Good list

09/01/2010

I am a resident of the University Village (I live on Fillmore) and I teach at Smyth Magnet School. I was particularly saddened (as were about 1,500 other staff, students, and parents) to read your article about Smyth “not being good enough” for families in our community.
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More access

09/01/2010

I know about Smyth. Smyth is a low performing school and always have been. Smyth was the lowest performing school when Ris, Jefferson, Medill, and Gladstone was open.
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Context please

08/25/2010

I read an article in the Aug. 12 edition of the Chicago Journal, which featured me and Kathy Lusher. It was a good article and thank you for bring this to the public attention.
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Give us real coverage

08/25/2010

I read the story Ms. McGrath wrote about the CAPS meeting (Aug. 19, page 4). One sentence of the story stood out for me: “It’s true. There have been some unfortunate burglaries.”
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Why I'm supporting Target

07/21/2010

I recently attended Ald. Fioretti’s town hall meeting, which was followed by Target’s presentation of its proposed store on Jackson and Aberdeen. I was one of the people who had been in discussions with an attorney for Target who contacted me at the request of Ald. Fioretti’s office. I am on the board of Near West Neighbors.
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Bad economy doesnt justify West Loop Target

07/21/2010

Look to Spain for parking innovations

07/21/2010

I thought I would share with you the metered street parking arrangement I witnessed on a recent trip to Barcelona, Spain, due to street parking being an ongoing issue of concern in both the West Loop and South Loop neighborhoods.
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Parks' public input process getting better

06/02/2010

Something that should be said about park planning downtown (“Mulling over North Grant Park,” Chicago Journal, May 27) is that the public input process has become more sophisticated at our urging.
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Making mixed income work

05/26/2010

The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Plan for Transformation redevelopment called Roosevelt Square that is taking place in our community presents a unique opportunity.
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Seeing red at Buckingham Fountain

05/26/2010

Can someone tell me why Buckingham Fountain’s nighttime lighting this season is so strikingly mundane and unimpressive? Since I first became a South Michigan Ave. high-rise resident and an avid admirer of its Grant Park and lakefront dazzling views two years ago, the fountain’s dramatic multicolored, ever-changing, light shows have been a constant source of delight to me and have drawn certain “oohs and aahs” from my evening guests — until now.
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