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Bronzeville voters have spoken: “We need a place for the middle class."
Eighty-seven percent of Bronzeville voters casts votes urging the mayor and the 2016 Olympic Committee to set aside 26 percent of the 1,800 vacant lots in the neighborhood for middle-income homeownership.
13 days ago | By Megan Cottrell
Bronzeville residents trying to make a place for middle income families
Bronzeville residents, aldermen at odds over proposed a referendum that would set aside city-owned vacant lots for middle income homes.
21 days ago | By Megan Cottrell
Police pushing ahead with plan to buy M4 rifles
The Chicago police superintentdent says the department is buying military-style rifles for street cops even though members of the community are against it.
1 month ago | By Peter Sachs
Protest slated over police assault rifle plan
Some city residents, led by a youth empowerment group, will demonstrate against Chicago police plans to let street cops carry assault rifles similar to those carried by U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
1 month ago | By Peter Sachs
City gets $20 million for housing revitalization
The city Housing Authority is getting more money to continue development of the Park Boulevard, a mixed income housing development in Bronzeville. It replaces the Stateway Garden high rises.
1 month ago | By Megan Cottrell
CPS holds the line on taxes
The Chicago Board of Education approves a record $6.1 billion budget. CPS will dip into reserve funds instead of hiking property taxes to meet rising personnel costs.
2 months ago | By Paul D. Bowker
Family in teen disappearance raps cops
Yasmin Acree's family believes she was kidnapped from her Austin home Jan. 15. They found doors kicked in at the house, as well as a broken lock. Police ignored evidence, they say.
4 months ago | By Shannon McGee
Aldermen question settlement in police abuse case
Lloyd Haywood accused a Chicago police officer of buzzing a chainsaw around his head and neck. Aldermen okayed a $195,00 settlement and questioned why the officers involved are still on the force.
8 months ago | By Jennifer Slosar
Starbucks comes to downtrodden South Side neighborhood
City officials hope retailer will be first of many
1 year ago | By John A. Scanlon
Beauty and a bus
Former CHA resident's public housing tour focuses on shuttered communities
1 year ago | By Ben Strauss
A Different View of Mies
Students photographs compare van der Rohe's architecture with Eastern philosophy
1 year ago | By Ben Strauss
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