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The line of approximately 3,500 people stretched around the block in Chicago’s South Loop. The wait lasted for two hours as parents and potential students tried to get inside of Jones College Prep High School. They were not there to just see the school. They were standing in line for one of the best...
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Allison Kessler, a 25-year-old medical student who uses a wheelchair, filed a complaint against a condominium association in Chicago's Streeterville Neighborhood. The complaint alleges that the 401 East Ontario Condominium Association refused to provide reasonable accommodations.
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AnySquared Projects is an artists’ collaborative that organizes events and exhibitions. Last summer, AnySquared coordinated the 2010 Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival’s South End Galleries & Community Mural on Medill and also organized the LIP (Life in Progress), an October art series, which was one of 12 selected featured programs highlighted out of hundreds during Chicago Artists...
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The grand opening of the new 23rd District Police Station was this past Saturday, where Mayor Daley showed off the new state-of-the-art 44,000-square-foot building that was designed to achieve “gold” level certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s standards for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Featuring a green and reflective roof, state-of-the-art security,...
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This is a report about a new way of looking at political videos, an educational experiment, as well as a review of voter sentiment during the recent midterm elections. Columbia College Chicago students from Online Journalism, taught by Barbara Iverson, went on a quest to do something few have ever done before. They had...
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Madeleine Spatz says she decided to become a hairdresser in the 1960s when the bouffant was in style. Her mother was a school crossing guard on the West Side of Chicago and was required to wear a hat, which messed up her bouffant. She came home with serious “hat head” and Spatz, then a...
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Chicago Transit Authority bus driver Ronnie McGhee says he once witnessed a gunfight “in broad daylight” while driving his route on West 57th Street. McGhee, 48, said earlier this month in a street survey in the Back of the Yards neighborhood that gang activity is prevalent in the area. “It’s not as open as...
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Greenbuild is a conference for the construction industry, but its arrival in Chicago suggests some positive news for the city at large — and for neighborhoods where people care about the environment and the future of our economy, too. The focus this year is on residential housing. The Residential Summit Master Series is designed...
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Ald. Pat Levar (D-45) announced that he will not run again for alderman of the 45th Ward but Though Ald. Pat Levar has some health problems, he says he will not retire and a half-dozen candidates are vying to be elected as the next alderman of the 45th Ward, including Anna Klocek, Don Blair, Bruno...
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The Active Transportation Alliance — Chicagoland’s nonprofit biking, walking and transit advocacy organization — commends Gov. Pat Quinn and the Illinois Department of Transportation for announcing nearly $90 million in federal transportation money for the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP). For nearly 20 years, ITEP has provided critical funds for improving transportation safety, alternative...
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