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Audio profile of the South Loop School debaters

03/19/2010

Chicago Journal is pleased to present an audio profile of the South Loop School Debate Team. Click through to listen in to some of the students' verbal jousts.
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McDonald's eyeing spot on Lake Street

03/18/2010

One of the biggest fast food operators in the land may be arriving in the West Loop. McDonald's is seeking to obtain a special permit it would need to open a restaurant at 1380 W. Lake. Read More...

The borders and enclaves of the West Loop

03/11/2010 11:01 AM

In this week's Chicago Journal, columnist AmySue Mertens examines the West Loop's border issues and particularlistic enclaves within the neighborhood.
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Master planning continues at UIC

03/10/2010

Despite the financial and budgetary uncertainty swirling around the University of Illinois-Chicago, meetings about the future of the school's campus Near West Side campus are scheduled for this week. Read More...

Buyer sought for Roosevelt Road firehouse

03/09/2010

The City of Chicago is seeking a buyer for an empty fire station at 1123 W. Roosevelt. Built in 1873, the structure has been empty since the summer of 2008, when the fire department's Engine Company 18 moved out of the building and into a new, modern station at 1360 S. Blue Island. Read More...

Generators on the agenda tonight

03/09/2010 9:29 AM

Ald. Robert Fioretti's office has organized a public meeting tonight with representatives from Digital Realty, to talk about generators and the noise they make in the Prairie District.
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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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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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