After years of planning and a year of construction, the brand new Chicago Public Library’s Edgewater branch is slated to open this Saturday, and 48th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman offered us the opportunity for a sneak preview this week. The new library is just one of many new improvements arriving along the northern strip of Broadway, though probably one of the [...] Read More »
New Edgewater Library Brightens Broadway
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After years of planning and a year of construction, the brand new Chicago Public Library’s Edgewater branch is slated to open this Saturday, and 48th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman offered us the opportunity for a sneak preview this week. The new library is just one of many new improvements arriving along the northern strip of Broadway, though probably one of the [...] Read More »
Report: Cheetah Gyms in default of loans, could be sold by bank
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According to a report in today’s Real Estate Daily from Crain’s Chicago, the ownership behind Cheetah Gyms has defaulted on a $3.9 million loan for a second time. Reza Toulabi owns the three Cheetah Gyms located in the Andersonville, Edgewater and Bucktown neighborhoods, along with several real estate properties and Reza’s restaurants. The Crain’s report states: “Several [...] Read More »
A visit to Andersonville’s L’etage
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It has been an ongoing quest of mine to find some of the best neighborhood lounges, away from the loud noises and music of your typical clubs and bars. Keeping that thought in mind, a friend of mine had referred me to L’etage located at 5420 N. Clark Street in Andersonville. He had patronized L’etage [...] Read More »
48th Ward Summer Film Fest
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48th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman’s office has released a schedule of summer movies that will be showing around the neighborhood on Tuesday evenings. The third annual season kicks off tomorrow, June 18th, with Little Big League playing at Berger Park. Read More »
Rabid bat found in Edgewater
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40th Ward Alderman Pat O’Connor’s office sent out a warning to residents that a rabid bat was found in the neighborhood at 1545 W Devon. Devon is the bordering street of the Edgewater and Rogers Park neighborhoods. The bat was found on June 7th and the Illinois State Public Health Laboratory tested it to determine [...] Read More »
Free Children’s Concert
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Woman & Children First and the Swedish American Museum are co-hosting a free concert at the museum on June 30th @ 11am featuring Rachel Barton Pine. Ms. Pine’s newest CD, Violin Lullabies, was recently #1 on Billboard’s classical chart, and this internationally renowned concert violinist’s music is known to get young children to unwind. Space is limited [...] Read More »
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A weekly summary of articles from other news sources featuring our neighborhood Changing Edgewater [WBEZ] Justice system miserably fails Chicago woman arrested 396 times [All Voices] Andersonville’s 48th Midsommarfest brings the food, music and dance [Chicago Pride] Perusing Chicago Public Library data: Rogers Park ranks high among bookworms, Great Gatsby flies off shelf and [...] Read More »
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Want to try your hand (or arm) at corn hole while supporting the Official Catholic School of Andersonville, Edgewater and Rogers Park? Northside Catholic Academy is hosting a corn hole tournament as a fundraiser for the school that resides right here in the Edgewater neighborhood. NCA serves students from kindergarten to 8th grade and has two campuses, [...] Read More »
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The Thorndale Action Task Force, an organization that has worked for years to improve the area around Thorndale specifically targeting crime, has added daytime “positive loitering” as it’s latest endeavor. To our knowledge, positive loitering has been held exclusively during the evening along Thorndale in the past. “Due to reports that we were getting from our night time positive [...] Read More »
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The 10th Wheel Gymnastics World Championships will be held right here in Chicago next month from July 8-14 and two local Edgewater residents will be competing. The events will take place at North Park University (3225 W Foster) and feature over 240 athletes from 36 nations. The two local young residents competing are Cortez Young [...] Read More »
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NEW–4-Day Festival now includes a BACK LOT BABY & FAMILY DAY on Sat 6/29 11-3pm featuring entertainment/festivities for LGBT families and friends. The 2013 line up for ‘Back Lot Bash’ includes headline performances by acclaimed singer/songwriter Melissa Ferrick (Fri), popular powerhouse band Dot Dot Dot (Sat) & DJ duo Camila Grey and Leisha Hailey (The [...] Read More »
