With the breeze making the temperature feel even colder than then the thermometer reading and snow flying sporadically, Thursday afternoon, an "L" car pulled into a new "station" in Logan Square.
While many Christians around the world paraded with palm fronds on the Sunday before Easter in celebration of a triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, 100 to 200 people in Logan Square
A room full of people was on hand at Haas Park, 2402 N. Washtenaw, Monday night at a public meeting to speak and hear about the redevelopment of the land at 2435-39 N. Western and 2361 W. Altgeld, close to the Kennedy Expressway
The Wicker Park Connection is a three phase Transit Oriented Devlopment (TOD) complex proposed by Centrum Partners LLC that will connect the 1200 N. Milwaukee Ave. block with the 1600 W. block of Division St.
The southbound lane of Milwaukee Ave. will be closed on Mon., Nov. 2, in the 1600 block from about 7 a.m. until approximately 5 p.m., according to Convexity Properties, the real estate and management arm of DRW, Holdings, LLC, who are developing the 1929 Northwest Tower Building.
In the Milwaukee Avenue Historic Landmark District, a request for a spot zoning upgrade for 1551 N. Milwaukee Ave. was given by 1st Ward Alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno over strong objections from the Wicker Park Committee (WPC), the residential community group.
Logan Square residents, property owners and business owners were packed into Alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno's 1st Ward Office, 2058 N. Western Ave., Wednesday evening, as they listened then responded to a development team
Logan Square residents and organizations give high praise to 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack for handling the ongoing redevelopment process of the almost three-block long (900 feet) Mega Mall property starting at Sacramento and Milwaukee Avenues going north to just short of Logan Boulevard.
The church at 1905 W. Schiller, at the point of Wicker Park, appears to be a single structure. But, hidden behind the yellow bricks, there is another story.
Centrum Partners revised their design for the Aldi parcel of land at Milwaukee Avenue and Leavitt Street along The 606 (Bloomingdale Trail) in response to suggestions and comments from both the Wicker Park Committee's (WPC) Preservation and Development Committee (P&D) and the Bucktown Community Organization's Development Committee and members.
Lowe's could be open for business in Centrum Properties Inc.'s Wicker Park Commons, between Ashland and Milwaukee, as early as late 2015, replacing Kmart in the 87,000 square feet location (67,000 at ground-level and 20,000 in a lower level).
The gasoline tank buried under ground on the alley boundary of 2129 W. North Ave., was ripped from its decades old housing Thursday despite the bitter cold temperatures.
There will be some visioning for the redevelopment of A. Finkl & Sons Co. site beginning in a public meeting this Wednesday, Nov. 19, in the Wicker Park Bucktown Library, 1701 N. Milwaukee, at 6 p.m.
A duel over a proposed duo tower complex along the 2200 block of N. Milwaukee Ave. included a diverse group at a meeting called by 1st Ward Alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno in Candela, 2451 N. Milwaukee Ave., Thursday evening, Oct. 30.
Robert Buono and Paul Utigard pitched their proposed project for the 2200 block of N. Milwaukee Ave., to a packed house at Candela, 2451 N. Milwaukee Ave., Thursday evening, Oct. 30.
Two developer presentations led off the Wicker Park Committee's (WPC) monthly meeting. A membership vote supported LG Construction & Development's project at 1237 to 1253 N. Milwaukee Ave., pending the Preservation and Development Committee's (P&D) final approval. But they voted to not support Centrum Partners' proposed project at 1660 W. Division St.
LG Construction & Development, 2234 W. North Ave., is setting new standards for cooperation between developers and community organization, resulting in a better development for both. LG first met with the Wicker Park Committee's (WPC) Preservation and Development Committee (P&D) in November 2013 regarding 1237-53 N. Milwaukee Ave.
![NoTowers](/sites/default/files/imagecache/small/NoTowers.jpg ""No Towers In Logan" is logo for objections to project")
