A pitched battle over Broadway — a clash of visions over a main commercial artery in Edgewater — is due for a City Council hearing Tuesday, after months of delays.

At issue is a proposal from North Side alderpersons to rezone both sides of Broadway from Montrose to Devon avenues to allow larger business or residential projects than what’s permitted now. The most contentious part covers Devon to just south of Foster Avenue, bearing changes sought by Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th).

She wants a rezoning that, with limited exceptions, would allow for mixed-use buildings of seven or eight floors on a street now with a mishmash of uses, including small shops with apartments above, strip malls and large retailers such as Whole Foods and a Burlington clothing store. And the new projects coul

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