New 'Superman' rumored to film in Chicago

03/30/2011

Yet another Hollywood blockbuster may be on pace to film in the Chicago area, according to reports. Superman: Man of Steel has set its heat-seeking vision sights on the area, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.
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The end of Cabrini

As last tower comes down, artists memorialize projects

03/30/2011

This week marked the beginning of a physical — and poetic — end to Chicago’s most infamous housing development. On Wednesday, the Chicago Housing Authority began demolition at 1230 N. Burling St., the last of eight high-rise buildings that once made up the William Green Homes, a section of the notorious Cabrini-Green housing block.
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Good moon rising over Chicago

03/23/2011

A so-called super moon rises above Chicago’s South Loop skyline on Saturday. A super moon occurs every 18 years, when the earth’s moon reaches its closest proximity to our planet and can appear larger than normal.
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Big-box retailer sets sights on former Chicago projects

Target replace Cabrini-Green highrises

03/23/2011

The Chicago Housing Authority may be considering a deal to build a Target store at the site of a former Cabrini-Green development. Commissioners at a CHA meeting last week briefly discussed a recommendation for an agreement between the agency and Target “for land exchanges within or nearby the former William Green Homes Development.”
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Eighteen Chicago restaurants honored with special Italian seal

03/23/2011

Italy turned 150, and 18 Chicago-area restaurants were granted a special Italian seal of approval for their cuisine at an awards dinner March 17 held at the Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame, 1431 W. Taylor St. The “Ospitalita Italiana” seal was given to the restaurants by the Italian government, certifying them as authentically Italian, and was part of the 150th anniversary celebration of the unification of Italy.
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Webster Square development at Lincoln Park Hospital site gets zoning nod

03/23/2011

Developers of the long-debated Webster Square project at Lincoln Park Hospital came one step closer to breaking ground this week when they snagged an approval from the city’s zoning committee.
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Acrobatic gutter thief gets away

03/23/2011

While following up on a call at a church on the 1500 block of North Astor Street around midnight March 22, a police officer noticed a suspicious car in the alleyway next to the building. When the officer went to check the car, he found that a man was hanging from a downspout gutter attached to the church.
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Stretching to practice Pilates and the law

Heart of the 'hood

03/23/2011

Matt Bernstein reminds me a lot of Clark Kent in reverse. Kent was the mild-mannered reporter who used to change into Superman whenever he needed to fight bad guys. Bernstein is a ferocious immigration lawyer, but when he strips off his suit and tie, he turns into a mild-mannered Pilates instructor and Thai massage therapist.
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Old cures, new uses

Ancient Chinese herbal remedies can treat modern diseases

03/23/2011

Modern America is chronically overmedicated, report after report says. Traditional doctors prescribe drugs for all sorts of maladies, but one shop in Chicago’s Chinatown is touting its ancient cures as an alternative.
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Green scene on the Chicago River

03/16/2011

Web Extra! Slideshow
Chicagoans celebrated St. Patrick’s Day early Saturday as the Chicago River was dyed green, as it is every year.
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