New sidewalks on Grove Avenue. Notice where the trees are going in:

On Dupage Street, you can see an example of the “bump-outs” that they’ve selected for downtown intersections:

The idea here was to minimize the walking distance for pedestrians going from one side of the street to the other. And it probably has a calming effect on traffic as well.

Filed under: downtown.
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