If you missed browsing through ChicagoJournal.com’s blogs this week, you missed a rundown of the 26th annual Printers Row Lit Fest, a question for South Loop developers and documents pertaining to a potential parking lot.

“You could do a lot of extraneous stuff this year at the fest,” Bonnie McGrath wrote on her blog, the South Loop Observer, “like get your blood pressure taken, hook up with a realtor, try out a new mattress or a massage chair, listen to rock bands, and buy a lot of concessions like wine and grilled foods. But the kind of person who enjoys a book fair likes purity — and not schlock. The Tribune could be shooting itself in the foot.”

Read the full post at chicagojournal.com/Blogs/South-Loop-Observer/06-13-2010/The_Book_Fair_is_26_years_old.

Blagica Bottigliero, meanwhile, posed this question on her Sidewalk Observations blog: “Could we be losing residents because of the special assessment drama that’s hit many buildings in our neighborhood?”

“My mind then flips to the entrepreneur who is looking to open up shop at the base of the newer condo buildings,” Blagica writes. “Would those buildings that had/have a history of poor workmanship and hefty special assessments affect the small business owner’s decision? I hope not.”

Check out the post at chicagojournal.com/Blogs/Sidewalk-Observations/06-13-2010/Are_Developer_Mistakes_Blocking_New_Retail?

As noted in last week’s Chicago Journal, D2 Realty, which owns one of the two parcels that comprise the empty land at Harrison and Wells (and the smaller one at that), has applied to receive a special-use permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals.

Such a permit would allow D2 to build a 218-space parking lot atop their land, though the firm says it’s not dead-set on carrying out the project even if they do obtain the permission.

Download PDFs of the D2 applications from the Near Loop Wire blog, at chicagojournal.com/Blogs/Near-Loop-Wire/06-14-010/A_parking_lot_at_Harrison_and_Wells?