Apartments to come!
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Will there be late night/overnight dead moves pulled by freight engines to rotate stock back to the shops?
Yes and yes.justalurker66 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 2:38 amWill there be late night/overnight dead moves pulled by freight engines to rotate stock back to the shops?
I assume power will be cut to make it easier to build the new track (without catenary and supports).
Dune Park to Gary need a similar closure next year to allow for the reconstruction of the Miller area?
That development will change the look of downtown. A tall building that will tower over everything nearby. It also changes the character of the station. While "transit oriented development" was pushed from the beginning the original station plan was focused on serving passengers first with the potential of adding retail/offices on the west end of the property. The $80 million plan consumes the whole block and adds apartments. There was to be some shared use of the parking but a twelve story building will consume parking.justin_gram wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:09 pmApartments to come!
https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local ... 8372d.html
From the article:justalurker66 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:01 amHopefully I am wrong and there will be plenty of parking for everyone including garage parking for commuters. But I doubt it.
558 spaces for 208 apartments, leaves at least 142 parking spaces for NICTD commuters assuming that all apartments are given two spaces. That's a ton given how little parking there was for the 11th Street station up to this point, with only a few dozen spaces. For comparison, Ogden Dunes has about 250 spaces presently.NWI Times wrote:The plan, with the placeholder name 11th Street Central, includes a new train station, 208 luxury residential apartment homes in a 12-story high rise, over 10,000 square feet of commercial space and a 558-space parking garage.
The original plan showed 565 parking spaces for 11th St. A garage with 402 standard spaces plus 22 compact, 10 ADA and 3 ADA Van (437 total) plus a surface lot extending east toward Cedar St (ending at the end of the ramp on the east end of the platforms) that provides 108 parking spaces (4 ADA). The initial plan also included keeping the 20 slots on the south side of 11th St.Saturnalia wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:13 pm558 spaces for 208 apartments, leaves at least 142 parking spaces for NICTD commuters assuming that all apartments are given two spaces. That's a ton given how little parking there was for the 11th Street station up to this point, with only a few dozen spaces.
Also, NICTD now owns all of the 11th-St facing lots between Pine and Cedar Streets.
Nearly half way to Cedar unless the platform has shifted west. I don't see a break in the fence on the south side of the tracks until Lafayette St.Saturnalia wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:13 pmKeep in mind that the new platforms will extend all the way to Spring Street from Franklin. It would not be out of the way at all to park further east, even on the old Bride Church Lot, which will also have plenty of area available once the tracks are realigned.
There is a reason why the screen goes black for a moment before the end of the Amtrak clip.justin_gram wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:32 amSo, that must have been you standing with us at the diamond for that sunset Amtrak. I had the scanner to your right.
The divider is a concrete median-type wall with a fence on top, to deter trespassing. You won’t have good shots like that, unfortunately. Pacing, yes, obstructed to hell, absolutely.justalurker66 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 7:17 pmNice ... I have seen some pacing behind the train but had not seen anyone pace in front of it. (I have seen people try to pass the train, which is crazy. I can't imagine how tense it must be to have vehicles close to the train.)
Depending on the new traffic controls (stop signs, etc.) fans should be able to replicate that shot in November. There will be a divider between the traffic lane and the double track but it is supposed to be a nice looking one (better than Metra Electric South Chicago Branch).
Wabash, Washington, Franklin, Lafayette, Oak and the Boulevard will be the only crossings remaining from downtown going east. All crossings that will be permanently closed are now allowed to be closed by the contractor, but roads that will ultimately remain open are supposed to remain open as much as possible - they will occasionally close when they build new track through them. Same goes for Sheridan, US 12/Lake-Porter County Line, etc.justalurker66 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:33 pmThe picture I expected. Traffic lanes removed in Michigan City from Wabash to Michigan Ave except the three major crossings (traffic lights disabled) and Oak St. Nice to see the trains above too.