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Covering Wicker Park for @BlockClubChi until June 25. Then central Illinois reporter for hire | @AMEJA | words @postandcourier @nytimes | [email protected]
A proposed ordinance aimed at curbing gentrification along The 606's Bloomingdale Trail was reintroduced at City Council this week.
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It’s official: Chicago is hitting the pause button on demolitions along The 606’s Bloomingdale Trail in just a couple of weeks.
Demolition along 606 halted for 6 months as city examines impact of gentrification
More than 300 cities and 55 countries around the world have banned single-use plastics in an effort to reduce the millions of pounds of plastic trash clogging our lakes and oceans.
Chicago could be next.
On Wednesday, Ald. Scott Waguespack (32) and Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza (10) introduced an ordinance that looks to significantly cut down how many plastic forks, plates and spoons are doled out by restaurants and other businesses in the city.
Aldermen propose ban on all Styrofoam, single-use plastic
On April 10, City Council approved a 16-story, 168-unit high-rise at 1624 W. Division St. in Wicker Park against the wishes of neighborhood leaders. PROVIDED
A developer currently building a batch of million-dollar condos and town homes in Wicker Park has filed a lawsuit against the city this week after former 1st Ward Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno discreetly approved a massive development nearby.
The lawsuit, filed by an entity of Vermilion Properties, alleges the city violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act as well as a six-month city zoning approval deadline when Moreno pushed through a zoning change on his way out of office for a high-rise at 1628 W. Division St.
Battle Between Wicker Park Developers Over Jam-Packed Corner Heads To Court: ‘The City Should Just Fold Now’
Organizers who oppose the city's April 10 decision to give $1.3 billion in tax subsidies to Lincoln Yards developer Sterling Bay gather outside Judge Neil Cohen's courtroom on Wednesday. [Hannah Alani/Block Club Chicago]
A Cook County judge on Wednesday indicated he didn’t like the city’s deal to give $1.3 billion in tax increment financing dollars for the Lincoln Yards project, but also said a lawsuit trying to block the deal might not pass legal muster.
Circuit Court Judge Neil Cohen spent nearly two hours on Tuesday grilling attorneys for a grassroots coalition that’s suing the city over the taxpayer-funded subsidy, setting up a decision over whether the group’s lawsuit may go to trial.
Despite city’s ‘rush to judgment’ on Lincoln Yards, judge says lawsuit to block tax subsidy might not fly
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Covering Wicker Park for @BlockClubChi until June 25. Then central Illinois reporter for hire | @AMEJA | words @postandcourier @nytimes | [email protected]
