We asked readers what one change to Chicago\u2019s downtown they\u2019d like to see in the next 20 years. Here\u2019s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity:<\/p>\n
\u201cFewer cars, more and better public transportation and a marketplace, a large indoor open space with food, shops, produce and specialty items. Think Reading Terminal [in Philadelphia] or [Queen] Victoria Market [in Melbourne].\u201d
\u2014 Joe Krutz<\/p>\n
\u201cAffordable parking.\u201d
\u2014 Monique DuBray-Katz <\/p>\n
\u201cZoning that replaces empty storefronts with affordable housing.\u201d
\u2014 Michael Davis<\/p>\n
\u201cA massive reduction in emissions from big buildings downtown. … We can bring [this] about … plus huge savings on energy bills and cleaner, healthier air by deploying heat pumps, efficient electric appliances, clean energy generation, smart thermostats and other proven technologies. But we need the political will and the initial capital investment to do it.\u201d
\u2014 Rachel Fredericks<\/p>\n
\u201cSafety and security measures.\u201d
\u2014 Rickey Buegel <\/p>\n
\u201cThrough-run trains at Union Station, and build the tunnel from the Metra electric lines onto the UP lines.\u201d
\u2014 Collin Pearsall<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to see the Bears find a conscience and self-fund a new downtown stadium for the coming generations.\u201d
\u2014 Michael Vicari<\/p>\n
\u201cRetail and working class diners brought back to State Street.\u201d
\u2014 Kevin Kitchen<\/p>\n
\u201cPut [DuSable] Lake Shore Drive underground to extend Grant Park to the lake.\u201d
\u2014 John Falk<\/p>\n
\u201cMarshall Field\u2019s make a comeback.\u201d
\u2014 Doug Miller <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We asked readers what one change to Chicago\u2019s downtown they\u2019d like to see in the next 20 years.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":473232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-473231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}