Lake Street remake
Morgan el project gets federal help, intersection to be cleared of columns
09/02/2009
A new el station in the West Loop is getting some help from the ultimate infrastructure funder: Uncle Sam. The City of Chicago will use $8 million in federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds to help pay for the planned Morgan and Lake station, which would serve riders on the Green and Pink lines. Read More...
Buying Chicago history
Bidders and onlookers in Rosemont, where the old post office was sold
09/02/2009
Through a stately white lobby of glass and marble, at the end of the hallway that splits the Louvre Ballroom wing of the Hotel Intercontinental O’Hare in suburban Rosemont, a massive, $3,875 fine art print of Fidel Castro gazed from a distance at the back’s of men lining the hallway. Read More...
Insurance man, insurance plan
Commitment to buy policies for budget, venues, Village, Ryan says
09/02/2009
Private donations would fund the Olympic bid committee’s purchase of insurance policies designed to guard against overruns and unanticipated costs, Pat Ryan, chairman of Chicago 2016 and an insurance magnate himself, told aldermen Tuesday. Read more...
Dodgeball Ninjas resurrect classic
Motley crew gathers at Sheridan Park
08/26/2009
If you enter the world of the Aberdeen Street Dodgeball Ninjas, prepare to compete with passion. Beware the flying rubber balls. Use peripheral vision to guard against sneak attacks. Throw smartly at foes and listen to teammates. Read More...
It's Pete's
Long-vacant Madison/Western site gets its grocer
08/26/2009
Marie Reichardt remembers when the commercial strips along Western Avenue and Madison Street offered everything from meat markets to movie theatres. A family could shop very locally. Read More...
Suit demands damages for alleged abuse
Chicago Hope Academy in the cross-hairs
08/26/2009
Chicago Hope Academy administrators failed to intervene after a teacher initiated a sexual relationship with one of her students, a new lawsuit alleges. Filed last week by a minor listed only as John Doe, the suit seeks $200,000 in damages against the private, Christian high school, 2189 W. Bowler. Read More...
School lease sparks anger
Charter school operator set to move into shuttered school building
08/26/2009
The powerful operator of a network of charter schools is expected to take control of a Pilsen middle school building Chicago Public Schools ordered closed this June. Read more...
Flurry of vendors commit to MetraMarket
More lessees for project targeting Loop commuters, residents
08/26/2009
Local and regional names lead the list of specialty vendors expected for the soon-to-debut food emporium in the West Loop’s long-planned MetraMarket. Read more...
Fido's poop must go now
Clean up your balcony, board's lawsuit demands
08/26/2009
Dog doo-doo on the balcony has a couple of South Loop condominium owners in deep ... trouble. The condo association that represents owners in the 212 E. Cullerton building filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Michael Sikorski and Heather Ehrenberg, alleging both have allowed their two-foot tall, 100-pound dog to defecate on the balcony abutting their unit. Read more...
'Creatives' in industrial buildings
In East Pilsen, city carves out a new kind of arts district
08/19/2009
The vision for the “Chicago Creative Industry District,” to hear city planners speak of it, lends itself to a beehive metaphor: a heady mix of producers, artists, architects, designers and entrepreneurs rubbing elbows, creating jobs and drawing new visitors to an underused part of East Pilsen. Read More...