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Terry Clark has lived at the Prairie Shores apartment complex in Bronzeville for 43 years. For the last couple of weeks though, his allergies have flared up, making it difficult for him to breathe, and causing headaches, and a runny nose. Clark attributes the flare-up to the trees and shrubs being dug up at...
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A plan to charge $1 per hour to park along Chicago’s lakefront will move forward despite the protests of several aldermen who say the fees will restrict access to one of the city’s crown jewels. “This is about access to the lakefront, which is an asset that’s owned by all the citizens of Chicago,”...
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By James Ginderske of The Urban Coaster Nearly 400 friends and neighbors of Emanuel Congregation, a Rogers Park/Edgewater Synagogue founded in 1880 stood together in a show of support over the appearance of Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) demonstrators in front of the Congregation’s home on Sheridan Road. The WBC, known for demonstrating at American...
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UPDATE added on July 30, 2009: Via e-mail from Rebecca Blazer, Director, Forest Preserve Initiative, Friends of the Parks Tel 312-857-2757 x17. “In the City Council meeting yesterday, the Air Pollution Control Ordinance with Ald. Doherty’s amendments restricting burning WAS DEFERRED! I believe it takes two alderman for an ordinance to be...
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June 23, 2009 – Some Cook County Board members are questioning the ethics of Cook County paying millions of dollars for land co-owned by 15th District Commissioner Tim Schneider. The Forest Preserve of Cook County has filed a petition to use eminent domain and buy the land now occupied by the Rolling Knolls Country...
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By Dylan Heath of The Urban Coaster June 11, 2009 – After a period of sometimes heated community discussion, an Aldi grocery store is set to open in Edgewater. Bill Platt of the Access Realty Group estimates that in about two months the store will take over half of the Clarovista condominium building’s ground-floor...
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Feb. 24, 2009 – Chicago Public
Schools' plan to close, phase out and turnaround up to 16 schools next year
could be stopped under legislation being considered by the Illinois General
Assembly. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the list of school closures was lowered from 22 to 16 Monday by new Schools CEO Ron Huberman. "This sudden
interruption...
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Feb. 18, 2009 – Solutions for the
U.S. economy were at the forefront of the debate Monday at a Northside church,
where candidates vying for Illinois' 5th Congressional District seat sounded off
before a packed room of voters. Early voting for the seat vacated
by Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, began on Monday as candidates
continued to seek...
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Feb. 16, 2009 – A legislative effort to require CPS to develop a comprehensive
facilities plan addresses a longstanding concern of advocates for
neighborhood schools: without public oversight and accountability, they
say, the district's decisions on building, repairing, closing and
privatizing school facilities are arbitrary, opaque, and unfair. State Representative Cynthia Soto — whose bill would enact a...
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Feb. 6, 2009 – The Cook County Board of Commissioners
gathered Tuesday morning to address a number a tough issues affecting
the county and its residents, including heart health, the Olympics and
the winter weather. In congruence with the American Heart Association’s
(AHA) push to encourage people to take heart disease more seriously,
Board President Todd Stroger declared February...
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