Avenue landlord says preservation ignored by Oak Park’s ‘Renew the Avenue’ project

Avenue landlord says preservation ignored by Oak Park’s ‘Renew the Avenue’ project

James Bushouse isn’t happy about Oak Park’s Renew the Avenue project, the sewer and streetscape project that has long been planned for Oak Park Avenue, the street bisecting town.  It’s not just that the street closures which will run through Thanksgiving will affect his tenants in the building he owns on the southeast corner of Oak Park Avenue and Lake Street. Bushouse also argues that the village is effectively practicing eminent domain in seek…