Access to nearby Rosebud Farm Stand, 525 E. 130th, is a particular sore spot. It’s the area’s sole grocery store, but it’s difficult to access by foot. The only way to walk there from the west is via a narrow trail pedestrians have worn on the south side of the five-lane highway. Walking north to Rosebud from Altgeld means taking a rutted dirt lane.
—DELORIS LUCAS
When asked why his agency has never built the 130th Street sidewalk, CDOT spokesman Mike Claffey declined to comment.
Those efforts will compliment other improvements the neighborhood has seen of late, including the CHA-funded reconstruction of 133rd, which was so dilapidated the CTA was forced to shorten the #34 Michigan Avenue bus route there. (The route also serves the 95th Street el station, so it’s a lifeline for residents. The planned extension of the Red Line to Altgeld will greatly improve access, but that initiative is moving slowly.)
