West Loop gun killing

09/01/2010

A 25-year-old Harvey man was shot and killed after a fight at a near west club early Tuesday morning.
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National Hellenic Museum comes out

09/01/2010

With a year to go before the doors open, the National Hellenic Museum held a “coming out” party August 27 near its S. Halsted Street home.
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Chicago's best preservation

09/01/2010

The Chicago Landmarks Commission This week announced the 2010 recipients of the Preservation Excellence Awards. Included in the 22 winners are: the On Leong Merchant’s Association Building at 2220 S. Wentworth Ave. for its terra cotta restoration and Printers Row Park for their new urban infill park.
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2nd ward town hall online and accessible

08/25/2010

Last week’s town hall meeting hosted online by Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) was the first in a series that are expected to remain accessible to anyone wanting to listen to ward questions or hear Alderman’s answers.
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Summer strummer

08/25/2010

A musician is silhouette by the afternoon sun as he plays a guitar and sings in a tunnel under Lake Shore Dr. as a beach goer heads to North Avenue Beach.
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Revised drawings for proposed W. Jackson Target

08/18/2010

Representatives from Target Corp. are expected to present revised plans and drawings of a proposed Target store on the former Fannie May Candy site on the 1100 block of W. Jackson.
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Residents back home at River City

08/18/2010

Three weeks to the day after torrential rains poured into the lower levels of River City Condominiums at 800 S. Wells Street residents were cleared by the Chicago Fire Department Saturday to return to their homes.
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Lakefront ride

08/18/2010

A biker pedals along the lakefront past Shedd Aquarium on a beautiful, sunny late afternoon.
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UIC won't attend hearing, strike looms

08/11/2010

The University of Illinois-Chicago has sent word that administrators would not attend a special state senate hearing about treatment of the school’s union employees.

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Strike at Near South Side hotel?

08/04/2010

Sapped by prolonged contract negotiations, union workers for Hyatt Hotels last week voted to authorize a potential labor strike at the company’s four Chicago-area hotels. The hotel workers union Unite Here Local 1 and a number of major hotel chains have been at a bargaining impasse over wage, staffing and benefits agreements since August of 2009, when the union’s last contract expired.
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