Post-public meeting on the Logan Square public plaza

Tuesday’s public meeting about the current proposal for the Logan Square public plaza was well attended by the standards of most neighborhood community meetings; it was, in fact, standing room only by a large margin.  I’m not sure how many attendees actually live in Logan Square.  I know there was a large presence of local food movement types, but I’m not certain they were necessarily loca-resideres, to coin an awkward phase (so awkward I find it necessary to explain it’s a riff on the word “locavore”).  I just don’t know. 

August 17 Proposal
for Logan Square Public Plaza and Orchard

The meeting began

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Public meeting August 17 re: Logan Square public plaza

There will be a public meeting regarding the concept of a public plaza to be located at 2546-2566 N. Milwaukee Avenue on Tuesday, August 17 at 6:00 p.m.  The meeting location is 2333 N. Milwaukee Avenue (Logan Square Kitchen).

Long-Standing Sign Announcing Future
Community Open Space on Milwaukee Ave.

Perhaps you’ve noticed the sign that’s been up forever quite a long time.  (Note that Arnold Randall is listed on the sign as the planning commissioner.  He left that post in January 2009 and has held two other jobs since then.  And the Department of Planning and Development is no longer.  It merged with other city departments to