Chicago street sweeping begins Monday
The Chicago street sweeping season began Monday, and drivers risk getting hit with a $60 ticket for failing to move parked cars off the street during scheduled cleaning times. Typically...
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Park District’s aging field houses to get $26 million in improvements
Chicago's iconic neighborhood field houses — some built more than a century ago — are showing their old age after decades of heavy use. Now, the structures are about to...
Chicago Park District to pay up to $12 million over 4 years for police patrols
With the high-traffic summer season approaching, the Chicago Park District will pay more to the Chicago police to provide a beefed-up presence along the lakefront and in other parks. Mayor...
The lowdown on the ‘Low-Line’ plan for trail underneath CTA train tracks
For years, urban planners have been redefining popular notions of city parks by converting unused, elevated rail lines from Paris to New York to, more recently, Chicago into oases that...
Alternative spring breaks allow students to give back, gain real-world experience
For many college students, spring break means following a well-established ritual — travel south, bask in the sun, drink beer and escape reality. But some students are finding there is...
Maggie Daley Park to offer rollerblades, scooters
Maggie Daley Park's skating ribbon is trading blades for wheels this spring. Next month, the downtown park will start renting rollerblades and unmotorized scooters to park visitors to circle the...
Sports museum in Chicago is proposed by ex-Adler, Shedd executives
Two former museum executives are pitching an idea for a sports museum in Chicago that would use sports to teach visitors about everything from physics to statistics to race relations....
Cubs, city to increase police presence for Wrigleyville
With opening day quickly approaching, the Chicago Cubs and city officials are beefing up safety and security efforts in the neighborhood surrounding Wrigley Field. The team plans to expand its...
Chicago-area groups concerned, confused over Meals on Wheels budget cut talk
Leaning on a cane near the window of her living room Friday, Ollie Carter was glad to see a delivery driver park in front of her West Pullman home, then...
Library’s CyberNavigator effort helped hundreds of Chicagoans land jobs last year
Charles Dortch showed up at the Frederick Douglass library branch in the Lawndale neighborhood on a mission: to find a job. The 58-year-old Chicagoan didn't have a personal computer to...