Argyle Shared Street Streetscape

Argyle Streetscape

Location

Argyle St. and Broadway Ave., Chicago 60640

Client

Chicago Department of Transportation CDOT), Burns & McDonnell

Sector

Streetscapes

As a subconsultant to Burns and Mcdonnell,

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provided landscape architecture and urban design services for the Argyle Street renovation between North Broadway and North Sheridan Road - a corridor in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood known for its Vietnamese restaurants. Argyle is City of Chicago’s first street to be designed based on ‘shared street’ design guidelines, creating a plaza-like feel by raising the street and eliminating curbs. The new streetscape design includes unit pavers that delineate wide sidewalks at street level and features sidewalk planters, bike racks, and large pedestrian areas that allow for sidewalk cafes, gathering, and interacting.