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Reporter, @BlockclubCHI. Covering Uptown, Rogers Park, Andersonville and Edgewater. Native South Sider.Staffers at 1540 Bar & Grill in Bucktown watch as Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces new coronavirus guidelines that will allow bars without food licenses to reopen for indoor service starting Oct. 1 [HANNAH ALANI/BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO]
City leaders said the city is making enough progress to contain the spread of coronavirus to allow for looser restrictions on dining out and in-person activities beginning Thursday.
CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot is easing coronavirus restrictions on bars, restaurants, salons and fitness centers, saying the city has made sufficient progress in fighting the pandemic.
Bars can reopen for indoor service starting Thursday, the mayor announced Monday. Restaurants can allow up to 40 percent capacity, up from 25 percent. Both can serve customers until 1 a.m.
Coronavirus Restrictions Being Eased In Chicago: Bars Can Serve Inside Again, Restaurants Can Be 40 Percent
The Shedd Aquarium plans a new entrance and outdoor pavilion as part of a larger renovation. [Chicago Department of Planning and Development]
The Chicago Plan Commission granted key approvals to a Shedd Aquarium renovation and a South Side affordable housing developmentvThursday.
The board also signed off on the sale of the former West Ridge library building to a local refugee group after neighbors blasted an earlier attempt to sell it to an organization that planned to lease part of the space to a group co-founded by Ald. Debra Silverstein (50th).
Here’s more on the projects. They still require City Council approval.
Shedd Aquarium improvements, controversial West Ridge library sale get key city approval
Lincoln Property Company is seeking to turn a surface parking lot at Weiss Hospital into a 12-story apartment building. [46th Ward]
This article was first published in Block Club Chicago.
UPTOWN — Plans to replace a Weiss Hospital parking lot with a 12-story apartment building won approval from the city’s Zoning Committee Tuesday over some aldermanic objections, setting up the controversial project for a final vote in the City Council Wednesday.
Weiss Hospital development goes to City Council, but some aldermen balk at project
Lincoln Property Company is seeking to turn a surface parking lot at Weiss Hospital into a 12-story apartment building. [Courtesy 46th Ward Office]
This article was first published in Block Club Chicago.
UPTOWN — A developer’s plan to turn a Weiss Hospital parking lot into a 12-story apartment complex received critical city backing Thursday, bringing the controversial development one step closer to approval.
Plan to turn Weiss Hospital parking lot into apartments gets key city approval despite some neighbor opposition
Chicago rent grace period would allow struggling tenants to pay back rent over 12 months, aldermen say
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Reporter, @BlockclubCHI. Covering Uptown, Rogers Park, Andersonville and Edgewater. Native South Sider.
