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Scattered new condominium buildings are priced higher than the older buildings they replaced in this Southwest Side area, but are far outnumbered by houses and flats that are 80-plus years old. Read more about Pilsen, Chicago IL
Scattered new condominium buildings are priced higher than the older buildings they replaced in this Southwest Side area, but are far outnumbered by houses and flats that are 80-plus years old. Read more about Pilsen, Chicago IL
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Police Investigate Shooting In East Pilsen
(WGN-AM)- One man was killed and another wounded in an early morning shooting in the East Pilsen neighborhood, police said. The shooting happened at 18th Street and Union Avenue shortly before 4 a.m. According to Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines,...Tags: Health, Assault, Crime, Law and Justice, Disasters and Accidents, Chicago Fire Department
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Homicides Down By 13% This Year in Chicago
(WGN-AM)- The number of homicides in Chicago decreased nearly 13 percent through June and the city saw a greater than 10 percent drop in overall crime, compared to the same time period last year, Chicago police announced Thursday. Chicago ended June with...Tags: Assault, Crime, Law and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Weaponry, Defense
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Fest Fridays: Mole de Mayo, Belmont-Sheffield Music Fest and more
RedEyeAs if Memorial Day weekend weren't busy enough with the opening of patios, beer gardens and Chicago beaches, this weekend is also packed with fests. On Saturday and Sunday, you can opt for dancing in the Lakeview streets at the Belmont-Sheffield Music...Tags: Music, Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Dave Matthews Band (music group)
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Out-of-town protesters depart
By Tuesday afternoon, all that remained from the anti-NATO demonstrators who flowed into the Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ over the weekend were piles of discarded blankets and clothes and the faint, lingering funk of dozens of unwashed...
Tags: NATO, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Politics, Activism
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Fest Fridays: Lakeview's Mayfest
RedEyeIt seems the idea of a festival in May is just too much to contain to one weekend. Not to be confused with Lincoln Square’s Maifest (scheduled for May 31), this Mayfest aims to get Chicago festival season kicked off with all the classics: Street...Tags: Chicago Blues Fest, Millennium Park, Lincoln Square (Chicago, Illinois), Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois)
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Voice of the People, May. 19
My 'other mother' This is in response to Tribune columnist Barbara Brotman's "Thanks for baby sitter who became family member" (News, May 7). It brought me to tears reading it and reflecting on my own experience with my "other mother," Aggie. Aggie was...Tags: Human Interest, Health, Down Syndrome, Wrigley Field, Behavioral Conditions
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NATO nations no longer populate city of immigrants
There aren't many Greeks living in Greektown anymore. There aren't many Italians in Little Italy. And Pilsen, the neighborhood named after a Czech city? It has been the heart of Chicago's Mexican community for decades. As representatives from the NATO...
Tags: Greektown, Europe, Luxembourg, Wicker Park, NATO
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Eat Drink Do
EAT PINK LINE AND DINE Pink Line 'L' stop, 18th and Paulina Streets 773-340-1358 Keep the Cinco de Mayo spirit going with a guided neighborhood walk around churches, Mexican murals and more during the Pilsen Cultural Tour; then, feast on a group buffet...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Comedy (genre), Entertainment, Cinco de Mayo
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Emanuel approval on crime fighting lags
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has touted new policing strategies to offset this year's surge in violence, but fewer than half of Chicago voters approve of the way he's handling the city's crime problem, a Tribune/WGN-TV poll found. Still, almost two-thirds of those...
Tags: Garry McCarthy, Chicago Police Department, Wicker Park, Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings
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Western Avenue: 24 Miles in 24 Watercolors
Western Avenue may not be Chicago's most beautiful street, but local artist and architect Jane Sloss thinks that it is the city's most revealing. That's why the 31-year-old Andersonville-based artist decided to paint 24 watercolor paintings, one to...
Tags: Lincoln Square (Chicago, Illinois), United Nations, Painting, Andersonville, Bucktown
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Listing: Chicago-area farmers markets
An early spring will bring not only May flowers to the farmers markets this year, but also an abundance of farm-fresh produce earlier than usual, while preparations for Chicago's first NATO summit will delay two downtown markets.
The Daley Plaza...Tags: Health, Harold Washington, Chicago, Hospitals and Clinics, Interior Policy
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Chicago farmers market openings
May 12 Division Street (Division Street & Dearborn Parkway) Lincoln Park (Armitage Avenue & Orchard Street) May 13 Beverly (95th Street & Longwood Drive) May 24 Daley Plaza (Washington & Dearborn streets) May 29 Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn streets)...Tags: Pullman, Wicker Park, Central Park, South Shore, Lincoln Square (Chicago, Illinois)
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