From the archives: 1000 S. Michigan

07/28/2010 3:29 PM

The vacant parcel of land at 1000 S. Michigan sold for $11.3 million yesterday to an affiliate of First American Bank. A look back into Chicago Journal's archives shows the stormy recent history of development pitches at that site.
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A farm on Taylor Street

After two friends kick-start gardening effort, dozens dig in

07/28/2010 10:00 PM

Sally Freeman and Claudia Mazola have been friends for more than two decades — living in University Village, raising families in the neighborhood and eventually retiring there. A common, and avid, interest both women have long shared has always been gardening.
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Foreclosure filings rise

Pace quickens on Near South, Near West sides

07/28/2010 10:00 PM

According to data recently published by the Woodstock Institute, a Chicago-based housing research and policy organization, lenders filed 131 foreclosure actions against mortgagees in the first half of 2010 on the Near South Side, an area bound roughly by Roosevelt, 26th Street, the river and Federal and Lake Michigan. That’s up by more than 54 percent over the first half of 2009.
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Barista champ works down the block

Intelligentsia’s Michael Phillips takes 2010 coffee crown

07/28/2010 10:00 PM

Michael Phillips, the assistant director of education at Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, realized he wanted to make a career in coffee several years ago while he was living in Minneapolis.
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Push for dog park near Skinner Park

Toy: build one at the northeast corner of Loomis and Monroe

07/28/2010 10:00 PM

Demolition of a building near Skinner Park has reignited hopes that additional room for dogs to romp could be in the offing for this part of the West Loop, where planning for the neighborhood’s canines has often been laced with disagreement.
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