A movie theater and a big box store
12/17/2009
A new movie theater in the South Loop is scheduled to open tomorrow. This afternoon, the Illinois Medical District Commission is expected to vote on a lease for a new Costco store.
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More renderings of the Navy Pier Flyover
12/17/2009 10:36 AM
Click to see two more conceptual renderings of the Navy Pier Flyover Project, discussed in Chicago Journal's print and online editions this week.
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Council backs South Loop School plan
12/15/2009 10:15 PM
Members of the South Loop School Local School Council voted 9-0 Tuesday night to support moving South Loop's 6th through 8th grades to empty classrooms in the National Teachers Academy building starting in the 2010-2011 school year. The vote also reccommends creation of a new high school in NTA and a full complement of staff.
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Details about Fogelson's latest housing idea
12/14/2009 8:23 AM
The Sun-Times fleshes out some of the details on Central Station developer Gerald Fogelson's idea for thousands of new residential units and hotel rooms north of McCormick Place, built over Metra tracks.
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Jones called 99th best public high school
12/11/2009 3:56 PM
Jones College Preparatory High School, 606 S. State, is the 99th best public high school in the country, according to a new ranking published by the magazine U.S. News and World Report.
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Hold off on changes, Shelton says
12/10/2009
In an e-mail message sent this afternoon, South Loop School principal Tara Shelton said the school will seek to maintain its current building arrangement through the 2010-2011 school year.
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Teacher's Academy building eyed for growing SLS
12/09/2009
Chicago Public Schools is looking to National Teacher's Academy to ease South Loop School's space crunch. The 6th through 8th grades at South Loop could be moved to empty classrooms within NTA as soon as the 2010-2011 school year.
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My red light camera doesn't work
It hardly ever flashes but safety is much worse
12/09/2009
I really hated that red light camera outside my house until it got all the drivers scared enough not to go through red lights anymore. You'd think there would be a lot fewer accidents, right? That's what I thought until I found out the truth Read More...
Stats from recent safety check at Roos and Canal
12/04/2009 4:49 PM
On Nov. 23, police officers conducted a roadside safety check at Roosevelt and Canal, a busy intersection between the South Loop and Near West Side. Here's what they found.
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New Jones now expected by 2013-2014 school year
12/03/2009 10:48 AM
A new building for Jones College Prep is projecting to be open by Sept. 2013. CPS officials had predicted the 1,200-student facility would be ready for the 2012-2013 school year. The Public Building Commission is seeking an architect for the project.
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