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CHA flip-flopping on Ickes plan angers residents
Residents and housing advocates say plans for the Harold Ickes Homes are shrouded in mystery. The CHA says the buildings will be razed to eliminate crime. But cops say there's few problems at the vacant Ickes buildings.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Chicago kids study public housing's past and future
Third and fourth graders at a South Loop school heard from a panel of residents and community leaders, who talked about how changes in public housing affect their neighborhood.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
CHA use of stimulus money to demolish Ickes buildings questioned
The CHA plans to use $3 million in federal money to tear down buildings at the Harold Ickes projects. Some housing advocates say demolishing buildings doesn't create housing, jobs or economic growth.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
CHA to bulldoze six Ickes bulidings
Six buildings at the Harold Ickes public housing project will be torn down soon. Housing advocates and resident leaders are concerned about starting demolition before there's any plan for Ickes future.
8 months ago | Megan Cottrell
CHA accident burns girl, raises maintenance questions
Facial burns suffered by an infant in 2004 could be connected to maintenance lapses at Chicago Housing Authority properties, the lawyer for the girl and advocates say.
9 months ago | Megan Cottrell
CHA preserves iconic architecture in Chicago's public housing
A recent award given to the Chicago Housing Authority shows public housing isn't always an eyesore. CHA officials are looking to preserve and protect important properties the agency owns.
10 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Columbia College buys land for production facility
Columbia College purchases a piece of property that will eventually be home to a multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art sound stage and production building.
1 year ago | Peter Sachs
City landmarks to get overhaul
New plans for Soldier Field, Buckingham Fountain
1 year ago | Jennifer Slosar
Man charged with murder in harbor drowning
Judge sets $1.5 million bail
over 2 years ago | Geoff Wallin
And 1 Tour takes hoops back to the streets
Acrobatic dunks, Dick Vitale on speed
over 2 years ago | Ben Strauss
Newest addition to McCormick Place opens
$882 million facility features huge ballroom
over 2 years ago | Geoff Wallin
Cornhole Classic brings bean-bag game to masses
"The sports version of lying in a hammock"
over 2 years ago | Ben Strauss
The logjam on the lakefront
Speed limit may be best solution to congestion, collisions on path
over 2 years ago | Kate Gardiner
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