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Saturday, June 12, 2010

The Wisdom Bridge Incident

Many have told me that they suspect Rich Aronson was behind the Wisdom Bridge Theatre damage.

What do you think?

Relevant links:

Building Facade Collapses on Howard Street
http://nhna.blogspot.com/2010/05/building-facade-collapse-on-howard.html

Wisdom Bridge Theater Roof Collapses; No One Hurt
http://morsehellhole.blogspot.com/2010/05/wisdom-bridge-theater-roof-collapses-no.html

Building partially collapses in Rogers Park
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/05/building-partially-collapses-in-rogers-park.html

Rogers Park condo foreclosures

"Rogers Park ranked fourth among Chicago communities with the largest number of home foreclosures per square mile in 2009, according to a study by National People's Action, a network of community organizations. But because there are few visible cues — boarded-up windows, blocks of For Sale signs — the Far North Side neighborhood does not paint a typical picture of a community in a housing crisis".

Read more at: The hidden housing crisis - Rogers Park hit hard by condo foreclosures
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/city-foreclosures-rogers-park-20100611,0,2200723.story

But, we knew this already and developers are still proposing building more condos in Rogers Park. And, the Alderman is still taking campaign contributions from the developers before they present their proposals. And, proposals that supposidly require community support, are awarded by the Alderman without a community vote at the developers presentation event.

Rogers Park Men Can Cook event

Willye B. White Park 1610 W. Howard Street Chicago, IL. 60626

Custom Letterpress

Tweedle Press - Custom Letterpress

Healing Service for our Global Waters

In response to the ongoing destruction to the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and its surrounding environment, the Evangelical Catholic Diocese of the Northwest will conduct a “Healing Service for our Global Waters” on Sunday, June 20th, 2010, at 2:00 PM, on the pier at the Jarvis Park Beach in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood.

Bishop James Alan Wilkowski will bless and anoint the waters of Lake Michigan and apply the common prayers reserved for the sick and dying to pray for the healing and restoration of our global waters and environment.

Friday, June 11, 2010

The Wisdom Bridge Incident

Saint Henry Catholic Cemetery

Saint Henry Catholic Cemetery is the only surviving churchyard (that is, a graveyard adjacent to and affiliated with a church) within the city of Chicago. Located in the West Ridge neighborhood on the far north side, the church, erected 1905, is a neo-Gothic structure, clad in brick with ornamentation of limestone and bronze. Originally serving the German Catholic community, as the population changed, it was given to a Croatian parish in the 1970s. Local legend has it that "Sailor Jack", the boy on the "Cracker Jack" box, is buried here, though various identities are given for him.