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UptownUpdate has a thumbs up for the facade renovation of Clark Street’s Bag Plaza Building at 4533 N Clark. “We’ll miss some of the vintage decorations, but that glass brick…. never!” UU says.   Read more at Uptown Update

A neighborhood zoning meeting included an ‘uncomfortable’ exchange between Chicago Alderman Proco ‘Joe’ Moreno (1st Ward) and Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey (12-D). Fritchey, acting as the zoning attorney for Domus Group, was pressed by Moreno regarding how the developer planned to react if a zoning variance was denied. Phillip Ciaccio, an owner in...

What did Ald. Ameya Pawar say? There are two conversations on The Bulldog. You are reading one. The other conversation takes place here. Read what was said.

For their dedication to educating and enriching the lives of young women and men in Chicago, DePaul University’s Monsignor Kenneth J. Velo and alumnus Thomas Kleinschmidt were honored May 6 at an “Inspiration Celebration” by the board of directors and friends of Gordon Tech College Prep. Velo, senior executive for DePaul’s Office of Catholic...

Congressman Mike Quigley, the chair of the Congressional Hockey Caucus, tore his hamstring in a weekend charity game between members of congress and lobbyists, Crain’s Chicago Business reports. “I was streaking down the ice with the puck” when his right leg gave out, the muscle detaching from the bone. Odds are the 54 year...

A festival proposed for Lincoln Park between Montrose and Lawrence Avenue has been significantly scaled back, but is now a go according to UptownUpdate. The Chicago Uptown Lakefront Carnival and Entertainment Festival had put forth plans to hold an 18 day event in the park. However, organizers had no experience in creating a large...

Audubon School reports the campaign to build a new, improved school yard is off to a terrific start, raising $15,000 in just two weeks. The report, on the school’s Facebook page, says two sixth grade students have raised $1,000 in pledges. The school will be holding a block party to support the new school...

Alain Weber was awarded the Legion of Honour for his work promoting French culture the Chicago Sun-Times notes. Weber is President of Lycée Français de Chicago. The award was established by Napoleon Bonaparte, the Sun-Times says. It is considered among the highest national decorations of France.   Read more at the Chicago Sun-Times

An ordinance by Ald. Ameya Pawar that would require additional information from the city was tabled by the City Council Finance Committee, the Daily Whale reports. The ordinance by Pawar and Ald. Robert Fioretti, would have required information on the number of jobs created and whether developers using TIF funds had delivered on promises...

Responding to media requests, the Chicago Public Schools are releasing new figures that project savings from closing 54 Chicago schools will be 20 percent lower than projected. In addition, the district is revising downward projections of the cost to operate some schools. Trumbull, which was projected to cost the district more thaqn $16 million,...