Shock at news of Scott's death

11/16/2009 2:30 PM

Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott has died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. Scott counted many public and private sector initiatives on his resume. He lived in the West Loop. (No Comments) Read more...

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A park for Printers Row

Hundreds of residents of Printers Row and the broader South Loop witnessed the groundbreaking of the new Printers Row Park on Saturday. The park is located a block north of Polk, between Federal and Dearborn, and features a benches graced with backwards letters, a nod to printing shops that onced lined the area.
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Northerly, naturally

Talking design for isle’s 91 acres, where planes once flew

11/11/2009 10:00 PM

Gia Biagi, the director of planning and development at the Chicago Park District, called Northerly Island’s current layout a “quick and dirty plan” articulated for the 91-acre space after Meigs Field was demolished on orders of the mayor in 2003. The park reopened in 2004. (No Comments) Read more...

Dilapidated YWCA faces wrecking ball

All sides due in court today, some residents upset

11/11/2009 10:00 PM

The Young Women's Christian Association building at 830 S. Michigan may be demolished, leaving a gap in the Michigan Boulevard streetwall, a prominent stretch of buildings between Randolph and 11th the city designated as a landmarked district in 2002.
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Tinseltown on the West Side?

Lawndale metals facility could get new life as a film production house

11/11/2009 10:00 PM

A 48-acre industrial site in North Lawndale appears set to transform into a place that fabricates Hollywood dreamscapes instead of copper, steels and other metals. (No Comments) Read more...

Old County eyed for offices

Report sees a $107.7 million rehab of vacant Near West Side building

11/11/2009 10:00 PM

Old Cook County Hospital has sat empty since 2002, when the medical professionals who staffed it and the patients they served began working in a new building with modern facilities. As the Beaux-Art affects on Old County’s 1913 façade weathered the seasons, a fight about the future of the building broke out. (No Comments) Read more...

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Palestinian paradise

Chickpea does everything right

Cross carefully

City scores relatively well on pedestrian safety, but advocates say there are still too many victims

University demos South Loop structure


Too risky to run

There is immense political pressure on the "electeds" to help keep fellow incumbents in office

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The next Northerly Island, off and running