I live in the south loop and was walking my dog the other day, and noticed this sign at 1845 S State:We did some quick digging on the interwebs and couldn't find much, however our sweet tooth is already excited about this new addition to the neighborhood. Pralines, candy, beignets and coffee sounds good to us.
On Saturday, May 9, 2015 @ 6:00 am, Team Agora installed 212 handcrafted, pink bunny slippers on the feet of the Agora statues in Grant Park (at Roosevelt and Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL.)
This “Leave No Trace” MomBomb - YarnBomb event was created by a team of 35 knitters, from 15 states, using more than 250 pounds of yarn, and working more than 2,000 hours over the course of the past 5 months. The slippers will offer Agora a much needed rest.
“This action is intended as a gesture of respect and appreciation for this marvelous sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz, and what it represents. We hope the slippers will offer Agora well-deserved rest." Team Agora
May 9, 2015 - May 17, 2015
Goodnight Agora,
We’ve come to offer you rest. A deep, beautiful rest, so that you can rise again and continue your work. You came here to teach us. To make us remember what it is to feel small, without power, overwhelmed by the weight of oppression. You teach us to meet oppression by looking up and standing tall against it. You insist we amplify the voices of those not seen or heard. You remind us to remember our humanity and to love each other. We are humbled and strengthened by your presence.
Happy Mother’s Day, Agora. We know who you are and we thank you. Happy Mother’s Day to ALL who mother.
Love,
Team Agora
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| A view of one of the empty lots that CMK bought next to the Chicago River - looking north from Roosevelt |
Australian construction giant Lend Lease Group confirmed that it has entered into a joint venture with Chicago-based developer CMK to develop 13 acres of land in the South Loop along the Chicago River. The $1.5 billion development will include apartments, condominiums, retail and commercial space and community facilities, Lend Lease said in a statement. The site, which runs on the east side of the river from Harrison Street south to Roosevelt Road, will be developed over 10 years, the statement said. The venture aims to file plans with the city “over the coming months” and break ground in early 2016, according to the statement.We've spent some serious (digital) ink on this website talking about CMK's recent land grab along the Chicago river. While they've shown that they can develop properties, a project of this magnitude requires some help which is why bringing on Lend Lease makes a lot of sense.
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| Wells/Wentworth Connector Plan |
I would assume that your logo wouldn't come off your building if you're just remodeling.
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| 2130 S. Michigan - soon to be occupied by Webpass, Inc. |
We plan to open late this Summer. Ideally we'd move in towards the end of July but it really depends on when construction is completed.
One of them being the location. It's commuter friendly which is important since many of our employees live outside of Chicago proper and we really needed a space that was both industrial and office. Another added benefit was the owners of the building were also able to handle our build out so we were able to bid on the work at the same time we were bidding on the property. We also feel that South Loop in on the rise and we want to be a part of watching the neighborhood unfold and gain additional popularity from residents and businesses.
Restaurant Solutions, Inc. (RSI) will be opening its third office at 1811 S. Wabash Ave. in the redeveloped historical district of the South Loop in downtown Chicago.
Restaurant Solutions, Inc. is headquartered in Littleton, CO with additional offices in Austin, TX, and soon to open Chicago, IL, backed by a solid team of knowledgeable sales representatives interspersed throughout the country. RSI serves over 1,000 independent restaurants across the nation from the Pacific Northwest to the entire East Coast and everywhere in between.
RSI area of expertise includes but is not limited to: Hospitality Industry Operations, General Accountancy Practice, Federal/State/Local Taxes, Bank Reconciliations, Compliance and Information Technologies. Restaurant Solutions, Inc. enables independent restaurant operators the ability to Focus On Food, Not Finances.
The riskiest place to speed Downtown is near Jones College Prep, where two speed cameras have doled out more than $400,000 in fines since they were installed, city data shows.
Collectively, the eight Downtown speed cameras have slapped motorists with $818,635 in fines since January 2014, according to data provided by the Chicago Department of Transportation.
Two cameras at 629 and 630 S. State St., near the Blue Ribbon school, sourced the bulk of the tickets with $444,105 in fines issued. At 629 S. State, that means 38 violations and $1,345.69 in fines per day.
The cameras near State and Harrison streets are on from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. daily, longer than other Downtown cameras. However cameras are on longest — 6 a.m.-10 p.m. — at 319 E. Illinois St. and 449 and 450 N. Columbus Drive in Streeterville, which together have collected $328,880.
As part of the the Chicago Department of Transportation’s Arterial Street ADA Ramp Project, CDOT is tentatively scheduled to begin work on State Street from Roosevelt to 18th Street starting May 11, 2015. All work on this corridor is scheduled to be completed by June 30, 2015, weather permitting. Work will include minor sewer work, ADA sidewalk improvements, curb and gutter removal and replacement, minor milling of the existing asphalt pavement at the intersections of affected ramps, asphalt paving and striping. The sewer work will take place first following by the concrete work and milling and paving of the intersections.
Phase III is a 17,000 square foot Parish Center that will house some Parish offices closer to the front Michigan Avenue entrance, have multiple meeting/classroom spaces, and a gymnasium/social hall with a retractable performance stage. The project is estimated to cost $3.4 million. This cost includes demolition, construction, and facility equipment. If important milestones and fundraising deadlines are met, we hope to open the doors to the Parish Center in Fall 2014.If you're not familiar with the church and how it's grown, the website also gives some other information:
Old St. Mary’s move to its current location in the South Loop has occurred in phases. In 2002 – in Phase I- we built our beautiful new church. Then, in Fall 2004, we welcomed 18 preschool students into our “new” school that was housed in a 100 year-old revamped furniture warehouse adjacent to our Parish offices.
Our strategic plan prioritized the building of a new school in Phase II. In 2011, a brand-new Old St. Mary’s School opened with more than 200 students. With the start of the 2013 school year, there are over 350 students enrolled in preschool through 8th grade.
In 2013, the third phase of the strategic plan began to take shape – completing the vision with a Parish Center. Phase III marks an important step for the Old St. Mary’s community as there is a pressing need to respond to the continuing rapid growth of the parish and school.Good luck to them and thanks for enriching the neighborhood.
Why are there no dollar or thrift stores in the loop or Sloop? There must be a reason because a dollar store would absolutely 'clean up', being the only one. I would think both would do quite well with the college kids. I, myself, am disabled on Social Security, so it would benefit me quite nicely as well. What's up?We're not intimately familiar with the business model of dollar stores, but would imagine retail real estate costs in the Sloop would make it a hard go for them. In terms of thrift stores, since some consider that a "trend" that seems more realistic for the neighborhood. However, it probably would be one of the annoying thrift stores that charges an alarmingly high rate for someone else's garbage.
