One housing complex can’t reverse decades of historical trends—but city officials hope 43 Green can be a model for equitable development.
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Mayoral forum recap: all the answers, none of the bullshit
At back-to-back forums last week 11 candidates fielded questions and even provided some answers.
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Q&A: Cook County Board candidate Abdelnasser Rashid on taxes, surveillance, and campaign finance reform
Vying to flip one of four Republican seats, the 29-year-old would be the first Muslim in the county legislature.
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Aldermen’s absolute veto power over ward projects gets unlikely court challenge
A challenge to the age-old custom of aldermanic prerogative finds a champion in a luxury developer pushing a building with affordable housing.
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How’s Chicago supposed to desegregate when developments with affordable housing can be blocked by aldermen on a whim?
Yet another planned development with affordable units is killed on the northwest side.
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Home sweet home for the homeless
For thousands of Chicagoans “living outside,” for better or worse, home is still where they make it.
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Former Belmont flyover opponents try to make the best of a bad situation
With plans for the overpass full speed ahead, they plan to push for quality transit-oriented developments and new public space.
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The World Series isn’t the only big thing coming to Wrigleyville
New construction around the vintage stadium is large-scale and upscale.
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The new Ed Vrdolyak is nothing like the old one
Tenth Ward alderman Sue Sadlowski Garza is cultivating a new kind of progressive power on Chicago’s southeast side.
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The residents of Rezkoville’s tent city battle the elements—and personal demons
The vacant, 62-acre site in the shadow of downtown Chicago is the closest thing some have to home.
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The Baffler returns—temporarily
The magazine’s writers and editors lead a discussion of Chicago’s future.
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The fight to preserve a model public housing project
Lathrop Homes has long been one of CHA’s most diverse and successful properties. But today it’s a shell of its former self.
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Rahm reels toward his reelection bid
A new poll is the latest sign that Mayor Emanuel could be in trouble.
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When Chicago spent its pension money on the mayor’s pet projects
As mayor, Richard M. Daley spent hundreds of millions of dollars on unnecessary pet projects—and Emanuel seems to have the same bad habit.
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Mayor’s friend could profit from hotel built with taxpayers’ money
Kenneth Griffin, whose firm invested in Marriott, is a top Emanuel donor who could profit from a hotel built with taxpayers’ money.