{"id":5250,"date":"2018-09-13T20:55:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T20:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopchicagodev.wpenginepowered.com\/washington-and-wabash-station-turns-1-how-the-street-is-transforming\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:45:07","slug":"washington-and-wabash-station-turns-1-how-the-street-is-transforming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/chicago-loop-blog\/washington-and-wabash-station-turns-1-how-the-street-is-transforming\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington and Wabash Station Turns 1: How the Street is Transforming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"loop-intro wp-block-paragraph\">W Wabash in the Loop ya no es lo que era \u2014y su transformaci\u00f3n no fue un accidente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">El primer aniversario de la estaci\u00f3n de CTA de Washington y Wabash puede que sea lo primero que se recuerde a los habitantes de Chicago, pero esta estaci\u00f3n no es la \u00fanica transformaci\u00f3n que ha afectado a Wabash en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os; a\u00fan queda mucho por llegar en cuanto a revitalizaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Muchos de los esfuerzos en Wabash han sido liderados por la Chicago Loop Alliance, que reuni\u00f3 a un grupo de trabajo integrado por administradores de propiedades, propietarios de negocios y otros interesados para imaginar y luego dar vida al futuro de la calle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLa idea es convertir a Wabash en un destino tur\u00edstico\u201d, dijo Michael Edwards, presidente y director ejecutivo de Chicago Loop Alliance. \u201cEn 2013 completamos nuestro plan estrat\u00e9gico y el proyecto n\u00famero uno en el \u00e1mbito del desarrollo econ\u00f3mico fue transformar a Wabash\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo? <a href=\"http:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/go\/millennium-park\/\">Parque del Milenio<\/a> Fundada en 2004, la Chicago Loop Alliance observ\u00f3 que los visitantes del parque caminaban de un lado a otro de Michigan, y Wabash funcionaba como un \u201c\u00e1rea de borde urbano\u201d: los peatones que pasaban por Michigan no pod\u00edan ver m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de Wabash hasta State Street debido a las v\u00edas del tren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMichigan Avenue era un destino, State Street era un destino, y pensamos que Wabash era tan \u00fanico que deber\u00eda ser tambi\u00e9n un destino de referencia\u201d, dijo Edwards. \u201cLa idea era transformar Wabash para que en lugar de ser una divisi\u00f3n, sea un punto de conexi\u00f3n que animar\u00eda a la gente a desplazarse entre esos dos centros de energ\u00eda, Michigan y State.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large loop-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/City-Seats-by-Chicago-Loop-Alliance__FocusFillWzEsMSwieCIsMF0.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Estos esfuerzos han estado acompa\u00f1ados por la labor de organizaciones externas, como la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofchicago.org\/city\/en\/depts\/dca.html\">Departamento de Asuntos Culturales y Eventos Especiales de la Ciudad de Chicago<\/a>\u2019Creaturas art\u00edsticas colgando de las v\u00edas del metro, y un proyecto mural que llegar\u00e1 pronto al Harold Washington College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEstamos trabajando actualmente con DCASE en el proyecto de murales\u201d, dijo Ignacio L\u00f3pez, presidente de <a href=\"http:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/go\/harold-washington-college1\/\">Colegio Harold Washington<\/a>. \u201cEl objetivo ser\u00eda tener un mural en el lado de Wabash del edificio que rodee el callej\u00f3n trasero. \u00bfQu\u00e9 maravilloso ser\u00eda para nuestros estudiantes, para la comunidad del Loop y para Chicago tener este mural?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Tambi\u00e9n se est\u00e1n llevando a cabo varios proyectos importantes en este tramo de Wabash que probablemente aumentar\u00e1n significativamente el n\u00famero de peatones. Se planea construir un hotel boutique de 39 habitaciones en el edificio Jewelers, de 136 a\u00f1os de antig\u00fcedad, en la calle S. Wabash, n\u00famero 19. Y en Cedar Street se est\u00e1 remodelando el edificio de 93 a\u00f1os que se encuentra en la calle E. Adams, n\u00famero 30, para convertirlo en un complejo residencial de 176 unidades con tiendas en la misma calle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Will Murphy, socio gerente de Cedar Street, dijo que las peculiaridades de Wabash en comparaci\u00f3n con Michigan o State pueden ser en realidad un punto a favor para un desarrollador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCreo que la inversi\u00f3n p\u00fablica y privada en el corredor de Wabash ha cambiado el panorama en los \u00faltimos cinco a\u00f1os\u201d, dijo Murphy. \u201cEstamos entusiasmados con el futuro\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large loop-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Wabash-Light-Mock-Up-by-Wabash-Lights__FocusFillWzEsMSwieCIsMF0.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Otro desarrollo en las obras podr\u00eda ser la clave para convertir a Wabash en un destino tanto para los visitantes como para los residentes de Chicago: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewabashlights.com\/\">Luzes de Wabash<\/a>. El proyecto tiene la intenci\u00f3n de llevar una instalaci\u00f3n art\u00edstica interactiva que utiliza la luz y la tecnolog\u00eda a los propios carriles de metro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLo que m\u00e1s me entusiasma es nuestra colaboraci\u00f3n con <a href=\"http:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/go\/depaul-university\/\">DePaul<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/cps.edu\/Pages\/home.aspx\">Escuelas P\u00fablicas de Chicago<\/a> \u201dLos profesores dise\u00f1ar\u00e1n un plan de estudios STEAM para que los estudiantes de CPS puedan programar las luces\u201c, dijo Maria Demopoulos, presidenta del consejo de administraci\u00f3n de Wabash Lights. \u201dEl plan de estudios es modular. En las lecciones anteriores, los estudiantes evaluar\u00e1n los conceptos de dise\u00f1o competidores y pensar\u00e1n c\u00f3mo representar visualmente una idea en las luces. En las lecciones posteriores, podr\u00e1n conectar las luces con instrumentos musicales o movimientos de danza\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Edwards dijo que los esfuerzos combinados de la Chicago Loop Alliance, la industria privada y otras organizaciones sin fines de lucro continuar\u00e1n transformando a Wabash en el destino que siempre supo que podr\u00eda ser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEn el futuro, quiz\u00e1s haya luces interesantes, las criaturas estar\u00e1n all\u00ed, estar\u00e1s sentado en un caf\u00e9 de la calle de un nuevo restaurante, estar\u00e1s alojado en un nuevo hotel muy cool\u2014estas cosas empiezan a trabajar juntas para convertir la calle en un lugar m\u00e1s acogedor, un lugar en el que puedas pasar tiempo\u201d, dijo. \u201cQuiz\u00e1s haya una frase en alg\u00fan lugar que diga: \u2018El distrito de Wabash: donde lo extra\u00f1o se encuentra con lo maravilloso\u2019\u201d.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>W Wabash in the Loop ya no es lo que era \u2014y su transformaci\u00f3n no fue un accidente.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[65,21,67,57],"class_list":["post-5250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-loop-news","tag-events","tag-free","tag-public-art-parks-plazas","tag-things-to-do"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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