Uptown Chicago

A Music District In Uptown? Emanuel Is Thinking About It

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rahm Emanuel, Aragon, Uptown Music District, Chicago, Uptown Chicago, Illinois, The Green Mill, Riviera Theater, Uptown, Chicago News

"You have the Riv [Riviera Theatre], you have the Aragon. ... We have a downtown theater district. Should there be an Uptown music district, given our...

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Ugandan Woman's Future Uncertain, Despite Winning Asylum

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Lord's Resistance Army, Political Asylum, Terrorism, Uptown Chicago, Uganda, Regina Othola, Uptown, Chicago News

In a Catholic church in Uptown, Regina Othola prays. She prays for courage. She prays for hope. And sometimes, Othola, 30, prays to forget....

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Change Comes to Washington, Will it Come to Chicago?

Tom Tresser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fix Wilson Yard, Alderman Schiller, Alderman Daley, TIF Districts Chicago, Grossinger's, Uptown Chicago, Chicago Development, Tifs, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

The city that gave the nation a leader who called for change is wondering if the change that is hopefully coming to Washington can ever take place at their doorstep.

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Yes We Can And Sometimes We Won't

Kevin Coval | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holidays, Red Line, Belmont Red Line, Economic Crisis, Uptown Chicago, Recession, Barack Obama, Chicago Winter, CTA Brown Line, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Essays, Cta, Fullerton Red Line, Chicago News
Kevin Coval

This is the burden of Chicago. The great paradox: we have a president-elect and a governor to evict.

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