Last Stop on the North Lakefront Run
Our north lakefront truck works its way up through Uptown and Edgewater and finishes in Rogers Park before turning west along Howard toward West Ridge or north into Evanston. That makes Rogers Park a mid-to-late-morning stop on most days, which suits the neighborhood: alleys off Morse, Lunt, and Jarvis are quieter once the morning commuters have cleared out of the Red Line lots.
Because Evanston and West Ridge share the same run, a customer at Clark and Howard who needs a second unit across the line the same week can often get it added to the same swing.
Courtyards, Gangways, and Loyola Loading Docks
Rogers Park is a neighborhood of courtyard buildings, and the courtyard is where a unit for a masonry or window job usually sits. The gate width decides everything; our driver measures before committing, and a dolly gets the unit through anything over 32 inches. Loyola's lakeshore campus is a different animal, with a facilities department that assigns a dock or a lawn corner for contractor restrooms during summer building projects.
Along the beaches from Loyola Park south to Hartigan, Park District cleanup and volleyball events use units set back from the sand on the paved paths.
The Howard Street storefronts are another case entirely. Most have no rear lot, so a rehab crew there uses the alley behind the building or a fenced side lot, and the delivery truck stops on the alley rather than on Howard itself.
Which Unit for Which Rogers Park Job
Rehab crews in the six-flats take standard units. Condo associations doing roof or lintel work with residents in place lean toward the deluxe flushing model. Glenwood Avenue arts weekends and Morse Avenue street events run banks of standard units with handwashing stations at the ends of the closed blocks. The luxury restroom trailer shows up for lakefront weddings and Loyola alumni functions, and it needs a paved, level slot the length of two parking spaces.