It's all over now

and I've seen worse

02/07/2011

Something about the blizzard wasn't as bad as it seemed. Or so it seemed. I think it was the pictures, the videos, the homemade newsreels swirling in the South Loop like snowflakes Read More...

Old movies raise new money

Sherwood gets a scholarship donation

02/04/2011

Sometimes those little dollars here and there that you pay for neighborhood events really do some good Read More...

Blizzard ravages church in Near West

140-year-old building’s stone tower collapses

02/04/2011

First Baptist Congregational Church’s hulking stone structure has towered over Ashland Avenue and Washington Boulevard since before the Chicago Fire. This week’s blizzard, though, brought parts of massive chunks of the church’s structure tumbling down, tearing massive holes in the roof of the 140-year-old building and crashing down through several stories. Read More...

Snow cancels after-school activities

Chicago Public Schools takes action ahead of storm

02/01/2011 12:48 AM

After-school activities for Tuesday and Wednesday have been cancelled, Chicago Public Schools announced Tuesday morning. Read more...

Jones College Prep makes the honor roll

Jones is an "A" student all the way

02/01/2011

Jones is honored more than any other public school in Illinois. And it's in the South Loop Read More...

Rush opens new cancer center

New $13.3 million space expands, adds yoga room

01/31/2011 7:25 PM

Rush University Medical Center cut the ribbon on a new cancer center Monday, a 49,000 square foot facility for cancer patients coming in for daily care.
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Chompin at the Savoy

A distant memory and a bright future

01/27/2011

Another restaurant bites the dust--but the birth of a new one is right around the corner Read More...

CPS approves University Village magnet school

Former Jefferson School slated to reopen this fall

01/26/2011 6:34 PM

Chicago Public Schools' Board of Education approved a plan Wednesday to open a new magnet school in University Village this coming fall, a move that came in response to months of protest from parents and community residents clamoring for more educational options in the neighborhood.
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The Dilemma turns out to be quite neighborly

it's gotta lotta my life (and Sly Boyd's, too)

01/23/2011

The Dilemma has Chicago's Vince Vaughn, but it also has the Chicago Journal and Sly Boyd and pumpkin cheesecake, not to mention the Green Mill, Lou Malnati's, the Chicago Blackhawks and lotsa lotsa Chi-town neighborhood scenery Read More...

Bears and Packers Bar none

a good way to go in the South Loop

01/22/2011

We South Loopers can be close to home, close to the Bears and in a bar. All at once.


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