Posts Tagged “Bucktown”
Alderman Scott Waguespack introduced an ordinance at the November 17, 2010 City Council meeting prohibiting the issuance of new late hour liquor licenses.
“In the 32nd Ward, we have 17 late night liquor licenses and over 50% of them are currently either the source of deleteriousContinue...
Categories: Bucktown Hamlin Park Late Hour Licenses Lincoln Park Liquor Licenses Roscoe Village South Lakeview Ukrainian Village West Lakeview West Town Wicker Park
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 began demolition of a building at the site of Economy Plating, 2348-52 N. Elston Ave. in Chicago on November 15, 2010. Formerly a chrome plating shop, the site has been abandoned since 2003.
Demolition comes after a number ofContinue...
Categories: Bucktown Environment U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Natasha McShane, an exchange student who was the victim of a brutal attack in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood in April, has returned to her native Northern Ireland for more surgery.
McShane appeared on the brink of death after she and friend Stacy Jurich were beaten with aContinue...
Categories: Bucktown Police The Huffington Post
Three woman were robbed at gunpoint of their passports and other items this morning outside one of their residences on the border of Wicker Park and Bucktown, according to Chicago police.
The 23-year-old women–all from Ireland–were robbed about 5:30 a.m. near North Avenue and Wood Streets.Continue...
Categories: Bucktown Police Wicker Park
A man and woman have been charged in the violent assault of two women in Bucktown last Friday. Natasha McShane and Stacy Jurich were severely injured in the attack and Natasha will be in the hospital for quite some time.
These young women still need ourContinue...
The paint is dry, the photographs are framed and the Legos have been arranged in an uncanny likeness of Alderman Ariel E. Reboyras. It is time to unveil the much-anticipated Chicago Aldermen Project: 50 Aldermen/50 Artists.
The show, which opens its two-week run at 7 p.m.Continue...
Categories: Arts Bucktown New York Times Wicker Park
Led by WPB, neighborhoods increasing opportunities, spaces for artists; encouraging environmental pursuits; working to maintain individuality.
When Red Hen Bread opened in the mid-1990s, the only other business along that stretch of Milwaukee Avenue was a carwash, remembers owner Robert Picchietti.
The area — home to oneContinue...
Categories: Bucktown Chicago Tribune Wicker Park
On a recent Wednesday evening, with hours of summer daylight left, dozens of people were out enjoying the Bloomingdale line, a dormant railroad right-of-way that runs 2.7 miles across the northwest side, 15 feet above its namesake street. They strolled, they jogged, they cycled, andContinue...
Categories: Bloomingdale Trail Bucktown Chicago Reader Wicker Park