Demolition starts at Reese and other links
10/28/2009 3:33 PM
In Bronzeville today, city contractors started demolishing the Michael Reese Hospital campus. Hotel workers are due to take a strike vote today.
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Are book clubs too lightweight an activity
Some say yes--nothing to brag about
10/28/2009
Are memberships in two South Loop book clubs too frivolous for a judicial candidate to list? Read More...
Seeking tips on hit and run
10/26/2009 3:11 PM
Martha Gonzalez, 36, was hit by a car at 18th and Halsted and killed shortly after 5 p.m. on Oct. 13. Friends and family of Gonzalez are raising funds for anyone who offers information leading to the driver, who sped away after the incident. Read more...
I finally took part in the film fest
Virginia told me where to go and what to see
10/22/2009
I never realized going to the Chicago International Film Festival could be so easy and fulfilling Read More...
Plea references South Loop's biggest vacant parcel
10/22/2009 1:14 PM
Alonzo "Lou" Monk, once an advisor to indicted ex-governor Rod Blagojevich, discussed the the vacant 62-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Roosevelt and Clark, according to his plea deal. Monk has pleaded guilty.
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Trawling through the Reader document dump
10/22/2009
Chicago Reader investigative reporters Ben Jorvasky and Mick Dumke write about what they call the city's "shadow budget" this week. They've posted tax increment financing documents about TIF districts in the 2nd Ward.
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Petitions being passed for Fioretti in the 7th
10/21/2009
Second Ward Ald. Robert Fioretti confirmed today petitions are going around in case he runs for the 7th District congressional seat.
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Foreclosure suit filed at Block 37
10/20/2009
Joseph Freed and Associates LLC, the developer working on Block 37 in the Loop, has promised to "fight vigorously" against a foreclosure lawsuit Bank of America filed yesterday in circuit court.
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It has history; it has style. But I love to snoop
South Loop Neighbors' Loft Walk is good for spying
10/16/2009
Gladys Kravitz--Samantha's snoopy neighbor in "Bewitched"--would love the neighborhood loft walk. Because it's a snoop's dream come true.... Read More...
Message from Prairie Avenue Bookshop
10/15/2009
Marilyn and Bill Hasbrouck, the longtime proprietors of the South Loop-based Prairie Avenue Bookshop, e-mailed a note to supporters, customers and friends earlier today. Their store is shutting down. Read More...