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WEBThe Watch Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago With No Chemistry Teacher, Chicago Student Teaches Her Own Class: ‘They Forgot About Us’ At Clemente Community Academy, students are missing critical instruction time because of absent teachers.
Taste Of Chicago Is Back. Here’s The Full Lineup ... - Block Club …
WEBMay 31, 2022 · Several changes are set for this year's Taste of Chicago including a scaled down festival in Grant Park and neighborhood festivals in Austin, Pullman and Little Village. There will also be no food tickets sold this year, with …
10 Iconic Black Chicagoans You Should Know For ... - Block Club …
WEBFeb 24, 2022 · Etta Moten Barnett (l), Oscar Stanton De Priest (c) and Carl Cotton are Black Chicagoans you should know. Credit: Provided. BRONZEVILLE — Black Chicagoans have been revolutionaries and world changers, their impact spanning generations, from Harold Washington to Ida B. Wells, and Jean Baptiste …
The Wild Mile's First Stretch Is Ready, Bringing Floating Gardens ...
WEBJul 13, 2022 · Nick Wesley, executive director of Urban Rivers, speaks about Wild Mile Chicago, a floating eco-park located on the North Branch Canal of the Chicago River, on July 7, 2022.
In Chicago’s Roseland Neighborhood, A Mix Of Grief And …
WEBJul 8, 2021 · This story is the first piece in “Aftershocks,” A Series About Surviving Gun Violence In Chicago. It was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America, in partnership with La Raza. Sign up for The Trace’s newsletters here. ROSELAND — Residents in Roseland know the hut well, with its bright red hearts and urgent text imploring passersby to ...
Chicago’s 10 Oldest Pizzerias Are Full Of Delicious Secrets
WEBFeb 8, 2019 · Marie’s Pizza & Liquors, 4127 W. Lawrence Ave. It was a summer day in 1971 when George Karavidas told his 11-year-old daughter Nadine Marie she was going to work with him at the family’s pizzeria two blocks away. She’s worked there ever since. Marie’s wasn’t named for her, but for her grandmother Marie.
Former Cabrini Green Site Set To Get Over 700 New Housing Units
WEBJul 20, 2023 · Their addresses: 1101-1129 N. Cambridge Ave. 1100-1128 N. Cleveland Ave. 500-520 W. Hobbie St. 558-576 W. Elm St. Thirty units will be for CHA residents, while 28 will be affordable and 34 offered at market rate, according to the housing authority. Thirty-five apartments are either three- or four-bedroom units.
These South And West Side Neighborhoods Have Been Hardest …
WEBSep 18, 2023 · The city’s cumulative impact assessment, released this week, identifies numerous South and West side neighborhoods as areas most impacted by industry and pollution. Nearly 30 percent of all census tracts citywide are designated environmental justice neighborhoods, while nearly half of all Chicago …
Every Chicago Cannabis Dispensary Rolled Into One Map
WEBNov 14, 2023 · Only one, the Black- and family-owned Grasshopper Club at 58 E. Roosevelt Road, has received a state license and successfully opened for business. Other dispensaries that have cleared the city process: JG IL, LLC, 3455-59 S. Ashland Ave. VILL-OPS, Inc., 1850 W. Webster Ave., which includes a drive-thru facility.
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