Mike Payne, who has been tirelessly promoting the concept online and at public meetings.
As with any proposal of this scale, changes can be expected as the public review process advances. It’s not the first time Alderman Dowell has pushed back against such plans for the ward. According to Landmark Development, the company behind the ambitious proposal, One Central would span a 34-acre site and create more than 15 acres of new public green space. In January, Dowell opposed Related Midwest’s plan for a new Red Line station at the 15th Street and Clark Street intersection that would connect its proposed “78” mega-development to the CTA rail system. And in the tradition of thinking big, the wildly ambitious One Central has the potential to transform a no man’s land of open air rail tracks into a dynamic new residential and commercial corridor. The developer of this megaproject isn't looking for a TIF handout, but it does want billions from the state of Illinois to build a transit hub. While it’s still yet to be determined exactly how many new residences and how much office space is planned for the site, Landmark’s proposal does include 6,000 parking spaces. It encompasses the former rail yards and air space rights east of Indiana Avenue between Roosevelt Road and 18th Street.