Upon moving to Uptown, G Silverstein-Tapp quickly realized the neighborhood’s dire lack of businesses and culture available for queer women as well as trans, nonbinary…
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Residents in the city’s North Side neighborhood of Uptown have launched a new campaign designed to counter panhandlers, street crime and prostitution. They call it…
An Asian-American activist organization called last week on Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy to fire three officers involved in raid at a West Town tanning…
Nigerian salon owner Orlando Ogutoyinbo has lived in Chicago for 17 years, and said he’s tired of the shootings. His salon was originally located on…
On Thursday the Chicago City Council voted to recommend ending eight tax increment financing districts, sending almost $9 million to the city, the school district…
How do you heal a broken intersection? Streets are undervalued public spaces that if programmed with creativity, can transform dangerous intersections into lively plazas. In…
While many Uptown residents have found that perfect coffee house that has the whole package—inexpensive, inviting and not Starbucks—some are still searching through the limited…