A Cook County-funded foreclosure program designed to keep people in their homes is being criticized…
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East Meets West in Humboldt Park
By John McCarron, LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program Spend a morning making the rounds with…
Planned Artist Workspace Rezoned for Hotel Development in Pilsen
Historic warehouses in Pilsen that would have been converted into low-rent workspaces for struggling artists were rezoned recently for a 200-room hotel with a restaurant and ballroom.
The Chicago Plan Commission unanimously voted to change the zoning at the W.M. Hoyt Co. building at 465 W. Cermak Rd. in the near Southwest Side neighborhood of Pilsen. Plans for the vacant building also include 78,150 square feet of retail.
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Restoring, Building Communities One Park at a Time
The construction of a new playground in Grand Crossing Park on Chicago’s South Side is…
“Addison Park on Clark” Proposal Puts Improv Olympic in Danger
At a public meeting held Tuesday night in Lakeview, Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) helped developers…
New Regulations on Home Repairs Target Dangerous Lead Paint
When Elaine Mohamed took her son, Zachary Vanderslice, for his regularly scheduled check-up, doctors found…
Leaders Envision Chicago’s 2016 in “Back to the Future” Panel
City leaders’ dreams that the 2016 Olympics would come to Chicago ended in October, but…
Listening to the People, Officially
Access Living, governed and staffed by people with disabilities, is Chicago’s only center for independent…