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Home » Entries posted by Grace Cain
Family seeks answers after 8th grader’s murder
Rocio Alvarado wonders if anyone will be charged with the shooting death of her 14-year-old brother. An unknown assailant shot Alejandro “Alex” Jaime May 18, 2012, as he rode his bike with a friend near his family’s home in Brighton Park just two weeks before the family had planned to move to a safer neighborhood. […]
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The Chicago Marathon took place on Oct.7th, and being more than 25 miles long, it took the runners and spectators from Addison Avenue to 35th St. Streets were closed all over town as the groups of runners ran past the mile markers. The Mobile Journalism students considered how to cover an event that had so […]
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Lack of Funding, Concern Halts Restoration of Historic Edgar Miller Sculptures
January 26, 2012 Comments Off
In the middle of an open field—the former site of the Jane Addams Homes housing development–white tents surrounded the cracked remains of seven crumbling limestone sculptures as guests snapped photos and discussed the future of the objects. The 2007 ceremony was organized to celebrate the forthcoming restoration of the Edgar Miller“Animal Court” sculptures from the […]
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After 48 days of protesting, it’s tough to say what kind of impact the Occupy Chicago movement has had—at least on businesses along demonstration routes, that is.
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Little Italy Residents Express Mixed Feelings On Public Housing Museum
November 22, 2011 Comments Off
The first housing project in Chicago, the Jane Addams Homes, opened in 1938 as part of the Roosevelt administration’s Public Works Administration Act, a program aimed at creating jobs and reviving the economy in response to the Great Depression. Plans for a museum have been in motion since December of 2006 when the CHA’s Central Advisory Council first proposed the museum and set a goal to open the museum’s doors by 2012. But the plan’s momentum has been drawn almost to a halt by community disapproval and a lack of funding, according to Chris Provenzano, a spokesman for the University Village Association.
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Nancy Becker roams through tables and racks filled with clothing and accessories, making sure each piece is laying or hanging just right. She greets her customers with a pleasant grin, inviting them into her store–a little piece of herself. Becker owns Una Mae’s Freak Boutique, a unique shopping destination at 1422 N. Milwaukee Ave. in […]
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Wicker Park residents told police last month that they are tired of being harassed by the homeless on sidewalks, especially outside of convenient stores. The police met with residents during a Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy meeting for beat 1424 at the Wicker Park Field House, where they said there were already plans in motion to […]
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