The Alderman spent about an hour on September 15, 2020 with us on the Zoom machine. Did you miss the meeting? (Yes, you did! We missed you.)
Here’s the audio from that Zoom:
Alderman Waguespack: State of the Ward
September: It’s on the 15th… “State of the Ward, State of the City”
First, the meeting info:
Tuesday, September 15, 7:00PM sharp
Alderman Scott Waguespack
Our September meeting continues the tradition of starting our year with the Alderman. This year, we’re meeting virtually via Zoom.
- Get the zoom software, if you don’t ready have it, at https://zoom.us/ or via the app store for your tablet, phone, etc.
- The meeting will start at 7PM sharp. To avoid disruptive “zoom bombers”, everyone will have to be manually admitted to the meeting, so please connect about 10 to 15 minutes early.
- The link and password for the meeting will be posted in our Facebook group and sent via to our newsletter subscribers via email 24 hours before the start of the meeting.
From our President, Bob Blitstein
Hi South Lakeview,
I noticed leaves had starting falling and suddenly realized it was September. The summer of 2020 has been like no other. Hot weather, Covid 19, a struggling economy, racial tensions and a pending residential election. Wow!
Read the rest of Bob’s letter in the September Newsletter.
Updates
UPDATE on 1340 W. Wolfram – Zoning upgrade, demolition and construction of new Single-
Family House – DENIED by the ALDERMAN
This property is currently zoned RS-3 for smaller single family or 2-unit buildings. The Developer and potential buyer were seeking a zoning upgrade to RT-3.5 to allow for a taller building with higher total livable square footage and a smaller back yard. The Developer informed the group that six of nine property lots on that side of the street of 1300 Wolfram were already zoned RT-4. But that zoning change occurred more than 20 years ago. The Developer had obtained signatures from nine neighbors in support of the Project stating that they welcomed replacing a dilapidated 2-unit building with a new single-family house. Read more in the September Newsletter.
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) coming to SLN neighborhood – 3113 N. Lincoln Ave. / 3116-18 N. Greenview
The revised TOD regulations in effect in Spring 2019 allows a TOD development to be built within 1⁄4 mile of eight high frequency CTA bus corridors. Ashland Ave. is one of those corridors. SLN has been notified of the following TOD within our boundaries.
3113 N. Lincoln Ave. is a one-story dumpy looking store front that connects on the back side to 3116-18 N. Greenview. There is a building permit in the window dated 2017, so it has been vacant for at least three years. Read more in the September Newsletter.
Ann Sychowski – SLN Treasurer is going to be 90 years old!
Ann is a forever Northside Chicagoan. She is a graduate of St. Josephat’s Grammar School on Southport and Waller High School (now Lincoln Park H.S.) on Armitage. Upon graduation, she worked at the Belmont National Bank at Belmont and Clark. She was married in 1950 at the tender age of 20 to her husband Len. Len and Ann moved into their fixer-upper house on the 1500 block of Oakdale 60 years ago and she still lives there. Ann and Len had two children, Carol and Ron and currently have three grandchildren. Ann believes she has been the SLN Treasurer for about 40 years. She came on board with then President Josephine Nikola, who owned the grocery store on the SW corner of Wolfram and Greenview. Ann said she stayed up until 2AM in the morning straightening out the SLN books when she took over. Ann and Len were a SLN super duo, with Len driving the car and Ann getting out to collect advertising contracts and payments, donations for the Christmas and Spring parties and any other items that SLN needed to run the monthly meetings held in the St. Alphonsus School basement. On top of her Treasurer duties, Ann was instrumental in getting overhead lights put in at the intersection of Ashland and Wellington after a tragic accident occurred at that intersection. She set up a table outside the Jewel to get signatures demanding the overhead lights be installed. Read more in the September Newsletter.
Happy Birthday, Ann!
And there’s more….
- Bill Haderlein’s neighbood walk
- PorchJams Lakeview
- Lowline Market
- Taco Fest
Read more in the September Newsletter.
Summer 2020 News
President’s Letter
As we head into the summer, it has been a most unusual year. The COVID pandemic has changed our lives in so many ways. As I write, Chicago is entering Stage 3 of the recovery, where stores, salons, and restaurants are slowly starting to open up, while practicing social distancing and strict hygienic guidelines. I implore everyone to use neighborhood businesses as much as possible. All are struggling and need our support to avoid permanently closing. Many restaurants have take-out and delivery, and some will have outside seating. Some stores have curbside pick-up or in-store by appointment. Call aheadto find out what is open and what are their procedures. Please keep in mind that the economy is opening up due to the flattening of the curve, a steady or decreasing amount of new cases and deaths. This is the result of people following the guidelines of staying at home, hand washing and wearing masks and social distancing when out. To prevent an increase in cases, we MUST maintain these behaviors as we venture out. STAY HEALTHY! Read the rest in the newsletter.
What’s been happening?
SLN invited its members to attend a ZOOM meeting organized by SLN with Congressman Mike Quigley. It’s summarized in the newsletter.
The newsletter also includes information about a demolition and special use permit for 2816 N. Southport and a plan from the Lakeview Chamber for outdoor dining.
Support our local businesses!
And we hope to see you at a meeting in September, in person and not on the Zoom Machine.
Summer at six feet
A few items regarding SLN’s summer plans:
- We had an experimental meeting in May via Zoom, with our special guest, Congressman Mike Quigley. Thanks to those who showed up and thanks to the Congressman for spending an hour answering all questions.
- There will be a brief newsletter sent out in the first week of June via email and via the website.
- The Summer Party has been canceled.
- We’re hoping that things are in a place in September such that we can resume normal meetings. The Board of Directors will be making a decision later in the summer in that regard.
- We are working with the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce on their Recovery project to safely reopen Lakeview businesses.