South Loop residents are calling for the Chicago Public Schools to create a…
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Help design Chicago’s new Bus Rapid Transit stations
The CTA is planning to build new transit stations for proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects on…
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Coal power plants shuttered, ongoing health effects still unclear
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finished air monitoring around the now-closed Fisk and Crawford coal…
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Sexual Assaults in South Loop
A 56-year-old woman was sexually assaulted and held up at gunpoint outside her South Loop…
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Food not Bombs Highlights Contradictions of War, Hunger
Baked potatoes with apples, stuffed peppers with rice, vegetable stir-fry and fruit salad. This is…
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Dearborn Bike Lanes Update at One Month
About one month ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel dedicated the new Dearborn Bike lane. The new lane has a northbound and southbound bike lane, and traffic lights especially for cyclists. How is the new lane working out for winter bikers and others?
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Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning wins recognition
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) will receive the 2013 National Planning Excellence Award…
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Alliance for a Greener South Loop
When Gail Merritt founded the Alliance for a Greener South Loop five years ago, she…