We have been living in Naperville this past year and are ready to move into the city. Currently the MINI is garaged, however we will most likely be moving into a vintage condo type building that will not have a parking structure. Right now it looks like the street is fairly full, and I am not sure the car would fair too well out there .

Does anyone know of some parking areas (pay by month preferred) in the 3400 or so block near lakeshore? It does not need to be indoors, just a dedicated parking spot that I can park the MINI in, with a car cover of course!

Thanks,

Peter

 

Well you have a few options. Some apartment buildings will sub-lease parking spots. A friend of mine at Belmont and Addison did that for a covered (tho not a true garage) spot for $120/mo. You can also park under the CTA tracks, which is a little ghetto, but spots can be had for $100/mo. I cover often, particularly when I go out of town. Outside and under a tree, birds seem to think it's a great toilet But agreed about street parking, it's a car massacre!
Be careful, tho, covering when it's dirty can actually do more harm then good... I use a sunshade for the windshield the rest of the time...

 

er Belmont and Lakeshore, unless the earth is shrinking and Addison and Belmont fused together

 

Thanks for the response. I will keep my eyes on Craigslist to see if anything comes up.

Pete