West Loop groundbreaking on Oct. 3
09/23/2009
Ground gets broken on what’s informally called the Adams-Sangamon Park on Oct. 3, at 10:30 in the morning. Just arrive at the intersection after which the park is named. Read more...
Flying high over the skyline
09/16/2009
Photos from Skinner Park in the West Loop as residents soaked up the temperate autumn weather Sunday.
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Envisioning the next UIC
Master plan covers Near West campus from 10,000 feet and decades down the road
09/16/2009
The University of Illinois-Chicago last updated its master plan in 1998 to prepare for development of what is now called the South Campus, a stretch of S. Halsted between Roosevelt and the 16th Street train viaduct. Read More...
Pay to park
Decision upsets parishioners at St. Francis
09/16/2009
Sunday mornings at St. Francis of Assisi Church tend to be busy affairs. Congregants shuttle into the Near West Side church, located just west of Halsted on Roosevelt, to catch a service or light a candle in the sanctuary. Kids pour into an addition located behind the main structure. Read More...
Jesuit project possible on Pilsen parcel
Religious order purchases long-vacant parcel, wants to change development plan
09/16/2009
Land once imagined for a massive new condominium complex in Pilsen appears set to be reborn as a campus for a Catholic religious order - at least on paper. Read more...
Preckwinkle says she can reform Cook County
Longtime alderman confident about tough race for top spot
09/16/2009
Toni Preckwinkle, a challenger in the race for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, sees an unambiguous lethargy in current county government, led by Todd Stroger. The alderman of the 4th Ward for the past 18 years, Preckwinkle decided she would run for the seat in December 2008 and started meeting with city council colleagues, labor unions and county committeemen shortly thereafter. Read More...
There are still bubbles
Debating how to clean up Bridgeport’s former dumping ground
09/16/2009
A chain link fence separates Bubbly Creek, a polluted backwater cul-de-sac of the Chicago River, from human contact near 35th Street and Racine Avenue. Read more...
Honoring du Sable
Reilly wants to honor city founder with renaming
09/16/2009
While some of Chicago's most treasured buildings are slowly being renamed after the highest bidder, one downtown alderman hopes to use his influence to honor "The Father of Chicago." Read more...
Armed men burglarize home
09/16/2009
A woman was walking up to her building located in the 1300 block of S. Wabash Sept. 11 at 5:20 p.m. when two men small stepped out from a doorway and displayed a nickel-plated gun. The offenders told the victim to open the door and take them to her apartment. Read more...
Turning it over
09/16/2009
Ald. Fioretti has scheduled a long-promised meeting about issues that condominium and townhome associations face when developers turn them over to residents. Read More...