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“The police commander of the 18th District came to me and said the density of these pedicabs, especially on the weekend nights, has gotten out of control,” said Reilly, 42nd. “They can’t get ambulance, fire service or police cars through Hubbard Street or Kinzie Street or Illinois Street, and that’s a safety concern.”
Thompson, 51, who has served as 11th Ward alderman since 2015, was charged in April in a seven-count indictment with filing false tax returns and lying to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. officials about $219,000 in loans and other payments he’d received from Washington Federal Bank for Savings before it was shuttered in 2017.
Last year, under then-President Donald Trump’s administration, Chicago and other cities received a surge of federal agents to fight violence as part of Operation Legend, named in honor of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot and killed in Kansas City, Missouri. In Chicago, the operation involved a few hundred federal agents from the ATF, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Marshals Service.
In 1905, plans were made to move Drake Fountain to accommodate construction of a new county building. But where would it end up? During a heated meeting in December 1905, aldermen balked at the $3,300 cost to remove then maintain the fountain. Sculptor Lorado Taft said the city could afford to let this Columbus statue be put out to pasture, “It is not an absolute disgrace, but it is a question whether it would be approved today by the municipal art commission. For one thing, it is wholly out of proportion.” Public works commissioner J.M. Patterson noted, “while it is not a distinguished work of art, (the fountain’s) existence is justified by the fact that thousands of persons drink its water daily,” the Tribune reported. The fountain was temporarily relocated to the LaSalle Street side of city hall.
Jennifer Taylor, 24, of Chicago, Sheba Taylor, 26, of Chicago, and Paul Sherrod Taylor, 28, of DeKalb, were charged with multiple felonies last month and then indicted by a Kane County grand jury July 16 on attempted murder charges in connection with the case.
Officers work the scene where eight people were wounded in a shooting involving a party bus in the 1600 block of North La Salle Drive in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood July 22, 2021 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
“The only person … that I have actually issued a fine to, in a dollar amount, was the Walgreens on Simpson Street,” Stoneback said. “They continuously violated, just throwing their stuff out in the street, trash would be all over the place. I sent them warnings, numerous communications, (but) they just kept doing it. As soon as they got their first fine, they corrected it.”
A Divvy bicycle is left on the sidewalk inside a crime scene in the 3300 block of West Douglas Boulevard, around the corner from the 1300 block of South Christiana Avenue , where police taped off the block, on July 21, 2021, in Chicago. Five people were shot on the block, and minutes later, another five people were found shot about 1/2 mile west, at South Ridgeway Avenue and West Douglas Boulevard, in the Lawndale neighborhood, according to initial police statements. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
”I tell you, this is becoming an effort where we’re going to need an all-hands-on-deck approach. And that approach is going to involve our community,” said Cato. “Our community getting involved and saying what’s going on. Our community who has cell phone pictures, who has Facebook information. We’re going to need your help.”
The entire project could take 20 years to build, costing $7 billion and extending well past the former hospital campus’ 49-acre lot, ultimately covering more than 100 acres total, Goodman said. Singer Pavilion — the campus’ only remaining Reese building, built in 1948 — will be preserved as part of the development, according to the Department of Planning and Development.