Two of the city’s significant needs — new housing and access to Chicago’s treasured lakefront — are bumping against one another in Edgewater, where neighborhood groups are divided over a plan to redevelop a synagogue’s lakefront acreage.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the city that sought to overturn the upzoning of a Far North Side corridor, a setback for a group of Edgewater residents and business owners who argued it was inappropriate for the neighborhood.

Emanuel Congregation announced plans last year to redevelop its lakefront property into a mixed-use site, with housing, retail and a new synagogue.

Tracing how high-rise development along Sheridan Road in Edgewater evolved historically and why community-led zoning limits were eventually put in place.

Providing tax relief where it is not needed is not an incentive; it is a giveaway. It means the city is forgoing badly needed revenue without receiving any additional public benefit in return.

A group of Edgewater residents are suing the city of Chicago over zoning changes meant to promote increased density along a nearly 2-mile stretch of Broadway.