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Police Issue Alert Concerning Violent Armed Robberies In Edgewater
August 10, 2020The Chicago Police Department (CPD) put out a community alert concerning a string of armed robberies in Edgewater and Rogers Park. The incidents appear to be by the same team of four criminals. According to the CPD, the group of men locate victims while driving. They exit the vehicle, approach the individual while displaying handguns […]
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Andersonville Resident Hits It Out Of The Park For His Hero Dr. Anthony Fauci
August 7, 2020With a global pandemic sending the nation into a health crisis full of moral dilemmas, we look to heroes in our communities and in our leadership to help us navigate through the storm. One Andersonville resident found his inspiration in one of the top infectious disease experts in the word and has now immortalized him […]
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It’s A “Gold Standard” Win For Preservationists After Historic Edgewater Mansion Is Saved
August 6, 2020At the turn of the 19th century, Chicago’s elite started to move north of the city into marshy wetlands that is now called Edgewater. Stately mansions started popping up on Sheridan, Kenmore, and Winthrop offering its well-to-do residents a peaceful lakeside retreat. Through the course of a century, many of the mansions fell into disrepair […]
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Southbound Service For Edgewater CTA Red Line Stations Suspended Through Mid-August
August 4, 2020According to a CTA alert, all Southbound CTA Red Line trains will bypass three of the four Edgewater stations until the middle of August as they ramp up for the Red and Purple Line Modernization (RPM) Project. The disruption in service began on Monday at 3 a.m. and is expected to continue until Aug. 14 […]
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Two Proposed Andersonville Housing Developments Scrapped After Resident Backlash
July 30, 2020After an intense struggle to rezone the East Andersonville neighborhood, the communities that surround Andersonville north of Foster Ave. are all officially RS-3. Construction developers who have been eyeing the lucrative potential of the area are now seeing their plans halted after community backlash has helped sway Aldermanic support against needed variances to build them. […]
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Latest Edgewater Public Art Series Brings Life To The Community
July 29, 2020The first of a new series of art pieces have started to go up in and around Edgewater using vibrant mosaics that are thoughtfully placed in select locations. The Edgewater Garden Project is a collaboration between The Chicago Mosaic School (1127 W Granville) and the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce (ECC). The series will include four […]
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Proposed Andersonville Clock Tower Complex To Help Anchor Clark Street’s Northend
July 24, 2020Big changes will likely be coming to the Andersonville strip’s northern end soon. A proposed apartment complex with a large-scale clock tower could be erected in the long-vacant 7-eleven property and help anchor the proposed gathering space set to occupy Catalpa between Clark and Ashland. The building will take over the southeast corner of Catalpa […]
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Edgewater Metra Station Contractor Selected, Work To Begin This Fall
July 23, 2020After a decade-long struggle to get the Edgewater Metra station built, the contractor for the $15.2 million project was finally selected last week. The work is expected to commence this Fall. It is clear that the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois have invested into the Northside’s transportation future. With both the Metra […]
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Andersonville Chamber Executive Director Resigning, Search For Replacement Postponed
July 22, 2020After over three years at the helm of the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC) and the Andersonville Sustainable Community Alliance (ASCA), its Executive Director Sara Dinges has resigned from her position in order to take a new job with the City of Chicago. Dinges has been an integral part of the community for over a […]
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CTA Trains Will Not Stop At Edgewater Stations Through The End Of July
July 20, 2020A Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) service alert went out over the weekend to alert its customers that there will be no Northbound service to three of the four Edgewater red line stations through the end of July. The stations affected by the plan will include Bryn Mawr, Thorndale and Granville. During this time all Northbound […]
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Autopsy Reveals That Edgewater Man Found Dead In His Refrigerator Was Strangled
July 14, 2020The lifeless body of a man was discovered last Thursday stuffed in his Edgewater Beach high rise apartment refrigerator. It has since been learned that the cause of death was strangulation. On July 9, Police were called to the Hollywood Towers Condominiums (5701 N Sheridan) by someone from the building’s condo association for a well-being […]
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Edgewater Community Alert Issued After Woman Is Sexually Assaulted On Lakefront Trail
June 23, 2020A community alert was issued by Area 3 Detectives after a man sexually assaulted a woman who was walking her dog near Foster Ave. Beach. The suspect remains at large. According to police, the woman was on an early morning stroll with her dog around 5:45 a.m. in the 5300 block of North Lake Shore […]
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Family Gets Justice For Death Of Edgewater Man Who Overdosed On Drugs That “Will Knock You Out Like Mike Tyson In His Prime”
June 18, 2020The mother of 29-year-old Joshua Bloomfield turned the terrible pain of losing a child into action over the last year by protesting alongside others to get the criminal system to prosecute drug dealers. Now the man who sold Bloomfield the fatal dose of narcotics has been charged with homicide. Bloomfield, who was remembered as a […]
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Filmmaker’s Onion City Fest Will Stream Worldwide From Edgewater – And This Year It’s Free!
June 16, 2020Since taking over the Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival (OCFF) in 2001, The Chicago Filmmakers have developed the event into an artistic powerhouse. With COVID-19 threatening to cancel the 2020 program however, it was decided to postpone the event and offer its audience a free virtual experience which begins this week. OCFF was […]
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Antique Store That Helped Redefine Edgewater’s Broadway Has Closed
June 9, 2020North Broadway in Edgewater has seen some amazing business growth in the last few years. Yet for those local store owners the daily grind got much harder once COVID-19 hit forcing a state-wide shutdown. Not only did the restaurant/bar Income Tax at 5959 N Broadway shutter during the closures, residents are now learning that Edgewater […]
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