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Scattered new condominium buildings are priced higher than the older buildings they replaced in this Southwest Side area, but are far outnumbered by houses and flats that are 80-plus years old. Read more about Pilsen, Chicago IL
Scattered new condominium buildings are priced higher than the older buildings they replaced in this Southwest Side area, but are far outnumbered by houses and flats that are 80-plus years old. Read more about Pilsen, Chicago IL
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Troubled streets
RedEyeFolaSade Lawanson had a vision when she opened her boutique, Fatal Class, a year and a half ago in the 600 block of East 79th Street in Greater Grand Crossing. She wanted to bring a funky, eclectic street style to the block, which spans from St....Tags: Values, Roderick T. Sawyer, Organized Crime, Religion and Belief, Shootings
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Medrano convicted in bribery case
Former Chicago Ald. Ambrosio Medrano was convicted a second time on corruption-related charges when a federal jury found him guilty Monday of trying to win a contract in Los Angeles through bribery. The conviction came nearly two decades after Medrano...
Tags: Justice System, Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Court Preliminary
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Czech-Slovak hockey fans find their place on Hawks roster
At St. Simon the Apostle Catholic Church on the South Side, the only parish in the archdiocese that offers mass in Slovak, Laura Zbella occasionally sees Slovak and Chicago Blackhawks pride converge. It's in the apparel kids wear around the parish. If...
Tags: National Hockey League, Marian Hossa, Zdeno Chara, Slovakia, Judy Baar Topinka
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Roommates from hell
For RedEyeSharing a room on the road for five years with teammate Patrick Kane was more than enough for Jonathan Toews. One of the provisions in the NHL's new collective bargaining allows veteran players to stay in their own hotel rooms, meaning that longtime...Tags: National Hockey League, Craigslist, Inc., Colleges and Universities
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Chicago's Argyle enclave works to find identity
Years ago, Nam Pham, 70, and Paul Tsang, 56, left their Asian homelands and ultimately settled on the same street in Uptown's Argyle enclave. Pham, a Vietnamese national, started a pharmacy on one side of Argyle Street; Tsang, a Chinese national,...
Tags: Uptown, Greektown, Asia, Media Industry, Business
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Deep Tunnel, shallow thinking?
Heavy rains in April quickly swamped Chicago's underground labyrinth of sewers, forcing a stomach-churning surge of waste and runoff back into basements and flooding neighborhoods across the city. The deluge so overloaded the city's aging infrastructure...
Tags: McCook, Sprague, Rahm Emanuel, Albany Park, Natural Resource Industry
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Pilsen couple places 2nd in bus design contest
RedEyeGoi Artetxe and Elise Renwick moved to Pilsen two months ago and already they've made their mark on Chicago. The husband-and-wife team placed second in a contest by the Chicago Architectural Club and Chicago Architecture Foundation to design shelters...Tags: Chicago Loop, Chicago Transit Authority, Public Transportation, Arts and Culture, Architecture
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Celebrating a century of 'The Rite of Spring'
One hundred years ago on Wednesday, the score that revolutionized music in the 20th century had its premiere at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. The first performance of the ballet "Le Sacre du Printemps" – or "The Rite of Spring," as most...
Tags: Igor (movie), Leopold Stokowski, Arts and Culture, Grant Park, Music
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10 things everyone thinks about Chicago but no one will admit
RedEyeAfter living in Chicago for a while, you come to notice patterns. You see the same people on your daily commutes, you frequent the same bars and you find yourself talking about the weather 80 percent of the time. What about the stuff we see every day...Tags: Chicago Cubs, New York City, Chicago Transit Authority, Wicker Park, Chicago Restaurants
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Protests at Obama events continue after arrests
Tribune reporterMore than 100 demonstrators over various subjects waved signs and chanted outside the Chicago Hilton hotel where President Obama will attend a fundraiser tonight, hours after arrests were made there. About half had gathered to express their...Tags: Demonstration, U.S. Congress, Iraq War (2003-2011), Extradition, Deportation
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'The Illustrated Press: Chicago' renders news
To Darryl Holliday, comics journalism descends from cave paintings: Cave of El Castillo. And then Lascaux. And then "The Illustrated Press: Chicago." Cave paintings are "nonfiction visualizations of what was really happening in those people's lives at...
Tags: Landforms, Englewood, Caves and Caverns, Journalism, Michigan Avenue
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Meet Enoch Simpson, Chicago's doughnut whisperer
For RedEyeEnoch Simpson may have created a monster. Since the days when his homemade doughnuts became a surprise brunch sensation at Nightwood, gourmet twists on the classic breakfast pastry have swept the city, threatening to make the trend go stale. With the...Tags: Bacon, Stephanie Izard, Foods and Beverages, Humboldt Park, Chicago Restaurants
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