Bucktown

Bucktown

Wrong-way motorist rams garbage truck on Kennedy

The driver suffered “non life-threatening” injuries and the lanes were reopened by 7:15 a.m.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Antisemitic posters linked to white supremacist group, found in Bucktown: 'We have to push back'

The cardboard signs contained a link to GoyimTV, a channel run by the antisemitic hate group Goyim Defense League. The GDL ‘espouses vitriolic antisemitism and white supremacist themes via the internet,’ according to the Anti-Defamation League.

By Phyllis Cha

Food and Restaurants

Former Maple & Ash co-owner struggles in new restaurant venture after eviction, loan default, aims to emerge ‘stronger’

David Pisor — owner of Etta and Aya Pastry — defaulted on a $2.5 million loan on Jan. 17, according to a court filing from lender Wintrust Bank.

By David Struett

Jeremiah Watson stands for a photo near the Citgo at 76th and S South Chicago on the South Side, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Watson was robbed as he walking to the Citgo Gas Station in October.

The Watchdogs

Chicago is seeing largest spike in robberies in over 20 years, analysis shows

Nearly 4,900 robberies happened between July 1 and Nov. 26, a more than 55% increase compared to the previous five months. That’s the largest percentage increase in robberies between consecutive five-month periods since at least 2001.

By Sophie Sherry and Alden Loury

An alley in the 2000 block of North Damen Avenue in Bucktown is lined with garbage cans.

Crime

Surge of brutal robberies has Bucktown neighbors demanding action: ‘It feels like we are under attack’

Robberies in Chicago’s Shakespeare District, which includes the Bucktown and Wicker Park neighborhoods and parts of Logan Square, are 93% higher than in 2019.

By Sophie Sherry and Emmanuel Camarillo

Chicago

Temporary pickleball courts to open in Lincoln Yards Monday

The courts will be open to the public, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week, starting Monday and running through Nov. 15.

By Jacquelyne Germain

Hayet Rida at her Bucktown boutique KHOI, which she opened the same month she was laid off from her corporate job with Meta.

Jewelry designer Hayet Rida gambles on a Bucktown boutique that defies some rules of retail

By Samantha Callender | WBEZ

Adam Goldberg shows off his bike tattoo and the bike he inherited from his family.

This bike helped Adam Goldberg find solace during the pandemic, so he had it tattooed on his thigh

By Mary Norkol

Two men were shot in Humboldt Park early Saturday.

Crime

Man shot, several people robbed in Bucktown

Three people entered a business in the 1900 block of North Milwaukee Avenue about 10:50 p.m. and demanded people’s belongings at gunpoint, Chicago police said. A man was shot and is in critical condition.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

String of armed robberies reported on Northwest Side

The robberies occurred between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 3 a.m. Thursday in the North Center, Bucktown and Logan Square neighborhoods.

By Sun-Times Wire

3-16-05 Peter Poulos and wife Christina, owners of Margie’s Candies on Armitage and Western in Chicago. The store sells all handmade goodies, and is currently owned by Peter Poulos, the grandson of the original owner, also named Peter Poulos. It has been in the Poulos family for 85 years.

Obituaries

Margie’s Candies’ Peter George Poulos, third-generation keeper of the flame, dead at 86

He grew up in the ice cream shop and returned to run it when his mother died. Now Mr. Poulos’ son is taking over and doesn’t plan to change a thing.

By Mitch Dudek

The Chicago Tribune printing plant, the city’s choice for a Bally’s casino. The stretch along the North Branch of the Chicago River is the city’s next corridor for growth.

Chicago Enterprise

For city’s next growth spurt, follow the money to north-northwest corridor

The city touts its Invest South/West initiative, but the real action is on the other side of town.

By David Roeder

Crime

4 arrested after fiery crash are charged with series of armed robberies — but top cop says they’re suspected of committing ‘dozens’ more

Police Supt. Brown said investigators believe the four suspects may be responsible for more than 50 recent armed robberies but did not specify why, explaining that “we’ve got to put together the cases to prove that these were the offenders.”

By Tom Schuba

Marijuana

3 pot shops with licenses to boost diversity finally open, but nearly 200 await OK

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who visited a new dispensary co-owned by Black family members Wednesday, said he hopes the other social equity license holders can open and diversify the white-dominated industry in Illinois.

By Mitch Dudek and Tom Schuba

Boguslaw Kasprowicz (right) at a court appearance in March 2021.

The Watchdogs

Failure of clout-heavy Bridgeport bank sees a crooked contractor plead guilty, agree to help feds

Boguslaw Kasprowicz pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the failure of Washington Federal Bank for Savings — the investigation that also ensnared ex-Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson.

By Tim Novak

A Chicago police star on a wall at headquarters.

Crime

Man carjacked in Bucktown

About 10:30 p.m., he was attempting to park his silver 2013 Lexus Es 300 in the 1700 block of North Wolcott Avenue, when a man wearing a ski-mask approached him, pointed a gun at him and demanded his personal belongings and that he get out of the car.

By Sun-Times Wire

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Religion

Archdiocese announces restructuring of several parishes on North Side, Southwest Side

The moves are part of the Renew My Church restructuring plan.

By Mitch Dudek

Movies and TV

Jane Lynch cast on ‘Bucktown,’ a proposed ABC sitcom set in Chicago

The “Glee” alum, who grew up in Dolton, will play a Northwest Sider welcoming her newly single daughter back home.

By Darel Jevens

The Bloomingdale Trail, also known as the 606, is shown when it opened in 2015. Since then, it has become popular and crowded, and housing prices in the areas along the 2.7-mile trail have climbed, feeding fears that gentrification will push out lower-income residents.

City Hall

Divided Finance Committee OKs demolition fees in Pilsen and neighborhoods along 606 trail

There’s a $15,000 surcharge to tear down a house — $5,000-per-unit for multi-unit residential buildings. “You heard it here first,” said “no” vote Ald. Nick Sposato. “The guy with the high school diploma says we will be sued over this.”

By Fran Spielman

A view of the 606 Trail, seen from the rooftop of the Robey Hotel in Wicker Park.

City Hall

Demolition surcharge proposed to preserve affordable housing in Pilsen, along 606 trail

The plan proposed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot would impose a $15,000 surcharge for demolishing a “detached house, townhouse or two-flat” and a $5,000-per-unit fee for tearing down “multi-unit residential buildings.”

By Fran Spielman