Cocaine bust in the South Loop
03/05/2010
Chicago police officers arrested a South Loop man at his home in the 1500 block of S. State on Wednesday, taking around 640 grams of cocaine and drug paraphanelia from the residence. Read More...
New Yorker on Daley
03/05/2010
The South Loop! The New Yorker's profile of Mayor Daley mentions the neighborhood where he lives. Among other issues.
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No gloves in the whole store
and it was February, yet!
03/04/2010
All I wanted was a quick pair of gloves--and they were nowhere to be found--in February????? Read More...
The new workhorses
03/01/2010
Several arterial streets cutting through Near South and Near West neighborhoods will serve as alternative routes during road construction projects expected to start this spring, taking on traffic displaced from the Eisenhower Expressway and Congress Parkway. Read More...
It is a small world. After all.
03/01/2010
Readers: spare me a moment for a little personal musing. An e-mail from a Loop-based public relations firm caught my eye this morning.
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The dawn of a new gallery
Realtor Colleen Harper takes on a new role
02/28/2010
Colleen Harper does a lot of things and she's good at them all. She just opened a new art gallery on South Michigan Avenue--which I predict will be a great success... Read More...
Zoning advances for student dorm
02/25/2010 3:47 PM
Members of the city council's zoning committee have given their seal of approval to a zoning change needed for a 37-story student dorm at the the southeast corner of Wabash and Van Buren.
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Roosevelt Cleaners by any other name
Who knew? It's named after the University
02/24/2010
It was news to me that the Roosevelt Cleaners on Printers Row happens to be named after Roosevelt University. And there's a good family story behind it, too, according to a couple of South Loopers... Read More...
Students housing in the S. Loop, road construction
02/23/2010
South Loop residents will be gathering on Feb. 24 to discuss new student housing in and near the neighborhood and, on March 2, three major road reconstruction projects.
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Dowell in the fray on schools debate
02/18/2010
Third Ward Ald. Pat Dowell is in the thick of debates about CPS's controversial school closings and "turnaround" strategies. Tonight she's hosting a meeting about CPS's plans for Phillips High School. Monday, the education committee will discuss a resolution Dowell co-sponsored that calls for a one-year moratorium on CPS "school closings, consolidations, turnarounds and phase-outs."
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