Resident Documents Neglect in Her West Side Neighborhood
After many nights of loud music and drug dealers lingering outside, Aleksandra Hodowany decided to capture the hardships of her neighborhood. Hodowany, a 37-year-old student at John Marshall Law School, is making a documentary covering the neglect and lack of police enforcement in her East Garfield Park neighborhood. Hodowany has been living in East Garfield […]
Ward remap problems with space and timing
An ongoing effort by a West Side church to close an unpopular hotel, which neighbors say attracts prostitutes and drug dealers, Tuesday found itself at the center of a redistricting debate over who represents whom in the aftermath of a city remap. Parishioners from Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church told members of the City Council’s […]
New Dorm Plans Move Forward
By Michael Robinson The Chicago Plan Commission has given a thumbs up to a new South Loop dormitory that could house 1,200 students. If the plan receives approval from City Council, the 37-story dorm at the corner of East Van Buren Street and South Wasbash Avenue could be finished by 2012. Despite the Plan Commission […]
