Category: Chicago News
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DOWNTOWN — Chicago welcomed 55.3 million visitors last year, and another strong year is expected, the city’s tourism arm announced Thursday at its annual meeting at the Nederlander Theatre.
Choose Chicago said last year’s visitor total represented a 6.5 percent increase year over year, with international tourism surpassing 2 million visitors for the first time since 2019. The rise in tourism was attributed to the city hosting several large special events and conventions, such as the Democratic National Convention, Sundance Chicago, Lollapalooza and the second Downtown NASCAR race. Combined…
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Chicago Could Be One Of Few Big Cities Globally Without An Intercity Bus Station If Greyhound Closes
Greyhound’s lease on its Harrison Street terminal is set to end in October, and operators will likely have to vacate the site by Sept. 20. The city has yet to nail down a plan for where riders and buses will go when that happens. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago by Quinn Myers August 28, 2024…
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Grant Park Framework Plan at Cliff Dwellers Club on July 24th.
Jim Wales and Lelsie Recht presented on behalf of the Grant Park Advisory Council. Part of the 2002 plan was preserving the Historic Core around Buckingham Fountain. Making baseball diamonds in Hutch Field. Decking over the railroad tracks southwest side of the park near Roosevelt Rd Some of the items for the next plan from…
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Chicago Newcomers Assistance Network
Supporting Asylum Seekers at District 1 Police Station (South Loop) See the website for an overview of how to help: ChicagoNewcomers.org Join this Facebook group to follow more closely: Facebook.com/groups/d1nan Make a tax deductible donation via our fiscal sponsor Life Quilt Foundation Purchase high-priority items off this Amazon Wish List (set up to be delivered directly to volunteers, not to…
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YMCA Plans Downtown Center Inside New Apartment Building
The YMCA near Pritzker Park would anchor a new mixed-income building proposed for the corner of Van Buren Street and Plymouth Court. Developers still need to secure financing for the project. Melody Mercado Sep 26, 2023 DOWNTOWN — A 14,000-square-foot YMCA will debut Downtown inside a mixed-income apartment complex potentially breaking ground in 2025.…
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What is Plurality Voting?
At an event sponsored by Indivisible Chicago, Andrew Silva spoke representing Fair Vote Illinois at Grace Place on October 17, 2023. He talked about plurality Voting. People complain when a third party splits the vote like the Green Party for the Democrats or the Libertarian Party for the Republicans. Ranked Choice Voting helps to avoid…
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‘The Janes’ Wins Best Documentary at the 44th Annual Documentary Emmy Awards
Editor’s note: Patricia Novick, a resident of Dearborn Park, is a Jane. The Janes were a group of women at the University of Chicago who counseled other woman toward a path to a safe abortion when it was illegal 50 years ago, prior to Roe vs Wade. The second night of the annual News and…