https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Kirkwood_Avenue_Closures 2026-05-17T20:34:59Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.41.0 https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Kirkwood_Avenue_Closures&diff=575&oldid=prev 2026-05-17T11:49:26Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:49, 17 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l37">Line 37:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 37:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-06-09''' '''Board of public works action.''' Bloomington board of public works approves a streamlined application process for additional sidewalk space along Kirkwood Avenue for restaurants and retail establishments. The Kirkwood Community Association (KCA) will submit a single application on behalf of participating businesses. Approval is contingent on passage of a related ordinance by the city council. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-looks-to-relax-regulations-on-businesses-to-aid-recovery-from-covid-19-impact/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-06-09''' '''Board of public works action.''' Bloomington board of public works approves a streamlined application process for additional sidewalk space along Kirkwood Avenue for restaurants and retail establishments. The Kirkwood Community Association (KCA) will submit a single application on behalf of participating businesses. Approval is contingent on passage of a related ordinance by the city council. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-looks-to-relax-regulations-on-businesses-to-aid-recovery-from-covid-19-impact/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-06-08''' '''Plan commission action.''' Bloomington plan commission approves a temporary waiver of sign permit application fees through Sept. 30, as part of the city's effort to help businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The waiver is authorized under a provision of the unified development ordinance allowing fee waivers for proposals actively promoted by a unit of local government. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-looks-to-relax-regulations-on-businesses-to-aid-recovery-from-covid-19-impact/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2020-06-08''' '''Plan commission action.''' Bloomington plan commission approves a temporary waiver of sign permit application fees through Sept. 30, as part of the city's effort to help businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The waiver is authorized under a provision of the unified development ordinance allowing fee waivers for proposals actively promoted by a unit of local government. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-looks-to-relax-regulations-on-businesses-to-aid-recovery-from-covid-19-impact/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Topical History]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Kirkwood_Avenue_Closures&diff=574&oldid=prev 2026-05-15T00:54:13Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:54, 14 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">border</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">center</del>|This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">center</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">alt=</ins>This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|thumb|800x800px</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:52, 14 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|border|center<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|800x800px</del>|This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|border|center|This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:50, 14 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">alt=</del>This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|border|800x800px</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">border|center|800x800px|</ins>This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:48, 14 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|alt=This is photo of a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.|center|A </del>crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.|border|800x800px]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|alt=This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.|border|800x800px]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:46, 14 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|alt=This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.|center|A crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.|border]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|alt=This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.|center|A crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.|border<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|800x800px</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Kirkwood_Avenue_Closures&diff=569&oldid=prev 2026-05-15T00:45:36Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:45, 14 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|alt=This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.|center<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|thumb|800x800px</del>|A crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|alt=This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.|center|A crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|border</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Kirkwood_Avenue_Closures&diff=568&oldid=prev 2026-05-15T00:44:37Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:44, 14 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Kirkwood-closure-KOa7ivPano20250802-00834-1.jpg|alt=This is photo of a crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.|center|thumb|800x800px|A crowd for Taste of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue in 2025.]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants during the summer months evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on summer weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Kirkwood_Avenue_Closures&diff=566&oldid=prev 2026-05-14T22:55:01Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:55, 14 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">during the summer months </ins>evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">summer </ins>weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to another  seasonal closure in 2025, with an additional block, after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance. In summer 2026, the street then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026, after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Kirkwood_Avenue_Closures&diff=565&oldid=prev 2026-05-14T22:54:11Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:54, 14 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a larger </del>seasonal closure in 2025 after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026 after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What began in 2020 as a temporary pandemic-era accommodation for restaurants evolved into a years-long debate over whether Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue should function primarily as a street for cars or as a pedestrian-oriented public space. The [https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-07-08-City-of-Bloomington-2019-Transportation-Plan.pdf#page=5 city's 2019 transportation plan] calls for the redesign of Kirkwood as a shared street. The street was closed on weekends in 2020, then seasonally closed each year from 2021 through 2023, remained open in 2024 because of the city’s stormwater project detour needs, returned to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">another  </ins>seasonal closure in 2025<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, with an additional block, </ins>after the city council adopted a standing outdoor dining ordinance<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. In summer 2026</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the street </ins>then reopened to regular vehicle traffic in 2026<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>after the Thomson administration suspended the closure program—except for one-off special events.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td></tr> </table>

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