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Home » development

Tag: development

Posted inNews & Politics

Can a new housing development revitalize Bronzeville without displacing residents?

by Jerrel Floyd, Davon Clark, Frederique Desrosiers, Charlene Rhinehart, Erica Scalise and City Bureau July 27, 2022August 3, 2022

One housing complex can’t reverse decades of historical trends—but city officials hope 43 Green can be a model for equitable development.

Posted inNews & Politics

Mayoral forum recap: all the answers, none of the bullshit

by Maya Dukmasova December 18, 2018September 22, 2021

At back-to-back forums last week 11 candidates fielded questions and even provided some answers.

Posted inBlogs

Q&A: Cook County Board candidate Abdelnasser Rashid on taxes, surveillance, and campaign finance reform

by Maya Dukmasova October 31, 2018August 18, 2021

Vying to flip one of four Republican seats, the 29-year-old would be the first Muslim in the county legislature.

Posted inBlogs

Aldermen’s absolute veto power over ward projects gets unlikely court challenge

by Maya Dukmasova April 16, 2018August 18, 2021

A challenge to the age-old custom of aldermanic prerogative finds a champion in a luxury developer pushing a building with affordable housing.

Posted inBlogs

How’s Chicago supposed to desegregate when developments with affordable housing can be blocked by aldermen on a whim?

by Maya Dukmasova January 5, 2018August 18, 2021

Yet another planned development with affordable units is killed on the northwest side.

Posted inNews & Politics

Home sweet home for the homeless

by Lloyd DeGrane and Kari Lydersen May 10, 2017August 18, 2021

For thousands of Chicagoans “living outside,” for better or worse, home is still where they make it.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Former Belmont flyover opponents try to make the best of a bad situation

by John Greenfield January 16, 2017August 18, 2021

With plans for the overpass full speed ahead, they plan to push for quality transit-oriented developments and new public space.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The World Series isn’t the only big thing coming to Wrigleyville

by Deanna Isaacs October 24, 2016August 18, 2021

New construction around the vintage stadium is large-scale and upscale.

Posted inNews & Politics

The new Ed Vrdolyak is nothing like the old one

by Ben Joravsky July 20, 2016August 18, 2021

Tenth Ward alderman Sue Sadlowski Garza is cultivating a new kind of progressive power on Chicago’s southeast side.

Posted inNews & Politics

The residents of Rezkoville’s tent city battle the elements—and personal demons

by Kari Lydersen and Lloyd DeGrane June 29, 2016August 18, 2021

The vacant, 62-acre site in the shadow of downtown Chicago is the closest thing some have to home.

Posted inBlogs

The Baffler returns—temporarily

by Aimee Levitt October 16, 2015August 18, 2021

The magazine’s writers and editors lead a discussion of Chicago’s future.

Lathrop Homes, one of the country's first public housing developments and the second in Chicago, was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
Posted inNews & Politics

The fight to preserve a model public housing project

by Maya Dukmasova June 12, 2014August 18, 2021

Lathrop Homes has long been one of CHA’s most diverse and successful properties. But today it’s a shell of its former self.

Expect Mayor Rahm Emanuel to try attaching himself to the hip of Congressman Luis Gutierrez as he searches for support among Hispanic voters.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Rahm reels toward his reelection bid

by Ben Joravsky May 13, 2014August 18, 2021

A new poll is the latest sign that Mayor Emanuel could be in trouble.

As mayor, Richard M. Daley spent hundreds of millions of dollars on unnecessary pet projects—and now successor Rahm Emanuel seems to have the same bad habit.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

When Chicago spent its pension money on the mayor’s pet projects

by Ben Joravsky April 15, 2014August 18, 2021

As mayor, Richard M. Daley spent hundreds of millions of dollars on unnecessary pet projects—and Emanuel seems to have the same bad habit.

Kenneth Griffin has generously contributed to politicians around the country.
Posted inNews & Politics

Mayor’s friend could profit from hotel built with taxpayers’ money

by Ben Joravsky and David Sirota April 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Kenneth Griffin, whose firm invested in Marriott, is a top Emanuel donor who could profit from a hotel built with taxpayers’ money.

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