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Welcome To Block Club Chicago — Your Neighborhood News Is Back
It’s been seven months since the closure of DNAinfo Chicago, the neighborhood news site we loved so much. That’s why we are so excited — and so anxious — to finally present Block Club Chicago, our new...
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Target Who? Mayor Lavishes Praise On Old Navy’s ‘Values’ For Coming To South...
MORGAN PARK — Mayor Rahm Emanuel, still seething from Target’s decision to shut down two South Side stores, lavished praise Thursday on Old Navy, a competitor who is opening a store in Morgan Park...
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Under Fire From Residents, Chicago Water Dept. Does About-Face On Tree-Saving...
DOWNTOWN — After getting criticized for not using a water main repair technology that could potentially save mature trees from having to be cut down, Chicago’s Water Department is doing an about-face...
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City’s Plan To Fix Water Mains And Save Trees Cheered By Aldermen. Could...
DOWNTOWN — Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) said he felt like “a voice in the wilderness” for years as he unsuccessfully advocated for repairing old city water mains without cutting down all of the mature...
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‘He Has 8 Holes In Him’: Manhunt Ends As Police Arrest Man They Say Shot A...
CHICAGO — After a pair of gun battles, police caught a man suspected of shooting an officer Saturday morning and a woman near the Loop earlier this week. Michael Blackman was shot at least four times...
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All Illinois Bars And Restaurants To Be Closed For In-Person Dining Amid...
CHICAGO — In the latest dramatic and unprecedented move to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus impacting life all over the globe, Gov. JB Pritzker ordered all Illinois bars and restaurants...
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Guns N’ Roses In Chicago: Their Wild, Drunken, Lost Summer On Clark Street
This story ran in DNAinfo in 2016. We’re republishing it as Guns N’ Roses announces their return to Chicago with a Wrigley Field show in August. WRIGLEYVILLE — Guns N’ Roses is back in Chicago this...
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Block Club Chicago Is Now Older Than DNAinfo Chicago
CHICAGO — Block Club Chicago hit a milestone earlier this month that meant a lot to us. Our nonprofit newsroom has now been open longer than the one we replaced — DNAinfo Chicago. Why is that...
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Swift Mansion, Built In 1892, Badly Damaged In Grand Boulevard Fire
BRONZEVILLE — Fire severely damaged the historical Swift Mansion in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood, an 1892 structure built by the founder of the meatpacking empire as a wedding gift to his...
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