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The Alley Celebrates 50 Years With A Punk-Themed Block Party And Art Show
3+ mon, 20+ hour ago (776+ words) AVONDALE — Hanging on the door of Mark Thomas’ office is a black leather jacket with one sleeve dyed red, jewels and spikes on the back and band names on the front. Although the jacket’s 40 years old, it’s in mint condition....
Bandit Running Opens First Chicago Store In Bucktown — With Cafe From Soloway Coffee
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (339+ words) BUCKTOWN — A Brooklyn-based running apparel brand has launched a flagship Chicago location in Bucktown, complete with full cafe offerings from a Ukrainian coffee company. Bandit Running, 1708 N. Damen Ave., is holding its grand opening Friday in a storefront formerly home…...
Amtrak's Bridgeport Plan A 'Knife Through The Heart' Of Neighborhood, Residents Say
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (905+ words) BRIDGEPORT — Maria LaGiglio says she will sell her house and move if Amtrak’s proposed 24/7 maintenance facility is built about 100 feet from her home. “I have a 9-year-old daughter. I will not raise her like 100 feet away from that maintenance facility,…...
Chinatown, Bridgeport Residents Sound Alarm Over Proposed Amtrak Facility
1+ week, 2+ day ago (884+ words) CHINATOWN — Residents are fighting against a proposed Amtrak maintenance facility they say could have significant environmental consequences for their communities. More than 100 neighbors packed into Pui Tak Center, 2216 S. Wentworth Ave., for a meeting hosted by the Coalition for a…...
Learn About The Candidates Running For Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s Seat At Edgewater Town Hall
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (157+ words) EDGEWATER — An Edgewater group is hosting a town hall this weekend to allow neighbors to hear from more than a dozen candidates vying to be the next representative for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District. Since Rep. Jan Schakowsky announced this year she…...
Uptown Could Lose 2 More SRO Buildings, Neighbors Warn: 'We Want To Still Live Here"
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (1038+ words) UPTOWN — Neighbors are rallying to save two of the last remaining single-room occupancy buildings in Uptown, whose potential closure could leave longtime residents displaced or facing homelessness. The two buildings — the Chatelaine and the Northmere — are the latest single-room occupancy…...
59th Street Metra Rebuild In Hyde Park Will Bring Station, Lane Closures Next Year
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (544+ words) HYDE PARK — An overhaul of Metra’s 59th Street station is set to begin early next year, and the station and lanes of nearby streets will close while the project unfolds. A $74 million project to make the 59th Street station accessible, remove and…...
A Room Without A View: New Building Goes Up Just Inches From Woman’s Window
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1240+ words) WICKER PARK — The empty lot next to Lucia Whalen’s apartment had become a microcosmic prairie, its tall grasses and weeds visited by neighborhood cats, raccoons and other creatures. It was an unlikely patch of nature in a pocket of Wicker…...
Logan Square Renters Fighting To Buy Their Building In New Test Of Tenant Rights Law
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (895+ words) LOGAN SQUARE — A group of Logan Square renters are asking their retiring landlord to sell the building to them or find a preservation-minded buyer who would not displace them, setting up an early test case for a new city renters…...
Ald. Jessie Fuentes Gears Up To Sue After Being Handcuffed By ICE Agent
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (667+ words) HUMBOLDT PARK — An alderperson who federal agents handcuffed and threatened with arrest is now planning to sue. The Oct. 3 incident made national headlines, with video of a federal agent roughly grabbing and then handcuffing Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th) being shared widely…...