Lincoln Park

One Year Later: A Return to Normalcy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

Th Obama normalcy is a welcome relief from eight years of the Bush administration, but it is only a start. If Obama builds on this start with true reforms, much of the hope will come back.

Jewel Abandons Lincoln Park Concept Store

Chicago Tribune | Sandra M. Jones | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago


Jewel-Osco is pulling the plug on Urban Fresh, the small format grocery store aimed at city dwellers....

Police Taser Man In Lincoln Park

STNG | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago


Chicago Police Tasered a man attempting to flee police early Friday in the North Side's Lincoln Park neighborhood....

Woman Robbed At Gunpoint In Lincoln Park

STNG | Posted 11.14.2009 | Chicago


Police are seeking two suspects who stole a woman's purse at gunpoint and struck her with a bottle early Monday in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on th...

Rash Of Lincoln Park, Lakeview Attacks Continues (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago


An uncharacteristic violence spree continued last night in Lincoln Park and Lakeview as three more men were attacked, becoming the fifth, sixth and se...

Lincoln Park Residents Debate Chicago Olympic Bid

Chi-Town Daily News | Cassandra Harlan | Posted 02.15.2009 | Chicago


Though representatives from Chicago 2016 spoke about the Olympic games and their impact on Lincoln Park in positive terms, some audience members at a ...

Rahm Emanuel's Constituents React To His New Job

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 12.07.2008 | Chicago


Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel has accepted Barack Obama's offer to become White House Chief of Staff. And that leaves Illinois' 5th congressional ...

Lincoln Park Stabbing

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago


A person was stabbed this morning in the 2100 block of North Halsted Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The victim was taken to Advocate Illino...

Harold and Barack: Emotional Wisdom From 1983

Paul Engleman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Chicago


Paul Engleman

The 1983 Chicago mayoral election has one obvious similarity to this year's presidential race. With only a few weeks left, there is a real possibility that something which until recently seemed unthinkable will happen: An African-American could be elected president.

Of No Fixed Address: The Gospel According to Art

Christopher Devine | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago


Christopher Devine

Art and his friend Martin have set up camp in a long, narrow storage space below a three-flat in west Lincoln Park. A single bulb lights the enclosed room.

New Lawsuit Filed Over Lincoln Park Soccer Field

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago


Four months after getting the private Latin School to stop building a soccer field in Lincoln Park, a group of residents has filed a new lawsuit seeki...

Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago

Christopher Devine | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago


Christopher Devine

On the busy streets that frame Lincoln Park's expressions of grandeur, you will find some of America's poorest citizens.

See What All The Fuss Is About: The Counter Burger In Lincoln Park

Gapers Block | Lori Barrett | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago


Today is the grand opening of Counter Burger, a create-your-own burger joint (part of a California-based chain) on Diversey Parkway in Lincoln Park. D...

After New York & Los Angeles, What Does Chicago Have to Offer a Girl Like Me?

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 10.06.2008 | Chicago


Claire Bidwell Smith

My first six months here were brutal. Too broke to splurge on winter clothes, I layered all of my LA outfits on top of each other and shivered through the worst winter Chicago had seen in a decade.

Lincoln Park-Latin School Soccer Field Going Forward

Chicago Tribune | Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah | Posted 10.04.2008 | Chicago


After stopping the private Latin School from building a soccer field in Lincoln Park, a group of residents was unable to stop the Chicago Park Distric...

Connecting The Dots In Chicago

Tom Tresser | Posted 09.17.2008 | Chicago


Tom Tresser

Can we calculate the cost of corruption to the citizens of Chicago? Does your city seem broke, incompetent, arrogant, unaccountable and impenetrable? Congratulations, you are a Screwed Citizen.

Drive-By Shooting Lincoln Park

Chicago Tribune | Dan P. Blake | Posted 09.14.2008 | Chicago


Two people were seriously wounded Thursday afternoon in a drive-by shooting on Chicago's North Side, and a third person was hurt after running into a ...