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- Living the high life, family style
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- The mysterious death of Sammy Wanjiru
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Chicago opens its doors with data, invites programmers in
The download's upside
10/26/2011
Chicago is pulling back the digital data curtains, publishing hundreds of sets of official data, and enlisting the help of program developers to make the information useful to the rest of us.
Read more...Chicago police district consolidation gets little resistance
With 19th and 13th districts pitched to merge, residents want to see continued police patrols
10/19/2011
Leaders in Lincoln Park say they could stomach a plan to consolidate two area-police stations, as long as the move doesn't draw down officer presence in the neighborhood.
Read More...Children's Memorial Hospital heliport gets green light
Opponents of plan prepare appeal
10/19/2011
After three years of fielding public opinion and weighing scientific analyses, the state's transportation agency has given its blessing to the Children's Memorial Hospital heliport.
Read more...Living landmark steps down
Heart of the 'hood
10/19/2011
Someone I consider a local living landmark, Jim Peters, is leaving his post as president of Landmarks Illinois on Oct. 27. Here's wishing him the best of luck. Peters joined the nonprofit organization in 2001, and in that time has worked tirelessly on saving buildings such as Cook County Hospital, the Lathrop Homes and Prentice Women's Hospital, with extensive and feasible reuse studies.
Read More...Budgeting for the next decade in Chicago
10/19/2011
New government budgets require that we citizens act like grown-ups. Facing reality is not a bad thing as we decide what we want and can afford from government. These budgets should not be passed as fiats because they will affect us and our neighborhoods for decades. We can have our say.
Read more...Banks must forgive housing debt to keep dream alive
The Home Front
10/19/2011
Housing is the bedrock of U.S. family life, and homeownership is the one certain thing the average American depends on to accumulate wealth for retirement. That's why it's called the American dream.
Read more...Photos: Bank of America Chicago Marathon
10/12/2011
Web Extra! Slideshow
Volunteers help Chicago Marathon runners cool off as they wind their way
through Pilsen on Sunday. Huge crowds gathered to watch and cheer the
thousands of competitors on the 26.2-mile course. Read More...
Condo maximizers sue Chicago
Owners say new restrictions on vacation rentals 'arbitrary and capricious'
10/12/2011
Some owners in a River North high-rise say that the city has gone too far in enforcing its new vacation rental laws. In late September, a group of condo owners at a 450-unit residential building at 30 E. Huron St. filed a lawsuit calling for a Cook County Circuit Court judge to throw out a set of zoning laws aimed at regulating the vacation rental industry in Chicago.
Read more...Ald. Smith fields concerns, speaks her piece at maiden community meeting
A first for the alderman
10/12/2011
After formerly introducing herself to the twenty or so residents who had filtered into the cafeteria of the Francis W. Parker School last Thursday evening, Ald. Michelle Smith (43rd) turned to the small group of developers waiting in the corner of the room.
Read more...A purrfect night on the town in Chicago
Heart of the 'hood
10/12/2011
What do Natasha the cat, actress/writer Carrie Fisher and the Italian Village restaurant have in common? Don’t know? Give up? They were all part of one especially enjoyable day I had last week. I hit two plays and the restaurant for dinner in between, all in about five hours and with two different friends.
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