Crosstown Neighborhood Guide
Crosstown is defined almost entirely by one extraordinary building: Crosstown Concourse, the adaptive reuse of a 1927 Sears, Roebuck and Co. distribution center that now houses apartments, offices, a health clinic, restaurants, a brewery, and arts organizations under one massive roof. The project transformed a long-vacant landmark into one of the largest LEED Platinum-certified historic adaptive reuse buildings in the world, and its success has made the surrounding neighborhood a draw for residents who want urban density without downtown's noise. The area sits just north of Midtown proper, bounded by a walkable grid of bungalows and older apartment buildings that quietly complements the Concourse's scale. Parking is limited and the neighborhood is compact enough that running into neighbors is less a coincidence than a routine, which tends to suit the people who choose to live here just fine.
Where A Sears Became An Everything
🧭Generally defined as the area: Watkins Street to the north, Poplar Avenue to the south, Cleveland Street to the west, and McLean Boulevard to the east.
📌Best known for: the giant Sears turned mixed-use Crosstown Concourse, a massive 1.5 million-square-foot "vertical urban village" created from the adaptive reuse of the historic 1927 Sears, Roebuck & Co. distribution center. It is one of the largest LEED Platinum-certified historic adaptive reuse projects in the world.
👕You'll fit in if: you bike everywhere and actually use the word artisan.
👍Move here for: walking to coffee shops inside a repurposed retail cathedral.
👎Don't say we didn't warn you about: limited parking and everyone knowing your grocery cart contents.
✨TLDR;: Sears catalog meets urban experiment.
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Crosstown Neighborhood DNA
former warehouse dwellers who grew up.
