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With 48th Ward Ald. Mary Ann Smith about to retire, and an owner who is hesitant to talk about the theater’s financial issues, the future of the Uptown Theater, a giant at 4,300 seats, looks shaky. Located at 4816 N. Broadway St., the Uptown was built in 1925 by architects Rapp and Rapp, who...
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A news report from Lorraine Swanson, Lake Effect News In an all too familiar scene that is being played out across city neighborhoods in Chicago’s bucket-of-blood summer, this time it was Uptown’s turn to gather in front of street shrine of holy candles and stuffed animals for a murdered neighbor. More than a hundred residents turned...
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A news report from Lorraine Swanson, Lake Effect News After 12 years of planning, stutter steps, community blowback and an attempt by residents to seek a temporary injunction to halt the construction of the TIF-financed Wilson Yard development, a beaming Helen Shiller threw open the doors to what may be the lasting legacy of...
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A news report from Lorraine Swanson, Lake Effect News On Thursday, Buena Park resident and attorney Molly Phelan announced her campaign to run against Ald. Helen Schiller (46th), Phelan is the fifth challenger to enter the race for alderman. Phelan is hosting a free event for 46th ward residents on July 14 – Bastille...
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A report from Lake Effect News In a way, James Cappleman has never stopped campaigning for 46th Ward alderman. His last defeat was seemingly a blip on the Doppler radar as he dusted himself off and hit the campaign trail the day after losing to Alderman Helen Shiller in 2007. On Saturday, Cappleman formally announced his...
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With debt, foreclosures, unemployment and heating costs on the rise, low-income families often find themselves falling behind. To help bring some relief during the upcoming tax season, the Center for Economic Progress is recruiting volunteers to help bring free tax and financial services to families who need them most.
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By LISC, Chicago’s New Communities Program What a neighborhood can be is largely a function of what its residents and the people who work there do. On a day-to-day basis, their actions – organizing block clubs, mentoring the children of incarcerated parents, providing shelter to homeless people, tending a neighbor’s garden – may not be heroic...
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Despite “positive loitering” efforts by Uptown community members near the corner of Lawrence Avenue and Sheridan Road a week ago Friday, shots were fired there two days later, making some question the success of the anti-crime strategy. The Uptown Chicago Commission, a community organization that strives to improve the quality of life in Uptown,...
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Police and business owners in Uptown recently joined forces to develop a strategy to clean up a two-block stretch of puddles of urine, empty beer bottles and unsavory characters on Clifton Avenue, more commonly known as “Blood Alley.” The focus of last week’s meeting at Harry S. Truman College was the ongoing problems of...
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By Lorraine Swanson, Editor, Lake Effect News In a packed auditorium at Swedish Covenant Hospital, a North Side audience snacked on chocolate Macadamia nut cookies donated by a local Costco and got a few lessons in gangbanging. Much of the information presented at last week’s community gang awareness seminar hosted by Cook County State’s...
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