Pilsen plaza, Blue Island Avenue getting makeover

05/30/2012 2:50 PM

A stretch of Blue Island Avenue through the heart of Pilsen is set to get a makeover, according staff for Ald. Danny Solis (25th).
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• UIC workers on strike

   05/30/2012 2:33 PM

• Democrats pick their man to take down state Rep. Derrick Smith

   05/24/2012 6:57 PM

• South Loop Mariano's moving forward

   05/16/2012 3:26 PM

• South Loop Sox camp expanding

   05/16/2012 3:25 PM

Cyclists enjoy a car-free Lake Shore drive, part of Bike The Drive on Sunday. The event shut down the road until 10:30 a.m. Click here to see a slideshow from the ride.
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Felony Franks closes down

05/31/2012 9:39 AM

Jim Andrews opened a hot-dog stand on the West Side of Chicago in 2009 to give ex-offenders a place to work. But now, after almost three years of ups and downs, Andrews finally had to call it quits. His restaurant, Felony Franks, ceased operation Wednesday afternoon. "I feel bad," Andrews said. "But I had a talk with the guys."
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Morgan 'L' designer will take on Cermak

First designs for South Loop station could come in August

05/30/2012 10:00 PM

The CTA’s new ‘L’ station planned for Cermak Road on the Green Line will be designed by the same team that sculpted the just-opened Morgan Station, the architect confirmed this week. The station, budgeted to cost $50 million, will serve McCormick Place and the planned Motor Row entertainment district that’ll run down Michigan Avenue between Cermak and the Stevenson.
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Little market on the prairie

Wheeler Mansion to host farmers market Wednesday nights starting next week

05/30/2012 10:00 PM

The South Loop is getting a new farmers market this year, but it’s not going to Grant Park, where officials were talking about 12 months ago. Plans for a market on South Michigan Avenue are officially dead, according to a rep for Bensidoun USA, the company that hoped to organize a market there. Leslie Cahill, the company’s Midwest manager, said they couldn’t come to an agreement on a contract with the park district.
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City boos Walgreens' booze

05/30/2012 10:00 PM

You know the old adage, one never knows what’s going on right outside their front door? Well, I just found out in my case it’s true. I have in my possession the recent decision of the City of Chicago License Appeal Commission that affirmed the decision of the City of Chicago Liquor Commission, which denied Walgreens at Roosevelt and State the right to sell packaged liquor in its store. As a neighbor of Walgreens, reading the decision is a wild ride.
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Lichtenstein popped out

New exhibit looks at full span of iconic modern artist's career

05/30/2012 10:00 PM

You can find Claude Monet’s famous “Haystacks” paintings in the impressionist wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. The timeless series seems to show up in whatever art museum I visit, no matter what city I’m in. They’re instantly recognizable as classic Monets. But the iconic haystacks get a pop twist in the new Roy Lichtenstein exhibit, where they hang beside Lichtenstein’s takes on Mondrain and Picasso.
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A blog by Bonnie McGrath

Prairie Avenue on our minds

06/03/2012 11:30 AM

Thinking about Prairie Avenue because our homegrown prez just attended a rousing party in his honor there? Don't stop thinking about that strip of South Loop lore--because you can now read a rousing new historic novel that takes place right in the same spot. (No Comments) Read more...

• Back into the past with handiworks at the oldest house in Chicago

   06/01/2012 11:54 AM

• Sandmeyer's Bookstore turns 30

   05/31/2012 9:17 AM

A blog by AmySue Mertens

Divine Dine + Wine curbs craving for summer fests

01/26/2012 3:09 PM

Craving a warm, neighborhood event to soften winter's blow? WCA has just the event for you.
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• Beliefs about public service, servants get a check up

   01/18/2012 1:02 PM

• Christmas turned to mulch

   01/13/2012 3:27 PM

Arts and culture in Chicago

Lichtenstein popped out

05/30/2012 10:00 PM

You can find Claude Monet’s famous “Haystacks” paintings in the impressionist wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. The timeless series seems to show up in whatever art museum I visit, no matter what city I’m in. They’re instantly recognizable as classic Monets. But the iconic haystacks get a pop twist in the new Roy Lichtenstein exhibit, where they hang beside Lichtenstein’s takes on Mondrain and Picasso.
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• The whole world should watch

   05/23/2012 10:00 PM