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Chicago & Midwest  + North Side  |  May 13, 2019
Paul Bubny
By: Paul Bubny

Uptown Entertainment District Reaches Milestone

City officials cut the ribbon Friday on the Broadway Streetscape Project, advancing the revitalization of the Uptown Entertainment District. The ribbon cutting in a new pedestrian plaza at Broadway Street and Racine Avenue marked the completion of the first phase of a Chicago Department of Transportation streetscape project.

“The Broadway Streetscape is a vital piece of the larger vision for the Uptown Entertainment District,” said Ald. James Cappleman. “These major infrastructure improvements have helped attract new businesses to a thriving retail corridor and have lured well-known entertainment venues to a neighborhood that is geared to their needs.”

The streetscape project included full-width resurfacing of the roadway, a gateway community identifier, new sidewalks, new lighting, new bike racks and trash receptacles, new crosswalks and a pedestrian refuge island at Broadway and Racine. It also reconfigures the intersection of the two streets to create space for the community plaza.

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About Paul Bubny

Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).
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