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Archive for May, 2009
Foster Underpass to get facelift – and you can participate
The Foster Avenue underpass will receive a mosaic as the third phase of the Bricolage project. This time around, Edgewater residents are invited to participate. Tonight at 7:30pm, Tracey Van Duinen and Todd Osborne will be projecting an image onto the Foster Ave underpass wall, and neighbors will be able to help trace the...
More Lakefront Parking Buzz
According to this editorial, the Park District may look to go the way the city did with its new lakefront parking meters and lease them to a third party. This is obviously a bad idea not only considering how well the city deal is working out, but also because of the impact high rates...
Urban Gardening
Northsiders Emily Lake (Rogers Park) and Lynda Chick (Edgewater) are teaming up to form a company called Terra Madre Landscaping. Terra Madre will focus on assisting people in the process of utilizing their backyards, porches and rooftops to grow and harvest food from the privacy of their own property. After an initial consultation and...
Peace Walk
On Tuesday June 16th, Girl World Leadership Council will host a Peace Walk against violence in the Uptown neighborhood. Girls and women from Edgewater are welcome to join! Our contact at Alternatives, Inc. was kind enough to notify us of this upcoming event. You should check it out, man.
Neighborhood walking tours start tomorrow
We posted about this in January but thought we should remind you: Uptown, Andersonville & Lincoln Square Fridays May 29, June 26, July 24, & August 21 (10 a.m.–1 p.m.) Cost: $20 There are multicultural and unexpected legacies on the Far North Side. A comprehensive walking tour of Uptown’s Hutchinson Street exposes the largest...
Cool Spring Night
8:20 PM, 6322 N. Broadway – Altercation at a store at this address. 8:29, 1335 W. Morse Ave. – Narcotics dispersal of one person. 8:29, Morse Red Line Stop – El check. 8:33, 6102 N. Mozart – Male caller says someone is breaking into his car. 8:39, Damen and Jarvis – Report of about...
FBI intensifies search for ‘Red Line Robber’
From WBBM 780: CHICAGO (STNG) – The search for a suspect accused of robbing at least eight Chicago banks since December 2008 has intensified, the FBI announced Tuesday.The FBI is asking for the public’s help in identifying the “Red Line Robber,” named because his suspected thefts have occurred at bank branches near stops on...
ABC 7′s Hungry Hound visits Sabai-dee
ABC 7′s Hungry Hound Steve Dolinsky recently visited and reviewed Edgewater’s own Sabai-dee located at 5359 N Broadway. As Chicago’s only Laotian restaurant, Sabai-dee offers a unique flavor of cuisine which is described as being similar to Thai food, but with is a little less sweet and more salty. Check out the video and...
Man on tracks shuts down Red Line
An unauthorized person was on the CTA’s southbound Red Line tracks on Sunday night, forcing the transit agency to shut down the line for a period of time. It is unsure of how the person got there, and although not being hit by a train or making contact with the third rail the person...
Cedar Park Advisory Council
Cedar Park Advisory Council: Selection of Officers meeting this Saturday @ 10AM
Taste Of Edgewater Cookbook
As the Edgewater Community Council and its partner organizations gear up to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2010, they’re looking for your favorite family recipes. In an effort to help raise funds for community, social ,civic and economic programs in Edgewater they are creating a community cookbook titled A Taste of Edgewater. Inquiries and...
Reminder: LSD Closure
Lake Shore Drive will be closed to automobile traffic on Sunday, May 24 from 5:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. for the annual Bike the Drive Event. The closure will extend from Bryn Mawr to 57th Street. Click here to visit Bike the Drive’s website for more information on the event. If you are interested...
Cheap Eats – T’s Paisan’s
Looking for a cheap meal in a down economy? A reader writes in: “I note that T’ Paisans on the 1100 Block of Thorndale has lowered its prices on pizza and now charges less than $3.00 for 3 large pizza slices. It’s nothing extraordinary, but a meal for that price is rare indeed. “
Neighborhood Nights On Thorndale Start In June
Just in time for summer, the Edgewater Community Council will begin hosting Neighborhood Nights on Thorndale. Since the positive loitering event at Thorndale and Broadway on May 11th, the ECC has been hard at work on developing a recurring proactive event for that particular area. An ECC representative tells us “I am working with...
