The easiest place to get on the Bloomingdale Trail now will remain the easiest place. This access point will have three entry points, two of them are ramps.
I say a decade because that’s how long it will take for all the plants and landscaping on the Bloomingdale Trail elevated park to look like how it appears in these fancy renderings by Michael Van Walkenburg & Associates.
Western Trailhead at Ridgeway Avenue pops up 10 feet above the trail level, over 20 feet above ground level.
See all the photos from the meeting last Monday. Read my high praise for the project and the planning process on Grid Chicago.