Ald. Dowell wants more scrutiny of budget

07/30/2009

Third Ward Ald. Pat Dowell introduced an ordinance yesterday at city council calling for more time to review the budget. Read More...

New report criticizes city housing policies

07/30/2009

City's policies on affordable housing aren't working, says a new report. Read More...

Valerie Jarrett, presidential advisor, profiled

07/27/2009

"The Obama White House is now populated with as many Chicagoans as it previously housed Texans. Their presence has produced a whipsawing change in ethos at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue that cannot be explained in strictly partisan, racial or even geographic terms — and of which the new occupants themselves seem unaware." From the NY Times Magazine. Read More...

The Harold Ickes Homes, past and present

07/27/2009

ChiTownDailyNews checks in with residents at the Harold Ickes Homes about the future of the development. Read More...

What's the city role with coal power in Pilsen?

07/22/2009

The Fisk Generating Station, located near Halsted and Cermak, is a coal-fired power plant. Some say the city needs to do more to clean it up. Read More...

Enrique Perez, of Printers Row, recently on WBEZ

07/22/2009

Take a listen to this WBEZ-FM interview with Enrique Perez, the Printers Row dweller and e-newsletter publisher. Perez shared his thoughts about the Central Area Action Plan with the radio station. Read More...

Olympic meeting in Lake View last night

07/21/2009

Last night in Lake View, supporters and detractors of Chicago hosting the 2016 Olympics went head to head. Tonight at 6 p.m., 2nd Ward residents will hear about the games at the UIC Forum on Roosevelt Road. Read More...

Why Willis "Sears" Tower is getting a TIF subsidy

07/20/2009

Ald. Fioretti tells the folks over at Fox News Sunday why the new owners of the Sears Tower deserve a tax increment financing subsidy. Read More...

New South Loop park reviewed by critic Lynn Becker

07/17/2009

Chicago architecture critic Lynn Becker reviews the (relatively) new Pritzker Park, located on the northwest corner of State and Van Buren. Read More...

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...