Covers information for the Chicago neighborhoods from Fullerton and Chicago Avenue between the River and California Ave. They include: Bucktown, East Village, Noble Square, Ukrainian Village, West Town and Wicker Park.
Under gray skies and amid some on-and-off-again drizzle, a group of Wicker Park Dog Park users gathered to improve the environment for doggie families and the neighborhood.
The Bucktown-Wicker Park Library located at 1701 N. Milwaukee Ave. 312.744.6022 opened on July 10, 2006, replacing both the West Town and Damen Avenue Branch libraries. It is a two-story, 15,500 square feet full service branch that houses over $400,000 worth of books and materials.
The Raise Your Hand Coalition (RYH), an education advocacy group representing thousands of parents throughout Chicago and Illinois hosted a meeting on Tues., Sept.27 at Coonley School to discuss the issue of extending the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) school day.
Flames erupt from the book each time it's opened. A smoke cloud rises from a can, hanging around before disappearing. Pennies float on water. This must certainly be a wizardly school…Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, perhaps.
"Graffiti action days make a significant and tangible impact on the appearance of a targeted commercial corridor or neighborhood," says architect Adam Natensohn. May 5 will be the second cleanup with 1st Ward Alderman Proco Joe Moreno's volunteers. Volunteers are to meet at Damen and Wicker Park Ave. at the Wicker Park entrance at noon for a two hour span of cleaning.
Steve Jensen doesn't ride a white horse. He drives a black SUV. He doesn't wear a mask. He wears a baseball cap. But, like the Lone Ranger, Steve Jensen cares about his "territory" and the right of people to live in a clean and safe environment.
Montgomery Ward company, in 1939, gave a thirty-four year old copywriter named Robert L. May, the task of creating a Christmas story for a promotional booklet to be given out to shoppers.
