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Kids wrote messages on a blackboard in one of the parklets. Photo: James Porter

Converting parking to people space on 75th helps reenergize Black-owned restaurant strip

By James Porter | Sep 10, 2020 | No Comments

The new 75th Street Boardwalk, located between Calumet and Indiana avenues is available for use by eleven local restaurants and businesses.

Union Pacific Northwest Metra line riders disembark at the currently car-centric Pingree Road station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Crystal Lake, RTA seek community feedback for transit-orientated development plan

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 8, 2020 | No Comments

Crystal Lake is working with the Regional Transportation Authority to create a Strategic Action Plan, which would guide community development and transportation planning around the suburb's two Metra stations.

Recovered bikes at the 35th Ward office. Photo: Ariel Parella Aureli

Ramirez-Rosa’s office recovers 22 more bikes CPD confiscated from racial justice protesters

By Ariel Parrella-Aureli | Sep 3, 2020 | No Comments

Recovery efforts to reunite cyclists with their bikes taken by police at protests this summer slowly continue as alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa's 35th Ward office leads the charge.

Northcenter Town Square during a recent farmers market, looking west on Belle Plaine. Photo: John Greenfield

Northcenter Town Square highlights the benefits of turning parking into people space

By John Greenfield | Sep 3, 2020 | No Comments

The project took land that was mostly used for storing privately owned metal boxes and turned it into a wonderful neighborhood amenity.

Rendering of the proposed Chicago Avenue corridor changes. Image: CDOT

West side stretch of Chicago Avenue could get road diet, bus and bike lanes

By Igor Studenkov | Aug 29, 2020 | No Comments

The Chicago Department of Transportation is asking for feedback from residents on its plan to improve the stretch of Chicago Avenue between Kedzie and Latrope avenues in Humboldt Park and Austin.

Derek Brown, Center, leads the Street Love Ride. Photo: Norvell Tolbert, Norvell's Photography

The Street Love Ride drew hundreds of cyclists to promote peace in North Lawndale

By Cameron Bolton | Aug 19, 2020 | No Comments

The ride was a joyous celebration of unity that drew hundreds of participants.

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