Roos Collection worth the wait

I love the Roosevelt Collection because it is something from 'out there' that has been plunked down 'right here.'

02/03/2010

OK, so it's only a first impression. But I am in love with the Roosevelt Collection. For those of you who may not know, the Roosevelt Collection isn’t a set of coins, a set of books about Teddy, the Rough Rider or a set of fine plates like you’d get from the Danbury Mint.
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Bus cuts are unjust, threaten neighborhood projects

Proposed cuts ... disproportionately affect our community

01/27/2010

As many Chicago Transit Authority riders already know from the audio announcements playing in the buses, the CTA has decided to cut several routes and reduce service on others beginning Feb. 7 due to financial difficulty.
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Sending a message on Feb. 2

This election allows voters to start purging Blagojevich’s rank influence on our state.

01/20/2010

The primary scheduled for Feb. 2 is the first election in Illinois since federal prosecutors indicted Rod Blagojevich. With few apparently casting their ballots in early voting, the smart money is betting that the incompetent incumbents will slip into yet another term in office.
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Devilish tale behind West Loop bar

Did Dave Neuhauser test the legend of the crossroads?

01/13/2010

Dave Neuhauser, the owner of the West Loop’s CrossRoads Bar and Grill, seems entranced when he shares the story behind his business, transported to a place I imagine to be a lot like the murals that serve as the bar’s backdrop.
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Snow-be-gone syndrome

Snow removal is a neighborhood crusade.

12/30/2009

At this time of year - when it snows, when it snows, when it snows - the South Loop fights back. Snow removal is a neighborhood crusade. When residents of other neighborhoods are snowed in front and back, we can generally signal an all clear. Snow removal takes initiative, planning, money and the right snow removal company.
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Discussing St. Leonard's

Keeping people on the fringe of society for fear that they will err again more often than not will guarantee they do exactly that.

12/23/2009

If you haven't visited Chicago Journal’s Web site to follow this paper's coverage of St. Leonard's Ministries (SLM), you've missed an important community conversation.
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The Cook County wars

Stroger can’t wield the bully pulpit like other politicians and he can’t browbeat commissioners into sticking with him.

12/16/2009

When it comes down to voting patterns, Chicago aldermen are easily dominated by Mayor Richard Daley, who has ensured the city council serves as a rubber stamp of his policies.
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Victims, I feel your pain

Who knew an angry person’s liquor bottle lark could cause so much damage.

12/02/2009

One View
After three years of writing about Loop-area crime for Chicago Journal, I finally became a victim of it. Wednesday night I parked my Ford Escape in the 400 block of S. Green St. in front of my condo building.
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Victorian down

11/25/2009

In my early years of living in the South Loop - around 15 years ago - there was always one building that stood out for us lovers of the old and strivers for historic preservation: the YWCA building just north of 9th Street on Michigan Avenue.
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Where the action is

Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th) now has a real chance to defeat unpopular incumbent Stroger, Clerk Brown and water district president Terry O'Brien.

11/18/2009

Cook County is a backwater of government - historically a sleepy place whose machinations didn't inspire the level of scrutiny state government or Chicago's city council routinely got. County does run the court system, the jail, Cook County hospitals and the Forest Preserves.
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