CDOT workers remove signs allowing parking along Logan Square Wednesday. Photo credit: Andrew Schneider/DNA Info.
The signs came down Wednesday.
After five years, parking along historic Logan Blvd., Kedzie Blvd. and Humboldt Blvd. officially ended when Chicago Department of Transportation workers removed signs allowing parking on weekends according to DNA Info.
The signs, which went up in 2011 at the behest of former alderman Rey Colon, allowed parking 7 AM and 9 PM Saturday and Sunday, and from 7 to 9 PM Wednesday.
The signs just formalized the unofficial stand down order for parking enforcement which allowed patrons of several churches in the area to park without fear of parking tickets.
But many residents were opposed to the change in parking policy at the time and felt parked cars detracted from the beauty of the boulevards.
According to DNA Info the specific removals:
The roadways that were changed include Logan Boulevard between Sacramento and Campbell avenues; Kedzie Boulevard between Linden Place and Belden Avenue; and Humboldt Boulevard between Shakespeare Avenue and Cortland Street.
Recent ward red-maps put Ald. Scott Wagusespack in charge of most of that area of Logan Square. Residents of the neighborhood voted to dump the signs two years ago and Waguespack complied with the will of his constituents.
Here’s DNA Info’s full story, “Free Boulevard Parking Ends in Logan Square.”
