West Loop
The Chicago City Council this week will consider an ordinance meant to crack down on drag racing and drifting.
A visit to Ferrara candy company headquarters in the Old Post Office.
Both projects sailed through the panel and go to the City Council, although one drew debate about its architecture.
Open for more than 30 years and loved deeply by the hundreds of regulars who showed up Wednesday for one last bite, the site is the proposed home of an eight-story residential building.
The mural featuring a seascape in Greece lines a now exterior wall of what was once the Pegasus restaurant. The site is slated for a mixed-use building with luxury units in the rapidly developing West Loop.
Joaquin Mendoza thought he wouldn’t live to see his 57th birthday. He not only survived but was the toast of honor at a West Loop party emceed by the Illinois state comptroller.
While the city hasn’t set rules for public pot consumption, the event’s organizer insisted it was a private, invitation-only affair and thus “100% legal.” The rapper Afroman was listed as the headline attraction.
After months on the sidelines, Mayor Lori Lightfoot jumped into the fray over the weekend, trying to bring the two sides closer together. It didn’t work, and now the mayor sounds almost resigned to a referendum.
The new station would improve connectivity to the Illinois Medical District, Kinzie Industrial Corridor, Fulton Market, the United Center and educational institutions.
“We have a lot of land. Before that door closes, I would ask you to do everything in your power to look at what options there are to keep them here that could be an economic driver for parts of our city that could use it and it could work,” said Ald. Harry Osterman.
The iconic Irish brewer plans to open a beer house and brewery in the former Pennsylvania Railroad Terminal Building, 375 N. Morgan St., in the Fulton Market area.
75 refurbished bikes donated by Working Bikes Chicago found their way to children ages 2 to 10 at the West Loop event.
“Today is the day that fast-food workers like me have fought for with a lot of hard work, sweat, and tears,” McDonald’s employee Adriana Alvarez said at a rally outside the company’s West Loop headquarters on Thursday.
The $95 million project would include apartments and maybe a hotel, but the alderman says community review is needed.
Mari Katsumura is “taking time to focus on personal needs.”
The Chicago Department of Transportation also reported 171 probably emergency room visits because of e-scooter accidents during the 2020 pilot — down from 2019’s 192 accidents.
Ever, Moody Tongue and Porto — two of them achieving two-star ratings — join 21 others on Michelin Guide’s 2021 list.
Rev. Tom Hurley first joined the parish as associate pastor in 2003 and became senior pastor in 2007.
James Byrd argued McDonald’s has put Black operators in economically distressed communities with high levels of crime, leading to higher overhead costs in terms of security, insurance, employee turnover and even rent.
In each incident someone pries open the rear door of a multi-unit apartment building and stole property from the lockers in the basement storage area.
Several Chicago City Council members asked why Metra wants to upgrade the seven crossings — and build a new Fulton Market Station — on the Near West Side while Metra property outside the Central Business District is in sorry shape.
Freckles was the inspiration for “Pouch,” the firehouse dog in NBC’s “Chicago Fire,” said Alfred Cousineau, an Engine 103 firefighter.
Hockey players are “saddened” by the move to shut down one the few indoor rinks in the city.
Earlier this year, Kelly’s former landlord — a Wisconsin-based property management company — secured a $3.5 million judgment against the singer to cover unpaid rent and repair costs at the studio space at 219 N. Justine St.
A hotel and a residential high-rise are the latest offerings as investors position for a real estate revival once the pandemic subsides.