A barren Ravenswood parking lot may soon be home to a grocery store, parking garage, condo complex and more — if the developer’s “plan B” manages to appease the community that gave a cold shoulder to his first attempt earlier this year.
The “Ravenswood Station” mixed-use development would be built on a now-vacant Sears parking lot...
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Controversial Development Resurfaces in Ravenswood
Strange Tail: the City of Chicago vs. Reggie the Cat
By Lorraine Swanson, Editor, Lake Effect News
In the continuing saga of Reggie, Lincoln Square’s most wanted cat, his person, Luise Jochum, schlepped out into the cold on a rainy, October afternoon for Reggie’s administrative hearing at 400 W. Superior.
Reggie, the pumpkin-shaped, 20-pound, orange tabby was busted for violating a city ordinance that requires pets...
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Potential Closing of Ravenswood Hospital Angers Local Officials
By Lorraine Swanson, Editor, Lake Effect News
The Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch Medical Group pleaded its case for closing the hospital it has operated in Ravenswood since 2003 in a public hearing before state health officials at the Sulzer Library last week.
CINN announced plans in August to join forces with the NorthShore University Health System...
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Eye-Opening Seminar Exposes North Side Gangbanging
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 Attorney Anita...
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Aldermen Make Financial Pledge, Taxpayers Could Pay for Olympics
The Chicago City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted for a measure that saddles taxpayers with the bill if the 2016 Olympic Games lose money.
The law authorizes Mayor Richard Daley to sign off on a contract that puts full financial liability for the Games on the city should Chicago next month be named the host...
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