Determined to sell
Old main building will be sold this August 'regardless of price'
07/15/2009
The old Main Post Office sits vacant on the southwest edge of the Loop, a dormant building that has resisted all previous efforts to remake it for contemporary use. Spanning more than three million square feet, with the center bulk of the structure looming above the Eisenhower Expressway, the old post office is one of the most challenging reuse projects in the city. Read more...
Cavorting equines dominate new show
Cavalia' debuted July 14 beneath a big tent
07/15/2009
Web Extra! Slideshow
In a dreamlike, two-hour spectacle, Cavalia puts dozens of galloping
horses on a massive stage with acrobats, aerialists, dancers, riders
and musicians as an impressive multimedia presentation celebrating the
bond between humans and horses comes to life. Read More...
Produce, a nun and coffee
Farmers' market opens as organizers vie to keep this nutrition oasis
07/15/2009
Bounty from an Illinois farm, a convent on the West Side and a coffee shop in West Town was spread across tables in Ellen Gates Starr Park on Sunday, as the farmers' market seeking a toehold on the Near West Side opened for business the second week in a row. Read more...
Inside job
07/15/2009
A security guard at the Sears store located at 2 N. State watched an employee take a pair of Adidas shoes valued at $69.99 from a shelf and put them on his feet while he was working at 7:30 a.m. July 12. Read more...
Honoring Chicago's planner
07/15/2009
David Woodhouse Architects was selected last week as the winner of the Daniel Burnham Memorial design competition. The memorial is proposed for the front of the Field Museum. Read More...
Local impact of the capital bill
07/15/2009
Governor Pat Quinn signed the $31 billion capital bill Monday at Marshall High School on the West Side, promising the legislation would create or retain 439,000 jobs across the state and pay for much-needed infrastructure projects in towns large and small. Read more...
Madison-Western chamber is back
07/15/2009
The Madison-Western Chamber of Commerce has been resurrected, to "promote, unite and coordinate efforts to revitalize and improve the business community in order to achieve comprehensive development and enhance the economic life of concerned business people and community professionals in the area," in the words of a post at the Near West Side Community Development Corporation Web site. Read more...
Trouble for controversial move?
07/15/2009
Veteran Crain's Business columnist Greg Hinz reported this week that the Chicago Children's Museum's planned move to Grant Park is in trouble. The museum says it's moving forward. Read more...
An old tradition
Aldermanic perogative goes on trial
07/15/2009
The Congress vs. Fioretti trial is over. So now we wait. If Judge Guzman sides with the hotel, will his the decision be broadly construed, sweeping away a deep-seated Chicago tradition? Or narrow, as the veteran observer of local politics Dick Simpson guesses in our pages this week. Read more...
The great coyote hunt
Part II: Pre-dawn searching in the South Loop's wildest real estate
07/08/2009
The Diarist
In last week’s Chicago Journal, we published Part I of Dan Kelly’s search for
coyotes in the 62-acre vacant parcel at the southwest corner of Clark and
Roosevelt, the South Loop’s wildest, most natural piece of land. Read More...