Update: 01/12/2023In an email today seeking to “clarify misinformation posted on the museum’s website,” Chicago Park District Director of Communications Michele Lemons said this: “The Chicago Park District did not approve construction on a 5,000 square foot facility nor did the District approve a structure of any size.” Juanita Irizarry delivered a gut punch of […]
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Humboldt Park theaters on the move
Two Humboldt Park theaters take steps to secure new venues.
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Riot Fest’s elephant in the room
Does Riot Fest have any business taking over a public park in a largely Black and Brown neighborhood?
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More than 1.2 million people could be getting partial refunds for red light tickets, and other Chicago news
Also, CPS is expecting about 8,000 fewer students for the 2017-2018 school year.
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Chicago firefighters give Mayor Rahm $25,000
The firefighters union gives Mayor Rahm a little more of what he doesn’t need—money—which may help him go after Alderman Nick Sposato, the only firefighter in the council.
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Juanita Irizarry wants development done right in the 26th Ward
The 26th Ward candidate explains why she’s running—and why she won’t eat at Bang Bang Pie Shop.
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Mayor Emanuel sends the marines into Ames Middle School
Politicians plan to convert another neighborhood school into a military academy.
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Up Is Down and Love Is Everywhere at Daley’s Last City Council Meeting
Mayor Daley presided over his last City Council meeting pretty much the same way he presided over the others for 22 years.
Posted inArts & Culture
50 Aldermen/50 Artists
All 50 portraits, from the group show, including works by Derek Erdman, Jon Gitelson, Lucas Blair Simpson, and more
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Help Wanted: Candidates for Alderman
Mayor Daley places a help-wanted ad for aldermen to serve the 1st and 29th wards.
Posted inNews & Politics
Alexi’s Albatross
Can Alexi Giannoulias shake off the problems plaguing his family’s bank to win Obama’s old Senate seat?
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The Substitute for the Substitute
Mayor Daley proposes watered-down 2016 oversight to replace Manny Flores’s oversight compromise.
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Alderman Maldonado follows through
Alderman Roberto Maldonado deserves some credit: he’s taken the first step toward fulfilling his promise to withdraw his application for a controversial zoning change on property he owns in his ward, the 26th. Now he’ll have to figure out what to do with the empty lots—which have been periodically overgrown with weeds and occupied by […]
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The Real Estate King of the Chicago City Council
Brand-new 26th Ward alderman Roberto Maldonado owns more properties than any other council rep—including ten in his own ward. That’s a lot of potential conflicts of interest.
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The Bloomingdale Trail: Urban Oasis or Devil’s Playground?
Despite easy access and great publicity, the Bloomingdale Trail isn’t slated to open till at least 2016. Whose job is it to secure it until then?