Recovering river needs protection
One View
07/22/2009
The "Great Coyote Hunt" series (Chicago Journal, July 2 and July 9) was a wonderful reminder of the natural legacy of the Chicago region. The much maligned coyote living along the river at the South Branch meander site reminded me of the Chicago River itself - a critical part of our natural landscape that was mistreated for over a century that is starting to recover. Read more...
Olympic cost
Chicagoans cynical about the budget
07/22/2009
The reaction to Chicago 2016’s presentation Tuesday ranged from fulsome, chest-pounding praise for the Olympic bid, to interest in how small business owners could get in on the 2016 pie, to skepticism that Games here would cost as promised. Read more...
Sell St. Stephen's
07/22/2009
It's beyond time for the InterCoastal Group to get out of the business of barely keeping up St. Stephen's Terrace, the Near West Side affordable housing complex that is both dilapidated and without proper security. Read more...
The new market
07/15/2009
The new farmers’ market at Washington and Maypole is an achievement and its organizers should be commended for their hard work. The challenge now is ensuring the market survives. A big part of that is getting a credit card machine so that low-income neighbors who use Link cards for food purchases can buy there. Read more...
Letters
07/15/2009
- State doesn't need tax increase
- Now we can actually park
- Demand more from the city, aldermen
Hey, buyer. Beware!
07/08/2009
I was set to close on a condo in the West Loop at the end of May. It was to be an upgrade with an extra bedroom, some green space and an end to the guilt that by renting I was “throwing money into a bottomless pit.” Things started out nice enough. When we left the showing, Read more...
Congress goes federal
Where is that aldermanic prerogative?
07/08/2009
By the time this paper hits the streets, Day One of the bench trial in the case of 520 South Michigan Avenue Associates Ltd. (aka the Congress Plaza Hotel) vs. Alderman Robert Fioretti and the City of Chicago should be done. Read more...
The state budget crisis
07/01/2009
Last week we did two things we rarely do here at Chicago Journal: Delve into state politics and publish an editorial on our front page. We made these calls because the state’s budget is fundamentally a local budget. And if social service providers in our neighborhoods start slashing their programs, we all will feel the impact. Fewer parents will have daycare. Read more...
Where the coyotes are
07/01/2009
There’s plenty of doom and gloom in the newspapers and on television stations these days and Chicago Journal is no exception. Developments collapse, but residents bitterly oppose others. City workers are forced to take furlough days. Our parking meter system gets privatized. Read more...