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Chicago Bears stadium plan: $10B lakefront proposal pitched by developers
Developers unveiled a $10 billion Bronzeville Lakefront plan with a new domed stadium to keep the Chicago Bears in the city. The 100-acre district would include over 5,000 new housing units, hotels, a 28-acre park, and major transit upgrades. To sweeten the deal, investors offered to buy the Bears' Arlington...
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5 Challengers Join Ald. Derrick Curtis In 18th Ward Race
ASHBURN — The ballot for Chicago’s 18th Ward race could be crowded when residents cast their vote in February. Ald. Derrick Curtis (18th) is running for reelection to his fourth term as alderperson but faces five challengers: Joshua Barksdale, Nicole Allison, Artemiza “Tammy” Chavez, Glenford Flowers Jr. and Toni C. Galloway.
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Albany Park's Lawrence Gateway Tops Out, Bringing 40 Homes Across From Ronan Park
Approx. W. Lawrence Ave. — Lawrence Gateway Topping-Out Site. Developer MAS Ventures LLC and Malek Abdulsamad marked a major construction milestone this week, celebrating the topping out of Lawrence Gateway, a five-story mixed-use building rising across from Ronan Park in Albany Park. Chicago's Department of Planning and Development Commissioner Ciere Boatright joined the celebration, underscoring the city's stake in a project that pairs market-rate apartments with affordable housing and ground-floor retail.
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Meet Harvey’s 2027 6th Ward candidates
Stray dogs, abandoned homes, fires, drug zones, and potholes galore. The 6th Ward arguably takes the title for the area most challenged by a decline in everyday quality-of-life. A particularly infamous problem? Illegal dumping. It’s not uncommon to traverse the great 6th Ward and find boats, mattresses, garbage bags, and...
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Blagojevich’s memoir recounts old feuds
Happy Thursday, Illinois. Keep the umbrella handy — rain is headed our way. TOP TALKER FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Rod Blagojevich’s memoir is a page-turner about his eight years behind bars, with plenty of political score-settling mixed in. In the book , “Framed, F*cked, & Freed,” Blagojevich lays out his belief that former President Barack Obama helped pave the way for his imprisonment. “I have a theory. I cannot prove it,” he writes, suggesting Obama made a deal with prosecutors in the Tony Rezko case: U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald could keep his job and concentrate on Blagojevich if he stopped pressing Obama on Rezko, a political insider who served time on corruption charges. Rezko also was a Democratic fundraiser and friend to Blagojevich and Obama. Obama’s team did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Blagojevich drops names throughout the book, noting he would communicate with former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and describing how he relished being on the red carpet to promote “The Break-Up,” a comedy-drama filmed in Chicago that starred Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. Fallout with a friend: Blagojevich introduces the friendship he once had with Gov. JB Pritzker and alludes to their controversial conversations that were