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Chicago’s newest tourist attraction could be floating over Navy Pier within days – a soon-to-be welcome sight for business owners coping with sluggish sales this summer.
On Aug. 20, the Chicago Plan Commission unanimously approved the installation of a balloon ride that will operate until the end of October just outside Navy Pier’s...
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Edited By Curtis Black of Community Media Workshop
A remarkable year-long science celebration — which has reached 300,000 Chicago-area residents — goes out with a bang Aug. 21, as Science Chicago holds its final Labfest in Millennium Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Kids and families will participate in hands-on activities, craft projects and games...
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Continued from Part 1: Parks
There are parks, schools, and community institutions that could be impacted if the Olympic Village is built on the site of Michael Reese Hospital.
At 3113 S. Rhodes, Pershing East Elementary sits exactly where the Chicago 2016 bid book shows a “transport mall” in the Village. Though the school does not...
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UPDATE added on July 30, 2009: Via e-mail from Rebecca Blazer, Director, Forest Preserve Initiative, Friends of the Parks Tel 312-857-2757 x17.
“In the City Council meeting yesterday, the Air Pollution Control Ordinance with Ald. Doherty’s amendments restricting burning WAS DEFERRED!
I believe it takes two alderman for an ordinance to be deferred, but...
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June 23, 2009 – Some Cook County Board members are questioning the ethics of Cook County paying millions of dollars for land co-owned by 15th District Commissioner Tim Schneider.
The Forest Preserve of Cook County has filed a petition to use eminent domain and buy the land now occupied by the Rolling Knolls Country Club,...
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By Morgan McDevitt
June 9, 2009 – Neighborhood and community groups continue to discuss a proposed residential development at Diversey and Lakewood Avenues that will likely include a tribute to a longtime Chicago business that once occupied the site – the Peerless Confections Company.
After 90 years in business the candy manufacturer closed its doors in...
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Editor’s note: This story is a follow up to a series Matthew Hendrickson wrote on Chicago lead poisoning. Read Part One, Part two or Part Three.
Story By Matthew Hendrickson
March 25, 2009 – For a half-century, cars and trucks used leaded gasoline, spewing potentially toxic pollution into the air. Leaded gas was banned in the...
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Jan. 16, 2008 – Residents made it clear during a Lincoln Park Advisory Council community
forum Wednesday, they are still unsure hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics will be
a great experience for their neighborhood.
Guest speakers both for and against the Olympic games addressed the crowd at
the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Gyata
Kimmons and Patrick Sandusky spoke on...
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Story by Leo Moskal
As Welles Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood creeps towards its 100-year anniversary, a group of local residents want to restructure the park’s playground.
The Friends of Welles Park Play Lot is raising money for the rejuvenation project and hopes to have the necessary funds by the end of the year. The...
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Nov. 26, 2008 – Five years ago, the
Paseo Prairie Garden began as a hope and a dream, and today it's become
one of the few parks in the Logan Square neighborhood. Despite
countless hours of work and dedication put in by volunteers, community
activists now face more serious issues in their effort to maintain the safe environment
for...
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