Protest at the mayor's South Loop house
07/17/2009
Activists from Bronzeville want the city to designate some 500 vacant lots in the neighborhood for affordable housing. They recently took their campaign to the mayor's South Loop home. ChiTownDailyNews reports. Read More...
Developer looking at student housing in S. Loop
07/15/2009
South Loop developers Keith Giles and Jerry Karlik want to build a 21-story student housing tower at 1136-40 S. Wabash. Read More...
Battle over evictions at federally funded housing
07/14/2009
At a Rogers Park subsidized housing complex, orphans could lose their home. Read More...
Searing critique of Olympic ward meetings
07/10/2009
Tribune business columnist David Greising takes Mayor Daley to task on the Olympics meetings. Read More...
Near West food desert and farmer's market
07/10/2009
Tribster Mary Schmich checks out the Neighbors' Development Network's new farmer's market. The print edition of the column includes a photo of neighbors Andre Perrin and Amy Knapp. Read More...
Chicago: the country's second best news town?
07/07/2009
Check out this hilarious post Gawker.com offered up about which major American city is the best news town. Read More...
Gallery owners take a look at the South Loop
07/06/2009
Is the South Loop Chicago's next gallery district? Read More...
Violence at the Taste of Chicago
07/06/2009
Mike Doyle examines the accounts of violence at the Taste of Chicago in the Tribune and Sun-Times and compares them with what officers commenting on the Second City Cop blog and Twitter users at downtown found. Read More...
SouthtownStar writer P. Kadner on Springfield
07/02/2009
Title of this opinion column: "Does anyone in Springfield know what they're doing?" Read More...
Bar planned for Roos Collection
07/02/2009
A longtime restaurateur is planning a bar for the movie theater at Roosevelt Collection. Read More...