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6’ TREE BUFFER ZONE

SIDEWALK LED LIGHTING

PLANTER BUFFER ZONE

LIGHT MAST

SIDEWALK LED LIGHTING

6’ TREE BUFFER ZONE

8’ WIDE SIDEWALK

LED GUARDRAIL

15’ WIDE SIDEWALK

EMERGENCY PHONE

8’ WIDE SIDEWALK

NEW CROSSWALKS

NEW CROSSWALKS

NEW CROSSWALKS

NEW CROSSWALKS

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Start FinishConstruction Jul-10 Nov-10Install of lighting elements Oct-10 Dec-10Landscaping & planting (weather dependent) Spring 2011

Project Goals• Enhance pedestrian safety and circulation• Transform the pedestrian crossing experience with safe, well lit sidewalks• Increase the sense of safety and community in and around the Midway • Illuminate to mark presence of these crossings through the park

Architect:Bauer Latoza StudiosJames Carpenter Design

General Contractor: Bulley and Andrews

Desiree DiLucente(773) 702-3447

Project Manager:

Special Thanks ToChicago Department Of Transportation Chicago Park DistrictAlderman Hairston Alderman Cochran

As the University’s presence south of the Midway grows in both population and scope of activities, the Midway Crossings project will improve safety for members of the campus community and for our neighbors. Undertaken in partnership with the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Department of Transportation, Midway Crossings will bring a number of improvements to Ellis Avenue and Woodlawn Avenue where they cross the Midway.

Through these corridors, LED lights embedded in handrails and low pathway markers will illuminate wider sidewalks. New light towerswill illuminate pedestrians and define the walkway. A combinationof trees, grass and concrete planters will provide a buffer betweenpedestrians and cars. New E-phone pylons with security cameraswill be installed at strategic points to supplement the emergency phones already in place.

When construction is complete this fall, the changes will providea safer, more appealing passage between two important parts of campus. The Midway itself will become a more attractive destination. And as first proposed in the Park District’s Midway Plaisance Master Plan adopted by the community in 2000, the project will respect thegrandeur of this special landscape with a design that harkens back to Frederick Law Olmsted’s concept of connective bridges.

SIDEWALK LED LIGHTINGSIDEWALK LED LIGHTING

LED GUARDRAILLED GUARDRAIL

15’ WIDE SIDEWALK 15’ WIDE SIDEWALK

8’ WIDE SIDEWALK 8’ WIDE SIDEWALK

6’ TREE BUFFER ZONE6’ TREE BUFFER ZONE

EMERGENCYEMERGENCYPHONEPHONE

PLANTER BUFFERPLANTER BUFFERZONEZONE

LIGHT MASTLIGHT MAST

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Project Description