The Elmwood Park Plan, Zoning, and Development (PZD) Commission backed the demolition of four houses and the construction of three parking lots in their place.
Thanks for this great reporting. Wow, that’s allota dough for parking spaces so far east and west of the restaurants. Agree that there are already unused spots in existing lots adjacent to restaurant row. Funny, the village has been unsuccessful in buying the one property they DO need—the house on the east side of 76th Ave at the alley; the house whose presence makes two way traffic in and out of that very busy alley impossible. The traffic backups so close to the light are dangerous and occur far more frequently now that 75th Ave is blocked off. Wondering too how residents on the 1600 block of 75th Ave like the new arrangement. EP Residents can and do park on that block and walk to the restaurants; now that block is dealing with 2-way traffic and cars parked on both sides of the street with everyone using the roundabout to go north. Seems like new kind of mess to me.
Thanks for this great reporting. Wow, that’s allota dough for parking spaces so far east and west of the restaurants. Agree that there are already unused spots in existing lots adjacent to restaurant row. Funny, the village has been unsuccessful in buying the one property they DO need—the house on the east side of 76th Ave at the alley; the house whose presence makes two way traffic in and out of that very busy alley impossible. The traffic backups so close to the light are dangerous and occur far more frequently now that 75th Ave is blocked off. Wondering too how residents on the 1600 block of 75th Ave like the new arrangement. EP Residents can and do park on that block and walk to the restaurants; now that block is dealing with 2-way traffic and cars parked on both sides of the street with everyone using the roundabout to go north. Seems like new kind of mess to me.
Thank you for this valuable reporting.
There apparently is a new window company next to Dr. Smith. They park their work trucks in the new parking lot at the end of 77th Ct.
Otherwise it sits empty.