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- Live on Logan Closes Out Its 7th Season at Palmer Square Park — And the Encore Comes Sunday
Palmer Square Park had one final Sunday afternoon to remember this month. On September 13, the free outdoor concert series Live on Logan wra
- West Pullman's Ethola Restaurant & BSCP Hall Tapped for City Renovation Grant, Bringing Afro-Caribbean Flavors and a Community Venue to 119th Street
A West Pullman restaurant and event space is getting a city-backed boost — and the neighborhood's dining and gathering scene may never look
- Clark Street Live Is Here: Wrigleyville Shuts Down for Its First Street Music Festival in Nearly 30 Years — Starting Right Now
Wrigleyville neighbors, today is the day. Clark Street is closed to traffic, the stages are up, the cowboy boots are out, and the first-ever
- Francis Parker School's Long-Debated Expansion Clears a Major Hurdle — Here's What It Means for Lincoln Park
A years-in-the-making chapter in Lincoln Park's neighborhood planning saga moved decisively forward this week. Francis Parker School's expan
- Chicago Pickle Gets a New Uptown Home — With Crepes, Gelato, and a Dessert Bar in Tow
Uptown neighbors, one of the neighborhood's most beloved sandwich and specialty market concepts is on the move — and what's coming to replac
- From Chinatown Stall to Lakeview Storefront: A Noodle Shop Makes Its North Side Debut — Plus, Milly's Pizza Brings Its Cult Pan Pies to Broadway
Lake View neighbors, two additions to the neighborhood's dining landscape are worth your attention this week — one a beloved Chicago pan piz
- Top Chef Alum Sarah Grueneberg Is Bringing a New Italian Restaurant to Bucktown's Armitage Avenue
Bucktown's Armitage Avenue just landed one of the most anticipated restaurant announcements of the fall season. Trattoria Lo So — a new Ital
- A Shuttered West Side School Gets New Life: City Council Approves 103 Affordable Apartments at Former Von Humboldt Elementary
A long-vacant neighborhood landmark is finally getting a second act. On Wednesday, September 23, the Chicago City Council approved a transfo
- 50 New Apartments Are Officially Coming to West Fillmore Street — Near West Side Just Got Its Latest Building Permit
Near West Side neighbors, the construction pipeline that has been churning through your neighborhood all year just added another entry — and
- Logan Square's Inaugural Armitage County Fair Brings Giardiniera Contests, Live Music, and a Petting Zoo to Armitage Avenue This Weekend
Logan Square is closing out September with a block party unlike anything the neighborhood has tried before. The inaugural Armitage County Fa
- A Landmark Heals and a New Izakaya Arrives: Portage Park Has Two Feel-Good Stories This Week
Portage Park is closing out September with a pair of genuinely good-news stories — one about the neighborhood's most recognizable stone gate
- A Historic Avondale Church Is Getting New Life — and the Neighborhood Finally Said Yes
After years of failed redevelopment pitches, one of Avondale's most storied old buildings is on the cusp of a new chapter — and this time, t
- Vote Now, Network Soon: Ravenswood's Best-of Awards Open for Voting and the Corridor's Biggest Networking Night Is Around the Corner
Ravenswood neighbors, your opinion is officially on the ballot — and the calendar just filled up with two more reasons to plug into the comm
- Irving Park's Most Unique New Development Is Designed for Indigenous Families — and It Just Broke Ground
Irving Park neighbors, a project unlike any other on Chicago's Northwest Side is moving from blueprint to reality — and the story behind it
- Mayor Johnson Comes to Bronzeville: $100M Trail Project Hits a Major Milestone — and the Neighborhood Has One More Chance to Shape It
The $100 million Bronzeville Trail just got its highest-profile endorsement yet — and this week, residents got to deliver their vision for i
- City Says Yes: Chicago Approves 90 Affordable Homes for Edgewater — and a Devon Avenue Proposal Adds 27 More to the Pipeline
Edgewater residents woke up Thursday to some of the most consequential housing news the neighborhood has seen in years. In a pair of develop
- Green Light on Erie Street: Chicago's Plan Commission Clears the Way for Northwestern Medicine's 1.2-Million-Square-Foot Tower — and IMAX Is Coming to AMC River East
Streeterville had a big week at City Hall — and at the multiplex. Two significant approvals landed within days of each other that will shape
- West Loop Just Held Its First-Ever Wellness Fest — and It Was All About Movement, Community, and Giving Back
West Loop neighbors, your neighborhood has built a well-deserved reputation as one of Chicago's premier destinations for food, design, and n
- Film Fans, This Is Your Week: The Chicago Underground Film Festival Lands at the Harper Theater Sept. 23–27
Hyde Park neighbors, if you've been looking for a reason to make the Harper Theater your home base this week, the 33rd Annual Chicago Underg
- A New Sculpture, a Landmark Musical, and a Contemporary Art Fair: The Loop's Cultural Calendar Is Stacking Up Fast This Fall
Loop neighbors, just as the neighborhood catches its breath after a jam-packed summer, three cultural stories are landing in the same week —