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News Archive
Rockwell-Devon Redevelopment – Yet another construction delay
Developer's financial problems and change of contractor shut job down.
Updated 7/14/2009
6700 N. Whipple St. – Will construction resume at Boone-Clinton school?
Opponents took their case to the Mayor and Ald. Stone fought back. Who won?
Updated 7/7/2009
Devon-area residential permit parking reinstated
Neighorhood permit parking returns as Devon Ave. parking meters disappear.
Posted 7/7/2009
Bollywood Explosion – Illegal billboards add to Devon Avenue chaos
Without effective enforcement by the City, illegal signage is out of control.
Posted 7/7/2009
2932 W. Greenleaf Ave. – Application for rezoning from RS3 to RT-4.5
Proposed change would allow a big house to get bigger.
Posted 7/7/2009
6301 N. Western Ave. – Monsoon Plaza parking garage ready to open
115 new parking spaces on site of former city parking lot.
Posted 7/7/2009
6148 N. Western Ave. – Walgreens one step closer to building new store
Walgreens signs lease agreement for Napleton property at Western and Granville.
Posted 7/7/2009
6220 N. California Ave. – Is Aldi getting ready to expand?
Ordinance introduced by Ald. Stone hints at construction to come.
Posted 7/7/2009
6758 N. California Ave. – From castle to synagogue
Agudath Israel of West Rogers Park purchases former Marshall's Car Castle property.
Posted 7/7/2009
2519 W. Devon Ave. – North Shore Banquet Hall applies for zoning change
Zoning Committee hearing deferred until July 16.
Updated 7/7/2009
Rockwell-Devon Redevelopment – Developer fails to comply with agreement
But the City is finally waking up and starting to take notice.
Updated 7/7/2009
2519 W. Devon Ave. – North Shore Banquet Hall applies for zoning change
Proposed change would allow owners to apply for public amusement license.
Posted 4/20/2009
Rockwell-Devon Redevelopment – Siddiqi in labor dispute with union
Carpenters Local 58 pickets Rockwell-Devon construction site.
Updated 3/28/2009
Developer Siddiqi helps fuel foreclosure crisis
Seven out of seven sales in foreclosure at developer's 5601 N. Clark property.
Updated 2/28/2009
6328 N. California Ave. – Indo-American Center applies for zoning change
Planned third floor addition requires zoning change to allow additional height.
Posted 2/6/2009
3540-58 W. Peterson Ave. – Ald. Stone reverses 2008 zoning change
No beauty shop, no zoning change. Ald. Stone restores prior zoning.
Posted 2/6/2009
2103-17 W. Touhy Ave. – Ald. Stone corrects 2007 zoning mistake
After downzoning more than intended, Ald. Stone restores prior zoning.
Posted 2/6/2009
6324-48 N. Western Ave. – Nortown Terrace sales office now open
Despite a down economy, developer tests the waters.
Updated 2/6/2009
Siddiqi mortgages Rockwell-Devon property to appease Broadway Bank
Rockwell project offered as collateral for loans at 5601 N. Clark and 4635 N. Broadway.
Updated 2/28/2009
6917 N. Western Ave. – So, what about that covenant?
Zoning hearing transcript now available. Read what was promised by the developer's attorney.
Updated 12/16/2008
6700 N. Whipple St. – Boone Clinton-area Elementary School
The construction contract is out for bid. Bid opening scheduled February 19, 2009.
Updated 12/16/2008
2140-42 W. Lunt Ave. – Spot zoning at the corner of Lunt and Bell
Aldermanic application for a Miseracordia group home approved by City Council.
Updated 11/19/2008
Neighborhood Planning – Wicker Park Bucktown Master Plan
After more than a year of work by community organizations and consultants, the Wicker Park Bucktown SSA-33 has published its draft master plan report. The nearly 300 page report is an excellent example of the kind of work that needs desperately to be done in the 50th Ward.
Posted 11/15/2008
Rockwell-Devon Redevelopment – Lawsuit Update
Construction continues—sort of—while plaintiffs wait for decision on appeal.
Updated 10/31/2008
2842-58 W. Peterson Ave. – Aldermanic change for the Church in West Ridge
Alderman Stone puts his own application on hold. No other details available.
Updated 10/31/2008
2827 W. Howard Ave. – Application on hold indefinitely
Approval of proposed zoning change unlikely in the wake of neighborhood opposition.
Updated 10/31/2008
2433 W. Fargo Ave. – Change in zoning to allow a new three-flat
Ordinance passed September 10, 2008.
Updated 10/31/2008
6530 N. Damen Ave. – Change in zoning to allow four townhouses
Ordinance passed October 8, 2008.
Updated 10/31/2008
3540-58 W. Peterson Ave. – Aldermanic change to allow a beauty shop
Ordinance passed September 10, 2008.
Updated 10/31/2008
6101 N. Artesian Ave. – Aldermanic reversal of last year's "temporary" rezoning
Ordinance passed September 10, 2008.
Updated 10/31/2008
Alderman Stone suspends Devon-area permit parking
One-year suspension approved September 10, 2008.
Updated 10/31/2008
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