Mural repaired a Victor Herbert Elementary

09/24/2009

The West Haven "Phoenix Rising" mural is back in shape ... Read More...

This week brings the annual World Music Festival

09/18/2009

Musical acts from around the world with hit venues in the Loop, Millennium Park, the South Loop and other locations starting tonight. Read More...

The great cougar hunt in Wheaton

09/17/2009

The Sun-Times Mark Brown goes looking for cougars in the wilds of Wheaton. Read More...

Showdown at the Blackstone

09/10/2009

ChiTown is reporting about a brewing labor battle at the Blackstone, a prominent hotel on Michigan Ave. Read More...

Public housing revamp has left promises unkept

09/03/2009

The Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation "gave residents reason to expect speedy redevelopment, then dashed their expectations and subjected them instead to years of uncertainty," according to a new report by a housing advocacy group. Read More...

Olympic funding issues

09/03/2009

Chicago 2016 chairman Pat Ryan wishes financial guarantees for an Olympics Games here could have been resolved earlier. Read More...

Legal notes, legal briefs

09/03/2009

Reviewing the round-up of stories and posts last week from the Chicago Now Bar-tender blog. Read More...

West Haven, race, grocery issues in new Reporter

09/01/2009

The intersection of race and retailing is examined in the new Chicago Reporter. West Haven and Near West Side Community Development Corp. executive director Earnest Gates are featured in the story. One finding: "The whiter a neighborhood in Chicago gets, the more supermarkets it often gets." Read More...

Where the foodies get their food

08/31/2009

Restaurants like the West Loop's Blackbird, Avec and Publican get hard-to-find foodstuffs from Spence Farm, in central Illinois. Read More...

Pete's Fresh Market, as seen by Mary Schmich

08/28/2009

Tribune columnist Mary Schmich shares her thoughts about the announcement of Pete's Fresh Market at Madison and Western. Read More...