Wrigleyville

Chicago's Best Beer Gardens: Wrigleyville Edition

| Ashley Henshaw | Posted 09.06.2011

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You knew it was coming - after covering beer gardens in Edgewater, Old Town, West Loop, Logan Square, North Center and Andersonville, it's about time...

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Is Wal-Mart Coming To Your 'Hood Next?

Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Wrigleyville, Walmart, Loyola University, Tom Mars, Walmart Chicago, Walmart Expansion, Retail, Chicago Business, East Lakeview, Wal-Mart, Chicago News

Wal-Mart's Executive Vice President Tom Mars was in Chicago Monday for the Metropolitan Planning Council's annual luncheon, and referred to the retail...

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WATCH: An Interview With The Cubs' Drunkest Fan

Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Illinois, Wbez, Drunk Cubs Fans, Cubs Fans, Henneman, Justin Kaufmann, Chicago News

Justin Kaufmann, WBEZ content developer and member of the sketch comedy group "Schadenfreude," spent election season lampooning one of Chicago's uglie...

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Wrigleyville Turf War? Graffiti Possibly Linked To Gang Conflict

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Graffiti, Gang Signs, Wrigleyville, Chicago Gangs, Chicago Crime, Chicago News

The Southport section of Wrigleyville is filled with new and rehabbed condominiums, townhouses and single-family homes worth upwards of $2 million, an...

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People Against the 'Malling of Wrigleyville' Speak Out On Facebook

Chicago Sun-Times | Mark Konkol on May 27, 2010 5:19 PM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Cubs, Wrigleyville, Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville Malling, Malling of Wrigleyville, Chicago News

Facebook groups are the new protest march -- the lazy activist's way to get media attention. But does it work? Well, kinda. Remember the Facebook ...

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Woman Meets Cop's Taser Outside Wrigleyville Bar

MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wrigleyville, Chicago Bar, Taser, Drunken Behavior, Chicago Cubs, Wrigleyville Bar, DANCE OFF, Cubs Bar, Chicago Police, Chicago News

Some post-baseball shenanigans got a woman shocked with a cop's Taser outside a Wrigleyville bar Wednesday evening. A dance-off between two guys tu...

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Zoning Committee Approves Wrigleyville Development

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wrigleyville Development, Wrigleyville, Tom Tunney, Zoning Committee, Chicago, Chicago News

Plans for a massive shopping, hotel and housing development near Wrigley Field cleared another hurdle Thursday as the City Council Zoning Committee ga...

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PHOTOS: The RACIST And Homophobic Shirts Sold Around Wrigley Field

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Racist Cubs Merchandise, Racist Shirts, Wrigleyville, Wrigley Field, Tom Tunney, Kosuke Fukudome, Street Vendors, Homophobic Cubs Merchandise, Chicago Cubs 2010, Chicago Cubs, Racist Cubs Tshirts, Chicago News

As the Cubs played their first home game of the 2010 season, fans gathered in and around the ballpark to stock up on merchandise. Unfortunately, the r...

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Home Field Disadvantage

Ted Goeglein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, Ricketts Family, World Series, Cubs, Tribune Company, Derek Jeter, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Sports, Wrigleyville, The Friendly Confines, Cubs Sale, Harry Caray, Chicago News
Ted Goeglein

The Cubs' old pile of bricks stinks of inebriated resignation. It's time for Wrigley Field to be gutted of the past and rebuilt for the future.

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Gunman Robs Cubby Bear Bar In Wrigleyville

Chicago Breaking News | Pat Curry | Posted 05.25.2011

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A employee of a popular Wrigleyville drinking establishment was hit on the head with a handgun and robbed there this morning, police said....

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Wrigley Field Vendor Ban About Protecting Business, Not Just Safety

NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wrigleyville, Wrigley Field, Wrigley Field Businesses, Tom Tunney, Wrigley Field Vendors, Chicago News

[Ald. Tom] Tunney has said he wants to ban vendors and street performers from the blocks surrounding Wrigley Field because they pose a "public safety"...

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Alderman: Extend Wrigley Field Vendor Ban

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peddlers would be banned from sidewalks in a two-block area around Wrigley Field under a proposal introduced at today's City Council meeting....

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Wrigley Field Hotel Project Agrees To Reduce Height

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVID ROEDER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wrigley Field, Chicago Hotels, Wrigley Field Hotel, Wrigleyville, M & R Development, Steven Schultz, Chicago News

Developers in Lake View have learned a lesson: If you want to build near Wrigley Field, you give the old park a little respect. Don't build higher tha...

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Cubs Vendors Selling 'Pujols Mows My Lawn' Shirt

NBC Chicago | EAMONN BRENNAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Cubs, Albert Pujols, Wrigleyville, Sports, Chicago Sports, Racism, Zambrano Mows My Lawn, Racist T Shirts, Pujols Mows My Lawn, Chicago News

This weekend, The Big Dead Sidebar was waltzing through Wrigleyville when it came upon a Cubs vendor's inversion of the "Zambrano mows my lawn" shirt:...

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Cubs Chairman Hopes For 50 Night Games At Wrigley

Chicago Tribune | James Janega | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crane Kenney, Wrigleyville, Sports, Cubs Night Games, Cubs, Cubs Schedule, Wrigley Night Games, Chicago News

The Chicago Cubs played down reports Tuesday night that team officials hope to hold as many as 50 night games a season, an issue that arose as the tea...

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Wrigleyville Can Skate On Field January 4th

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Would you pay $10 to skate at the Friendly Confines? If you're a neighbor of the Cubs, you're about to get that opportunity. The Cubs sent e-mails t...

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No Style Like The Old Style

Ted Goeglein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neighborhood Bar, Wrigleyville, Tied Houses, Ethnic Chicago, Chicago Development, Southport Avenue, Old Style, Chicago Taverns, Music Box Theatre, Schlitz, Chicago Bars, Corner Tavern, Chicago Gentrification, Chicago Neighborhoods, Chicago News
Ted Goeglein

It has been said (ad nauseum) that Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, which sounds pretty cozy and quilt-like until you examine what that means.

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Are Most Chicago Sports Fans This Easy to Get Along With?

Greg Boose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Fire, Cleveland Browns, Wrigleyville, L.A. Galaxy, Chicago Cubs, David Beckham, Toyota Park, Mls, Chicago Fire Fans, Chicago Sports Fans, Chicago News
Greg Boose

I quickly scanned the Chicago Fire fans. Not one T-shirt with a swear word emblazoned on its front. Not one drunk being carried off by security. Not one middle finger saluting a passersby.

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Wrigley Bar Owners Agree To Seventh Inning Cutoff

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cubs Playoffs, Wrigleyville, Cubs Playoffs Alcohol Rules, Wrigleyville Drinking, Wrigley Alcohol Ban, Cubs Playoffs Drinking, Wrigley Booze Ban, Seventh Inning Cutoff, Tom Tunney, Chicago News

UPDATE The alcohol sales ban will only last for one hour and will be lifted if the game goes into extra innings, the Sun-Times reports. [Lakeview A...

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Wrigley Field: FInding Real Fans At The Circus

Posted 05.25.2011

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Sports Illustrated scribe Gary Smith embedded at Wrigley Field for the Cubs Labor Day series against the Phillies for the magazine's current cover sto...

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Wrigleyville Going Dry For Playoffs?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cubs Playoffs, Cubs, Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, White Sox Playoffs, White Sox, Wrigley Booze Ban, Cubs Alchohol Ban, Wrigley Alcohol Ban, The Cell, Daley Alchohol Ban, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

UPDATE Mayor Daley spoke out in favor of the seventh-inning booze ban and warned that bars that violate it could lose their liquor licenses. "We do...

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Anatomy of a Trip to Wrigley

Sam Panayotovich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Sports, Wrigley Field, Mlb, Ryan Dempster, Alfonso Soriano, Derrek Lee, Kerry Wood, Harry Caray, Chicago Cubs, Carlos Zambrano, Michael Sweetney Oxygen, Wrigley Rooftops, Sam Panayotovich, Wrigleyville, Chicago News
Sam Panayotovich

I can't stand the Cubs and most of their fans, but the way they support their team really is something.

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