A chipped, red pole juts upward out of the counter at newly-opened whiskey bar Oskar. Bearing the weight of the bar’s roof, the pole is unremovable and bisects the counter. But in the days since the bar’s opening on Wednesday, it’s become something of a quirk. Customers stand up on bar chairs and scribble messages.
Construction of a skate park at the east end of Twiggs Park will begin in July, the city announced Thursday, overseen by the Capital Planning and Engineering Bureau. The 10,000 square foot custom facility will include skating surfaces, obstacles, pathways and seat walls. City Council members voted unanimously in March to approve a $1.757 million.
Billionaire businessman James Crown died Sunday at the age of 70 in a racing crash in Colorado. From 2018, Crown served as chairman and CEO of Henry Crown and Company, founded by his grandfather. Crown, also a philanthropist, was head of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago’s public safety task force, which.
At the 7th Ward special topic meeting hosted by Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) Tuesday, Northwestern speakers addressed concerns about the proposed Ryan Rebuild project, presenting on noise assessment, traffic, parking and concert operations. Before presentations on behalf of the University, Land Use Commission Chair Matt Rodgers explained the two aspects of the project that the.
The crash of metal hitting the ground echoed through the first floor of Norris University Center Tuesday. The sound’s origin is hidden behind a blank, white wall covering what used to be the Norris Starbucks. “That’s the sound of progress,” said Corbin Smyth, Norris’ executive director. Tuesday was demolition day, when workers transformed the space,.