Some seniors in Lincolnwood are sounding off about sidewalks – or lack of – in the north suburb, using scheduled in-person community survey encounters with village leaders and contractors to make their frustrations known. “This village is sidewalk-challenged,” Howard Gillman, president of the Congregation Yehuda Moshe, told a planner at a community townhall held Nov. 13 at Village Hall. He explained two condominium buildings on Touhy Avenue are home to elderly residents who rely on walkers, wheelchairs and other mobility aids, and they don’t have sidewalks near their buildings. Instead, they use the valet lane for neighboring restaurants, for example. […]
Seniors with mobility aids need better access to sidewalks in parts of Lincolnwood, a resident says
