A Web site targeting you-know-what

03/10/2010

It all started with a walk around the neighborhood. Douglas Freymann, who’s lived in the South Loop for the past 13 years, was taking his pooches for a stroll Jan. 3. During that trip he noticed what he described in an e-mail he sent later that day as five different orphans. Five separate orphaned dog droppings, to be specific.
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Buyer sought for firehouse

03/10/2010

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.
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Work at Plymouth building

03/03/2010

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks will gather today in city hall starting at 12:45 p.m. to changes to the Plymouth Building, 417 S. Dearborn.
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South Loop streetscape finished soon

03/03/2010

Completion of a new streetscape along S. Wabash between Harrison and Roosevelt will celebrated March 8 at 11 a.m. at 11th and Wabash, according to a press release from Ald. Robert Fioretti's office
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What are One Views?

03/03/2010

Chicago Journal publishes the thoughts of three regular columnists. Bonnie McGrath opines on the South Loop and What It All Means while AmySue Mertens digs into the West Loop’s issues and challenges. University of Illinois-Chicago politics prof Dick Simpson contributes a piece.
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A new gallery in the South Loop

03/03/2010

A Feb. 28 snippet from Bonnie McGrath’s South Loop Observer blog: "A great new art gallery in the South Loop - run by Realtor Colleen Harper - opened this weekend at 1915 S. Michigan ...
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Families of E2 victims call for federal probe

02/24/2010

The call that came in to Howard Ray the night of Feb. 17, 2003, wasn't expected. It was, however, life changing. His nephew was outside of E2 nightclub, on the phone with tragic news.
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Science fair awards for South Loop students

02/24/2010

Four students from South Loop Elementary School were awarded for their science fair projects at a Jan. 29 regional competition that saw more than 90 entries from more than 30 institutions in the Chicago Public Schools system.
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Road work on the agenda

02/24/2010

Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) will be hosting a meeting March 2 about three major infrastructure projects slated to start this April: the Congress Parkway remake; reconstruction of Wacker Drive; and repaving the Eisenhower Expressway.
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Park notes: Venues, rehabs, underpasses

02/10/2010