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XO through the ages
10/09/2009
Chicago Journal has covered the ins-and-outs of the XO development since spring 2006. A look back at stories about the project, now in foreclosure, from our archives.
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Thoughts on the Olympic decision?
10/02/2009
The International Olympic Committee bounced Chicago in the first round of voting for the 2016 Games. South Loopers, West Loopers, Near West Siders (and other Web browsers): what do you think?
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South Loop scene in new novel
10/02/2009
Excerpts from acclaimed writer Richard Powers's new novel are popping up on the Web. "Generosity" features scenes from the South Loop.
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Congress Hotel wins injunction
09/29/2009
Judge Ronald Guzman ruled in favor of the Congress Plaza Hotel in its lawsuit against Ald. Robert Fioretti, winning an injunction. Click to download Judge Guzman's opinion.
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Circle Line meetings this week
09/28/2009 12:21 AM
The Chicago Transit Authority is holding the first of three public meetings about the agency's proposed Circle Line route tomorrow evening on the campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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The sea of parking lots
09/25/2009
Another post from our archives. In his Dec. 8, 2005 column, former Chicago Journal editor Haydn Bush wrote about the parking lots surrounding the United Center. This week, we published a story about the future of one of those parcels.
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D'Angelo and the billboards
09/25/2009
Oscar D'Angelo, the so-called "Mayor of Little Italy," has long complained about billboards in and around downtown, a check of the Chicago Journal archives show.
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Revamp coming for Chinatown el stop
09/22/2009
The Chicago Transit Authority will spend $12.5 million on the Cermak-Chinatown elevated train station.
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2016 decision is 11 days away
09/21/2009
With the International Olympic Committee announcing the host city for the 2016 Games Oct. 2, groups supporting and opposing the bid are making a final round of appeals.
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National honor for Young
09/18/2009 4:07 PM
The U.S. Department of Education has named Whitney M. Young Magnet High School a "National Blue Ribbon School."
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