Home Depot, Halsted Street, Lincoln Park, Chicago

Home Depot, Halsted Street, Lincoln Park, Chicago
Originally uploaded by rllayman.

Another great photo by correspondent (and planner) Steve Pinkus, who writes:

Here's a shot of a two-floor Home Depot on Chicago's North Side in the fashionable neighborhood of Lincoln Park. This proves that you can place big box retail into an urban street context and still be aesthestically sensitive.

Contrast this to DC's Home Depot on RI Ave ... but hey, at least ours has PLENTY OF FREE PARKING!!!!!!

(My photo.)

Thank you Steve!

(Also see Bringing a Big-Box Store to a Tough Area of Brooklyn from the New York Times.)

Index Keywords: urban-design-placemaking; retail