Although submerged
west of the Loop, the Kennedy Expressway is a physical barrier
between the east and west, the former primarily office space
and the latter mostly residential. Bridges link the two sides
physically, but the neighborhoods lack the continuity of other
parts of the city. Johnson's project looks at the possibilities
that might arise for both office and residential development
if an approximately 1.5 mile length of the expressway were covered
with parkland. Spurred in part by Perkins and Will's recent
completion of the Skybridge
residential high rise adjacent to the Kenndedy, Johnson expanded
part of the Central Area Plan which proposed covering a much
smaller portion of the expressway.
Kennedy Expressway Green Corridor.Chicago, Illinois