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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

McKinley Park

MAT Asphalt is located across from McKinley Park in an area designated an environmental justice community.
Environment
Lawyers for $1.2 million MAT Asphalt settlement to explain lawsuit at public meeting
Dates to file a claim or opt out of a class settlement over odors in McKinley Park are extended to next month; a meeting in Humboldt Park is planned for Tuesday.
By Brett Chase
 
El propietario de MAT Asphalt aceptó pagar $1.2 millones para resolver la demanda de una vecina en 2020 por malos olores. | Archivos Sun-Times
Environment
MAT Asphalt agrees to pay $1.2 million after McKinley Park neighbor’s lawsuit over odor
Eligible residents have January deadlines to file a claim or opt out of the court settlement with the owner of the McKinley Park plant.
By Brett Chase
 
Fireworks explode during a street takeover at 32nd Street and Hoyne Avenue, next to a photo of a resident pointing at the street where the gathering took place.
‘Terrorized’ resident calls for city to stop McKinley Park street takeovers: ‘I hate that this has become a reality’
By Sophie Sherry and Emmanuel Camarillo
 
Se acaba el tiempo para evitar la demolición de los históricos silos de grano, situados junto al Río Chicago, cerca de la calle 29th y la Avenida Damen. | Mark Capapas/Archivos Sun-Times
La Voz Chicago
Municipalidad promete que la demolición de los Damen Silos será diferente que la implosión en La Villita
Decenas de residentes expresaron su preocupación por la destrucción planeada de las enormes estructuras del lado suroeste.
By Brett Chase
 
Two boys, both 17, were shot July 12, 2022, in Austin.
Crime
Man hit by car, then shot in McKinley Park parking lot
The driver of a blue sedan struck him about 12:40 a.m. before an occupant of the car began shooting at the man.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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La Voz Chicago
On Día de las Madres, Chicago street vendors sell flowers and chocolates to passing cars
Street vendors on the South Side are setting up shop for Día de las Madres, which takes place Wednesday in many Latin American countries.
By Ambar Colón
 
Xavier Ramirez gets an Edgar haircut by barber Manny Urquizo at Empire Cutz in McKinley Park.
Lifestyles
The Edgar haircut is one more thing kids, parents can disagree on
First popularized in border states such as California, New Mexico and Texas, the style has become a viral meme on social media during the coronavirus pandemic.
By Nereida Moreno | WBEZ
 
A rendering of IBT Group’s proposal for 1769 W. Pershing Road, showing its rooftop park.
Chicago Enterprise
3 groups vie to revive a chunk of Chicago’s industrial legacy
Proposals being evaluated by local groups and the Department of Planning and Development would introduce new uses to the old Central Manufacturing District on Pershing Road.
By David Roeder
 
Ana Guajardo (from left), Peter Chico and Óscar Sanchez are among five candidates running for the Chicago City Council in the 10th ward.
Elections
Pollution, public safety drive ward races in Southeast Side’s 10th, Southwest Side’s 12th
In the 10th, Yessenia Carreón, Peter Chico, Ana Guajardo, Óscar Sanchez and Jessica Venegas are running to succeed Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza. And in the 12th, newly appointed Ald. Anabel Abarca is challenged by Julia Ramirez.
By Brett Chase
 
Anna Johnson (left) and Marie Collins-Wright outside Pullman Innovations, a company that they say fills their South Deering neighborhood with foul smells.
Polluters like Southeast Side plant often get a pass on air-quality violations in Chicago, Sun-Times finds
By Brett Chase
 
Está planeado que los Damen Silos a lo largo del Río Chicago sean derribados. El nuevo propietario necesitará la aprobación del gobierno federal y de la Municipalidad. | Archivos Sun-Times
City Hall
Despite protests, Damen Silos sold by state to Michael Tadin Jr.
Community groups, preservationists and environmentalists had asked Gov. J.B. Pritzker to halt the sale and requested that the city intervene.
By Brett Chase
 
Anabel Abarca
City Hall
Lightfoot appoints Cardenas’ former chief of staff to replace him as 12th Ward alderperson
Attorney Anabel Abarca, a McKinley Park resident, is the mayor’s fourth appointment to fill an aldermanic vacancy.
By Fran Spielman
 
A number of groups want Gov. J.B. Pritzker to hold off on a sale of the 23-acre Damen Silos and give community members a say in new uses for the land.
Environment
Pritzker asked to delay sale of Damen Silos; ‘We deserve to have a voice,’ community leaders say
MAT Asphalt co-owner Michael Tadin Jr. and his family were high bidders for the old grain silos near 29th Street and Damen Avenue featured in “Transformers: Age of Extinction.”
By Brett Chase
 
Maria Alejandra Rivera, owner of Cadinho, a bakery that specializes in Portuguese pastries.
McKinley Park
Bakery moving to McKinley Park building that’s getting new lease on life
Construction has begun to rehab 3479 S. Archer with 10 apartments and street-level space for businesses.
By Michael Loria
 
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Crime
Two men charged with murder in McKinley Park shooting
The shooting in the 3700 block of South Paulina Street happened after Julius Hernandez, 18, and Byron Quijeiro, 20, circled the block with two other people in a black SUV, the judge said in denying the men bail.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
Army veteran Hattie Tyson, 63, competes in table tennis in the 2022 Valor Games Midwest at McKinley Park on Aug. 18, 2022.
Chicago
Valor Games: where veterans compete and connect
The three-day sporting competition, organized locally by the Chicago Park District, is for disabled veterans and wounded, ill or injured service members. It wrapped up Thursday.
By Jordan Perkins
 
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s chief sustainability officer cited an asphalt plant that opened directly across from McKinley Park two years ago as an example of an industrial zoning issue that would get more public scrutiny under the mayor’s proposed ordinance.
Environment
City rejects $500 million in asphalt bids over pollution concerns
McKinley Park’s MAT Asphalt, others will have to resubmit bids later this year after new public health recommendations are issued.
By Brett Chase
 
Nicole Lee was introduced Thursday as Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to be the new 11th Ward alderperson on the Chicago City Council.
City Hall
Newest City Council member chooses sides in ward remap battle, but what difference will it make?
Ald. Nicole Lee (11th) is the 34th alderperson to back a map drafted for the Rules Committee and the Black Caucus. Both it and a map proposed by the Latino Caucus turn her ward into Chicago’s first with an Asian American majority.
By Fran Spielman
 
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s chief sustainability officer cited an asphalt plant that opened directly across from McKinley Park two years ago as an example of an industrial zoning issue that would get more public scrutiny under the mayor’s proposed ordinance.
Environment
MAT Asphalt says its air pollution is below state limits
A company consultant’s report, under review by the Illinois EPA, doesn’t satisfy a community group that wants the plant shut down.
By Brett Chase
 
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U.S. Census
Chicago’s Latino population spreads out, Census shows
Latinos are the second largest racial group in the city of Chicago, in Cook County, and in the State of Illinois.
By Jackie Serrato
 
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