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Ward remap passes
Lincoln Park kept whole, 2nd Ward squeezed between 43rd and 42nd in Gold Coast, Old Town
01/25/2012 10:00 PM
After months of backroom wheeling and dealing, Chicago’s ward boundaries have been officially redrawn, and Lincoln Park is nearly intact within the 43rd Ward. The 43rd Ward’s boundaries have shifted only slightly, moving a little further west to Racine rather than Sheffield, and losing a bit of ground on the ward’s south end. Ald. Michele Smith trumpeted the final boundaries as a victory.
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Riding waves in the Windy City
Photo by MICHAEL CALABRO
Rex Flodstrom rips into the waves of Lake Michigan. Rex was arrested Jan. 17 for surfing off of Oak Street Beach in Chicago. Read the full story here.
Riding out the waves
Gold Coast surfer’s arrest could restart conversation on where it’s legal to carve
01/25/2012
For a life-long surfer who has dropped in on both coasts, Rex Flodstrom doesn’t hold much against the seasonal waves of Lake Michigan. “I always say it’s pretty good, for a lake,” said Flodstrom, 40.
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City steps up nuisance business laws
New amendment expands law beyond late-night operators, wipes out signature requirements
01/25/2012
The city is changing how it reviews operating licenses for businesses that get complaints from neighbors. Last week, the city council pushed through a series of amendments aimed at tightening Chicago’s deleterious impact and public nuisance ordinance — a set of regulations that give residents in Chicago a platform for “addressing negative quality of life and public safety concerns in their neighborhoods” caused by new liquor license applicants or existing liquor establishments.
(No Comments) Read more...Double-decker burger joint aims to elevate bar food
01/25/2012
Remember the old Wendy’s catchphrase, “Where’s the beef?” Well, after all these years I have the answer: At Deuce’s and the Diamond Club, 3505 N. Clark St.
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01/25/2012
Thieves snuck in overnight between Jan. 16 and 17 and stole the ambiance from a bar in River North. On the afternoon of Jan. 17, police met with the owner of the Green Door Tavern, 678 N. Orleans St., who stated that sometime between that morning and the previous day thieves had entered the premises through a knocked-out basement window and stolen a collection of furnishings from the bar, including some antique liquor bottles and cigar boxes, an antique slot machine, stereo and TV equipment and several pieces of artwork.
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Double-decker burger joint aims to elevate bar food
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Robbers sweep River North bar
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