Compare new and old trash pickup days on North Side
The city of Chicago will roll out with the next phase of its plan to restructure the garbage-collection grids, changing pickup days for many on the North Side and the Loop.
The city of Chicago will roll out with the next phase of its plan to restructure the garbage-collection grids, changing pickup days for many on the North Side and the Loop.
What factors lead to bus routes get added or removed? WBEZ’s Curious City is investigating. This interactive map shows the current round of bus route changes the CTA is proposing.
Since the election of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, there has been many heated and contentious issues at play: from school closures and student testing to pay increases and longer school days.
A gay activist group “re-launched” a boycott of the embattled Chick-fil-A restaurant chain, with a protest at the only Chicago store Wednesday afternoon.
On Wednesday, the City Council will vote to approve a set of supposedly “technical” corrections to Chicago’s ward remap that was approved in January. The corrections run 58 pages.
Under the Grand Avenue LSD viaduct, a team of artists are working on a mural as part of Navy Pier’s annual BIGart exhibition this summer, which will display public and outdoor installations by several notable artists.
Chicago’s annual 2012 Gay Pride Parade traditionally circled from north Halsted Street, then headed south on Broadway Street. Now, the route is reversed, and with a start as far north as Montrose Avenue.
As part of a massive upgrade, the CTA plans to purchase 425 new buses and modifying 1,030 others, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CTA President Forrest Claypool announced on Friday morning.
Ald. Danny Solis announced a plan to revitalize the Pilsen’s Plaza Tenochtitlan with lighting upgrades, landscape improvements and public art work.
Mayor Emanuel and Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Thomas Byrne announced on Wednesday that the city’s sanitation department saw a 15-percent decrease in absenteeism.