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City plan commission approves pedestrian mall for Nativity Jesuit Academy to add green play space to Near South Side
Summary
The commission approved converting a section of South 29th Street into a publicly owned pedestrian mall that will provide a locked school‑controlled play area during school hours and remain open to the public outside those hours; the school will maintain the space and keyfob‑controlled gates will serve the parking area, not the pedestrian mall.
The City Plan Commission on Jan. 27 approved an ordinance (file 241341) establishing the Nativity Jesuit Pedestrian Mall on South 29th Street from West Orchard Street to a point roughly 180 feet south of West Orchard Street in the 8th Aldermanic District.
Department of Public Works coordination manager James Washington explained the conversion process: the street will remain public right‑of‑way but be limited to pedestrian uses once the city converts it from a Class B highway to a pedestrian mall; Nativity Jesuit Academy will operate and maintain the plaza and adjacent private…
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