The theater at Roosevelt Collection Shops will be one of the few movie theaters south of Downtown. A MacGuffins Bar is also in the works. by Jamie Nesbitt Golden November …
Drivers blocking bike and bus lanes Downtown will start receiving warnings and tickets in the mail under the two-year Smart Streets pilot program. by Melody Mercado November 4, 2024 …
On October 19th, 2024, Kasey’s turned 50. Bill White purchased it in the mid-1980’s. A wonderful article in the October issue of Newcity (another stalwart of the neighborhood) traces the …
How would you like to see the south end of Grant park developed? Neighborhood park, bathrooms, facility for park district programming, enhanced dog park, decking over of the railroad tracks, …
Greyhound’s lease on its Harrison Street terminal is set to end in October, and operators will likely have to vacate the site by Sept. 20. The city has yet to …
Jim Wales and Lelsie Recht presented on behalf of the Grant Park Advisory Council. Part of the 2002 plan was preserving the Historic Core around Buckingham Fountain. Making baseball diamonds …
Hearing about the death of “Mr. Downtown”—Dennis McClendon—stirred up a small memory of city history that even his closest friends likely don’t know. I’d even forgotten it myself. Dennis designed …
Through my old contact, Steve Ranis (Sam’s son) I learned of a printer that was looking to retire but still had a lengthy lease. I agreed to assume the lease …
Early in 1972, my cousin Sam Bianchi called to tell me of a friend of his (Joe Rossi) that worked the night shift in his full-time position for Hall Printing, …
Editor: This is a printer’s story of how he started out his carreer and business in Printers Row. With tenacity and faith in God, he survived the ups and downs …
