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Construction of roadways and bridges decades ago brought a kind of starkness to residential areas in the south suburb, which is now using public art as part of a plan for beautification.
It has been eight years since Blue Island leaders agreed to a redevelopment project for a 2-mile stretch of Western Avenue, the town’s main thoroughfare. Now, the city is preparing the second portion of the plan. The plan is to beautify, upgrade and add green spaces along Western Avenue between 119th Street and 135th Street. The portion between 135th and the Little Calumet River was recently ...
Blue Island officials probed plans Wednesday by Lockwood Development Partners to convert the long-vacant MetroSouth hospital into a senior living building, with consultants, physicians and lawyers sharing a slideshow explaining how space would be used. “It’s the best idea that’s been brought so far to the city regarding this property, I’ll say that,” Mayor Fred Bilotto said. In the nearly five ...
“Where do I start? I haven’t talked about him in quite a while — not that anyone has asked.” Marjorie Schultz’s voice wavers with emotion as she remembers Jan. 31, 2008, the day her son, 1st Lt. David Schultz, died. “He was killed by a bomb that they sent from the mountains over to the base where he was stationed in Iraq,” she recalls. “He was killed while he was in his office.” The ...
With the closure of Raven’s Place and The Vault on Western Avenue in Blue Island, the future of the two bars is unclear as the business owner owns the property but doesn’t have a business license, city officials said. “I do not know the owner’s intentions as it relates to selling the property. Should they decide to do so, I would simply repeat what Mayor (Fred) Bilotto has said in the past: ...