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Online at ChicagoJournal.com NEW News of Bucktown, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village and West Town FREE CHICAGO JOURNAL EDITION Volume 1, No. 1 I Thursday, September 15, 2005 North Ave. neighbors not sure who's minding the city's beautification project Photo by Josh Hawkins St. Boniface's fate remains in the balance. St. Boniface could stay or go Joe Lake pops his head out of the underbrush. Photo by Josh Hawkins Developer mulls residential development Whose weeds are these? B y K AT H A R I N E G R AYS O N Staff Writer F B y K AT H A R I N E G R AYS O N some more than 4 feet high, crowding out flow- And who should be meeting that challenge, or more than six years, West Town residents, ers in city-planted streetside gardens. and how, now appears to be the subject of some historic preservationists, city officials, and the Staff Writer "It's something that reflects poorly on the small discussion—-and no small source of con- W Archdiocese of Chicago have been tussling hen city workers rolled up construc- neighborhood," Bergant said, noting that lit- fusion. over what should be done with long-shuttered tion plans and departed the North ter also appears to be thriving along with the The issue was recently raised at a Wicker St. Boniface Church. Avenue Corridor two years ago, the weeds. "It's a shame people don't have more Park Committee meeting just last week by Joe Since the 103-year-old Romanesque Revival-style neighbors didn't complain about respect for the space in the first place. People Lake, a Wood Street resident who has taken church was closed by the Archdiocese in the late what was left behind: brick-paved crosswalks, just mistreat it." the gardening tools into his own hands and 1980s, the majority of visitors it freshly planted trees, flower beds, and engraved Bergant said that although her group has spruced up "his" floral domain at the corner WEST TOWN sees are pigeons that roost in its concrete neighborhood mark- mounted no formal campaign against the of North Avenue and Wood, where perennials, dilapidated confines. But despite the building's dete- WICKER PARK ers on select corners. weeds, a few members have on occasion taken cropped plants, and potted flowers now stand rioration, some area residents and preservationists "The city put a lot of money into the issue with the overgrown gardens, which occu- crisp against a weed-free soil canvas. believe the church is an architectural gem worthy of streetscape and it looked really, really wonder- py pockets of North Avenue's sidewalk, from Lake said that it took him less than 20 min- being returned to its former glory. ful," remembers Eva Bergant, president of the Ashland near up to Damen. utes to yank out three bags worth of weeds. "It's The city, however, has grown concerned that the Bucktown Community Organization. "We'd love to see more being done," Bergant not a hard job," he insisted. building poses a real-and-present safety hazard, a But a few seasons and one drought later, it's said. "But the city doesn't have the resources City crews, he observed, "planted a lot of sentiment also shared by Archdiocese officials, who what has taken root and flourished in parts of to maintain these things. It's a shame. Getting really good flowers and perennials." But now say they don't have the financial resources to invest North Avenue's new landscape that has come someone to take care of it has been a bit more to irritate some in the neighborhood—weeds, challenging." See WEEDS on Page 3 See ST. BONIFACE on Page 5 On landmarking, divided they stand By MAX BROOKS and tells me what I can and can't do with my home—I totally disagree with that," Staff Writer 53 percent of property owners vote for East Village landmarking S he said. "My dirt is way more valuable cott Rappe and Kevin Kuster own than [the house I live in]." nearly identical century-old brick At issue is a proposal to permanent- four-flats that stand shoulder to of the flier hanging in each home's win- remained up on the neighboring Wolcott that have no stake in the neighborhood, ly landmark 195 properties in the East shoulder on the 1100 block of dow: a lime-sherbet-colored sign means homes. Out of respect for Rappe, Kuster driven by the market, looking only at Village, including those along several Wolcott Avenue. Friends and neighbors, the residents support landmarking, said, he decided to take his down, as he the bottom line and tearing good build- blocks of Winchester, Wolcott, Honore the two stand on oppo- an orange-sherbet-colored sign means now lives in his second home elsewhere ings down," said Rappe, a member of a and Wood between Division and Augusta, WEST TOWN they're opposed, and no sign at all may in the East Village. group called the West Town Preservation site sides of what one sections of Winchester and Wolcott former East Village Association president xxx LOOP only indicate fear of more opinionated But diplomacy aside, the neighbors' Association. between Iowa and Chicago, and most called a "civil war" over landmarking. neighbors. views on development and landmarking Kuster, who belongs to the rival West of the west side of Hermitage between House by house and block by block, Last week, only Rappe's signs—-there remain diametrically opposed. Town Property Owners group, framed the the battle lines are marked by the color are two, and they are colored lime—- "We're talking about outside forces issue in another way: "Someone comes in See EAST VILLAGE on Page 5 To our readers Last day at the library IN THE JOURNAL Save the Ukrainians Strong and vital neighborhoods need a strong and vital neighborhood paper. Landmarking, part II, They work together, they work off of goes through each other. Each supports the other. Nathan Parker closes the book on his beloved Damen branch 2 Each nudges the other to do better. That's what Chicago Journal is out In Business to accomplish. We intend to be that By LAURA PUTRE About 40 patrons showed up on the Damen strong and vital neighborhood paper Editor branch's last day, which is pretty typical for any Is your fiscal Mercury in retrograde? T for Ukrainian Village, West Town, Saturday, says Parker. "Most of them didn't know Bucktown and Wicker Park. While we are he Damen Avenue library officially mea- sured 1,200 square feet, which made it we were closing," he says. 6 the sister paper to the Chicago Journal that has But a few showed up specially. Ella, the served the South Loop, Near West and West Loop for neither closet-sized nor par- library's clerk for 30 years, brought a five years, the edition you are holding is unique to ticularly roomy. But in his 16½ cake. "I want to tell you that there our new neighborhoods. That means a front section years as librarian there, "I could only was a kazoo band playing taps, but filled with news specific to your neighborhood. Our editorial find 900," says Nathan Parker, wryly that didn't actually happen," Parker staff will be active in reporting on development issues, public speaking the truth. says of the last day, starting to schools, business, street repairs and street fairs. The mystery of the missing 300 will sound like Gertrude Stein. "It was Do not be confused. This is not the Reader, Red Eye, or some have to remain BUCKTOWN proposed. You could say there was warmed-over city zone of the Trib. This is your new neighbor- unsolved. Last one—no one would be able to deny hood paper. Saturday, Sept. 10, Parker said good- you—except it didn't really happen Every Thursday morning. Always on peach paper. Always bye to the library's final patrons that way." local. To be found in almost 200 locations. Or, for several thou- and locked up the storefront at 2056 sand of you, your front steps. N. Damen for good. A new, much Another small send-off party had Viva la lawn bowling been held at Caffe De Luca ear- Call us with ideas and suggestions. larger library—15,000 square feet and lier in the week. There, over lattes The boules are rolling $400,000 worth of new books, to be exact—is on the way, but for the next and beer, aspiring writer Mark on Chicago Ave. Dan Haley, Publisher, firstname.lastname@example.com Laura Putre, Editor, firstname.lastname@example.com two months, Bucktown residents are Metropolis, B1 technically library-less. See LIBRARY on Page 8 2 Thursday, September 15, 2005 I www.ChicagoJournal.com In with the old I I Cityside Ukrainain Village All eyes on Eckhart Park completes Commercial and Bickerdike parks have active resi- dents' groups that help with fund raising and land- landmarking, part II scaping, but Eckhart Park at 1330 W. Chicago has thus far been lacking in that department. That could soon change. Last week, about 15 Noble Square neighbors met at the Eckhart Park fieldhouse to discuss the possibility By MAX BROOKS of forming a park advisory council. The next meeting Staff Writer A is tentatively scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, and the group plans to soon hold elections for offi- bout six years ago, lifelong cers. For more information, call park supervisor John Ukrainian Village resi- Boreck at 312/746-5490 or Charlie Glanzer, Eckhart Park dent George Matwyshyn Community Council co-chair, at 312/451-2235. noticed some odd con- Alderman Walter Burnett, 27th Ward, stopped by the struction going up at 912 Oakley meeting to express his support, saying he'd like to see Ave., a building around the cor- the park offer more programming and less vagrancy and ner from his Iowa Street home. litter, but stressed that it was important to keep the place Along a line of nearly identical open to kids and adults without much means. He also told two-story brick cottages, their residents not to expect much financing from the notori- oversized porches facing the airy , ously cash-strapped Park District. "This park has a lot of tree-lined street, one seemed to be potential, but it takes a lot of energy to make these things metastasizing: a third floor, made happen," Burnett said. In other words, a dog park or a of concrete and painted a pale, new play lot might be years' worth of bake sales away, Maalox pink, sprung from its top. while cheaper feats could include sprucing up flowerbeds With the new addition, the build- Photo by Josh Hawkins and picking up trash. ing owner would be able to market George Matwyshyn in front of a row of recently landmarked two- and three- flats on Walton Street. the building as three condos, but from Matwyshyn's point of view, Rounding up the elves the streetscape was permanently and their options moving forward. buildings on intersecting streets, have moved in and others remain- compromised. Discouraged from pursuing down- were formally added to the pro- ing have seen the popularity with An emphatic call for a little holiday cheer along zoning by city officials, Matlak tected zone. which landmarking has been "Legally, they had the right to Division Street went out at the West Town Chamber of and the community group threw Now, some community mem- embraced in other parts of the do it," Matwyshyn said, "but it Commerce's Aug. 18 wine-tasting and brainstorming their efforts behind landmarking, bers hope to add more blocks of neighborhood. was totally out of character with session at Enoteca Wine Bar. Jeanne Felknor of the East a designation that prevents the vis- Cortez and Thomas—-west of the On a recent Friday afternoon, the neighborhood." According to Village Garden Club remarked on the blahness of the ible facades of historic buildings existing district—to the list. Matwyshyn gave a walking tour of the Department of Zoning's Web business district last year and suggested festooning the from being unduly altered or torn "All the studies our group has both the streets recently added to site, the building is zoned RT-4, street with evergreens, seasonal lighting, and decora- down. seen show that it's good for proper- the landmarking district and those a designation that allows three tions this yuletide, right around the time the chamber In 2002, the city upheld a ty value," said Cheryl Dohrmann, that he hopes will be included in units on a typical residential lot. distributes its first Do Division business guide. "Don't be request from Matlak to designate president of the UVPS. "People the future. Standing beside his The construction piqued intimidated by the creative juices thing," Felknor told the the northeastern quadrant of the like moving into a stable neigh- church, St. Nicholas Cathedral, a Matwyshyn's interest in preserv- assembled business owners. "We're gonna help you." For neighborhood—-an area approxi- borhood." beautiful gray-brick building from ing the city streets he grew up more information, call the chamber at 312/850-9390. mately bounded by Cortez to Matlak said he agrees: "I made which rise 13 spires topped by blue on, eventually leading to the for- —Compiled by Laura Putre mation of a community group the south, Haddon to the north, the decision in the first phase [of copper bulbs and stone crosses, called the Ukrainian Village Leavitt to the west and Damen to landmarking] that I was going to he looked down the 800 block of Preservation Society Three years . the east—-a landmark district. save the neighborhood," he said. Oakley and ticked off the origins ago, the group's members sat down This past July, the blocks of "You lose your immediate right to of the homeowners. with 32nd Ward Alderman Ted Walton Street between Western tear down your building, but long "Ukrainian, Ukrainian, Matlak to discuss their concerns and Damen, along with several term, your housing value is going Ukrainian, Ukrainian," he said, to go up." pausing before moving to the east According to Matlak aide side of the street. "Ukrainian, Jessica Papp, his office has dis- Ukrainian, Slovak, Spanish." tributed surveys to the owners of For Matwyshyn, the heritage all properties on the 2200 block of his neighborhood remains an of Cortez Street and those on the inextricable part of his daily life, south side of the 2300 block, ask- one that he believes landmarking ing whether they would support will help preserve by preventing an extension of the landmarking high-turnover condos and six-flat district that includes their build- apartment buildings from replac- ings. Their answers will be col- ing the family homes and one- lected and tallied sometime after and-a-half story worker's cottag- Sept. 23, Papp said, and if most es that have been there since the of the residents along the streets early part of the 20th century. are in favor of the change, the Many of the Ukrainian and alderman will urge the landmark- Polish families that gave the neigh- ing commission to pursue it. She borhood its character have left— said a survey along the 2200 and according to the Encyclopedia 2300 blocks of Thomas Street may of Chicago History, only 2,500 follow. of the 45,000 Ukrainians living Added Matlak, "Before I com- in Chicago in 1990 remained in mit the resources, I want to make Ukrainian Village. But it is still We make it easy to improve sure the support is there." So far, efforts to landmark in possible to find strong currents of Old World culture on its streets. your home. And your life. the Ukrainian Village have been Matyshwyn, for example, popular, avoiding the rancor they sent his children to St. Nicholas have caused to the other side of Cathedral School on Rice Street, Damen in East Village. his alma mater. Though the stu- The Department of Planning dent body was once much larger— and Development reported that 83 around 1,000 when Matwyshyn percent of those who responded attended and now closer to to a survey distributed in the first 200—classes are still conducted landmarked area supported the in Ukrainian. He regularly eats change. During the second land- varenyky, a dish similar to piero- marking, along Walton Street, gi, at Saks, a Ukrainian restau- the department's survey was met rant on Chicago and Oakley with 67 percent approval. Walking along Cortez Street, Papp said a survey carried out he talked of the Polish descen- HOME EQUITY LINES by the alderman's office along the dants who remain in the neigh- AS LOW AS 5.50 2200 block of Cortez several years borhood. "You can walk down the % ago found that the majority of property owners did not wish to be landmarked at that time. 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Phillip Buoscio Team Buoscio Realty email@example.com 1 FREE DANCE Wicker Park & Bucktown Chamber of Commerce hopes to reap beautification funding from its proposed new Special Service Area CLASS - Bring this coupon to class MUSIC ~ MOVEMENT ~ MOTIVATION B y K AT H A R I N E G R AYS O N die, it's usually well before it comes time for formal Staff Writer objections. ~Ballet~Flamenco~IrishStep "When you pull together key property owners, W ith hopes of one day seeing sidewalks regu- share with them your analysis, and it doesn't get 1750 Julian ~Tap~Hip Hop~Belly Dance larly cleared of snow and streets swept strong support, it never makes it past that," he said. 4 Bedroom with parking every day on the hour, the Wicker Park & "If residents just felt it was obscene, they would Oak Stairs & 3 Levels ~Children's Yoga~ Bucktown Chamber of Commerce has been contact the aldermen, write letters, revolt, and no of living space. Try a class out on us! working for months now to garner the community one would need to go through the arduous process 1950 SqFt of Upgrades in support needed to get its proposed Special Service of getting it passed." this Centrally located in Ages 2 - Adult Wicker Park Townhome Area approved and generating funds by next year. And some SSAs have been stalled following neigh- LOW ASSESS. 2 locations The SSA would place an additional tax on com- borhood revolt. In 2003, Roscoe Village residen- THIS IS IT. 2074 North Leavitt, Chicago, IL 60647 mercial and residential prop- tial property owners who EXCELLENT VALUE. erty owners whose buildings would have been affected $444,800 2121 West Webster, Chicago, IL 60647 front Western, North Avenue, Damen, and Division, as well SSA spending by the increase rallied against the proposal. CALL PHIL For info on scheduling your free class, please call 773.384.ARCC (2722) portions of Cortland, Paulina, If approved, the Wicker Park & But in Wicker Park and @ 773-254-7505 www.arccballet.org • email@example.com and Hermitage. The some Bucktown Chamber of Commerce Bucktown, Leibov and $660,000 that would be generated has proposed spending tax-generated Barrington said they've 1-800-586-4140, (must be a pre-approved class, due to class size limitations, by the new assessment would be dollars in the following ways from heard just a few complaints Ext 17504 class times may and age groups may vary) used for a variety of purposes, July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007: so far, including some from A Part of Keller Williams First time students only. ranging from landscaping to I Sidewalk snow clearing and salt- the Cortland Street area. Realty Professionals security services, said Chamber ing: $82,800 "A 4.4 percent increase Director Paula Barrington. I Sidewalk and gutter litter removal: isn't something [property She added that with funds $86,320 owners] are going to be from the SSA, contractors I Sidewalk flower planter purchase: smiling about," he said. would be hired to predictably $80,000 "But we'll be providing perform many of the basic ser- vices that the city may not get to often enough. "We need maintenance. We I Sidewalk flower planter landscap- ing: $20,000 I Sidewalk and public space mainte- nance: $20,000 direct services to make this a more competitive commercial area and a pleasant area to live." Distribute can't wait for the city to do it I Street pole decorative hanging Some community groups every two weeks," Barrington said. "When the area is well kept, we'll ultimately be able to attract more businesses." The burden of the tax flower baskets: $189,000 I Security services: $45,900 I Parking/transit services: $31,250 I Contingency funds: $33,226 I A full-time SSA program manager: also have yet to weigh in on the proposal. Eva Bergant, president of the Bucktown Community Organization, said her group will hear Chicago Journal! increase will fall mostly on $55,000 a presentation from the businesses and commercial I Other operational expenses: $21,000 chamber on the SSA next property owners in the area, Thursday night, Sept. 22. If you would like to have Chicago Journal for your said consultant Brad Leibov, "We haven't formulated who is working with the chamber on getting the SSA an opinion on it," she said. "We want to see more customers or residents of your building, just call our up and running. communication of the information." Circulation Department at (312) 243-3696. The SSA assessment will be .3 percent of a prop- The SSA appears to already have some political erty's Equalized Assessed Value. This translates to a support. First Ward Alderman Manny Flores said roughly 4.4 percent increase on a property owner's last week he's in favor of it. Barrington said the tax bill, Leibov said. measure has also been backed by Alderman Ted There is no charge for delivery. And you'll be among For instance, for a small commercial property Matlak of the 32nd Ward. assessed at $112,250, the SSA would mean $337 on Matlak, who dealt with the Roscoe Village SSA the first to have Chicago Journal every week! top of a $7,221 bill. Meanwhile, the owner of a condo- uprising, couldn't be reached for comment before minium valued at $78,140 would pay $234 more. press time. Leibov said the proposed increase is relatively The next step in the approval process, Barrington small compared to others in the city, such as West said, will be for the city to hold a public hearing in Town's SSA, which led to a 6.5 percent increase, and November. Sixty days after that hearing, property Greek Town's, which ended up raising property tax owners who would be included in the SSA will have www.Chicagojournal.com bills by as much as 13 percent. the opportunity to object. For the proposed SSA to fail, 51 percent of prop- If the measure passes, the chamber would then erty owners in the area must go on record as object- begin putting together a board of directors that ing. Those filing objections must also be registered would represent commercial and residential prop- voters. erty owners in the area. A full-time staff member However, Leibov said if Special Service Areas would also be hired to oversee the SSA. WEEDS Continued from page 1 "you see Queen Anne's lace and goldenrod crowding them out and taking them over. We need to get them out of there before winter." At Lake's persistent prodding, the Wicker Park Committee, a neigh- borhood group, voted last week to send a letter to both Aldermen Photo by Frank Pinc Manny Flores (1st Ward) and Ted Matlak (32nd Ward), asking who is CDOT says it leaves weeding city planters to community groups. on record as being responsible for tidying up the gardens. mitted to mind the lion's share of responsibility for their mainte- The keeper of such records, how- the planters, which are noticeably nance. ever, is the Chicago Department of more populous on the north side Though lack of resources and Transportation, which spearhead- of the street. general confusion seem to be ed the $3.5 million streetscaping Bryan Chilton, who serves on what has helped allow the weeds effort. CDOT's role in the main- the Bucktown Garden Club's to thrive, some say it's better to tenance of the gardens is narrow board, confesses that the group seek a new solution rather than and clear: They water whatever is responsible for many of the sort out which groups are respon- plants there may be, weeds or no garden beds, and admitted the sible for what plants. weeds, said CDOT spokesman effort to care for them "hasn't Flores, whose ward is partly Brian Steele. been going so well." occupied by the weedy planters, However, the responsibility for "We have a lack of manpower," he said he hasn't heard any commu- staving back the overgrowth and said. "When we signed up, we didn't nity gripes with the landscaping, picking out pop cans most often realize what a task it would be." but added that passage of the ends up in the hands of volunteer In addition, the Bucktown Bucktown Wicker Park Special organizations, Steele said, adding & Wicker Park Chamber of Service Area, a business desig- that the city officially seeks out Commerce is also apparently nation that would tax property groups willing to sign up for the responsible for two of the plant- owners for streetside upkeep and task. ers, at the southeast and south- beautification, could be the trick CDOT rarely has trouble find- west corners of Wolcott and for solving everyone's problems. ing community groups willing to North. Chamber Director Paula "The SSA provides resources do it, he added. Barrington, who is new to the that will benefit everyone, and "Communities want streetscap- organization, said she wasn't at the same time allow for better ing improvements," he said. "They aware of the group's weeding maintenance and enhanced beau- realize what a great amenity it can responsibilities until she received tification," said Flores. be to make a residential communi- a call from the Chicago Journal. Barrington said she's confident ty more attractive to pedestrians." "That's very interesting to find that, with a little extra taxpayer CDOT does not provide fund- that out," she said, quickly gen- money, it shouldn't be too hard ing to groups that take on the erating landscape rejuvenation to give the volunteer gardeners responsibility, Steele said, adding strategies, including clearing a break. that CDOT has never stepped in overgrowth to planting mums "We'd like to set aside money to take over landscaping efforts if and some winter grass. to maintain those [gardens], and gardens turn weedy. In addition to the garden club bring in a landscaping contractor That hands-off approach may and the chamber, one other party to do so," she said. keep gardens green in some neigh- is also signed onto the effort with Bergant's group is still waiting to borhoods, but on North Avenue it CDOT: a business called Paintings take an official position on wheth- seems to not have worked so well. with the recorded address of 1900 er to support the SSA. But she Whether groups can carry out W. North Ave. That storefront is did say that before the community what they signed on for seems to conspicuously occupied by the groups alone can take on the weed be rooted in how many volunteers Rapid Transit Cycle Shop, and tangle, there would have to be a lot they can muster, and in one case, Brent Olds, a sales representa- more willing green thumbs. if they were aware they'd signed tive there, said he isn't aware of "The park district is asking us to on for the job in the first place. Paintings occupying any portion help water trees in the park," she For the North Avenue corridor, of the building. said. So logically, the same should Steele said three parties officially Olds said he knew of the gar- apply to flower boxes. "We're agreed to tend to the flower beds. dens near the shop, but didn't happy to try and do something. 2 The Bucktown Garden Club com- know if the business shared any It's a matter of volunteers." 4 Thursday, September 15, 2005 I www.ChicagoJournal.com Police BLOTTER Armed robbery waits for no one The following summary contains information taken from the arrest records from the 13th District of the Chicago Police Department. Anyone named below has only been charged with a crime. The cases have not yet been adjudicated. On Sept. 7, at 2:20 p.m., a 40-year- old man walked into a bar on the 900 block of Damen Avenue wear- CALLING ALL CARS ing a white T-shirt and blue denim shorts and asked for a pack of cigarettes. According to witness- es, he followed up his request by Rejects from the pep squad raising his shirt to display a hand- Around 9 p.m. Sept. 2 a police sergeant driving south on the gun tucked into the waistband 500 block of Ashland Avenue noticed two males, ages 17 and 18, of his shorts, and said "Give me pushing a wheelchair-bound friend, 19, in and out of traffic, your money!" Unhappy with the while yelling "Satan's Disciples," the name of a street gang. bartender's response, the offender According to police reports, cars passing the scene were forced moved to the cash register him- to swerve out of the way to avoid hitting the teenagers. The self, removed an unknown amount three offenders were charged with reckless conduct, although of money and grabbed four packs only the first two were processed at the 13th District. The report- of Newport cigarettes on his way ing sergeant called in a special unit to transport the third per- out the door. The perpetrator has petrator and his wheelchair to an American With Disabilities been identified and charged with Act-compliant police facility on Harrison and Kedzie. armed robbery, but not yet appre- hended. I victim with the brick in his right way. Shortly afterward the officer On Sept. 3, at 2:05 p.m., a 37-year- hand. As the officer approached, who received the complaint heard old male was arrested for aggra- he dropped the brick and contin- another event on the radio: A ser- vated assault on the 900 block ued to walk north on Western. geant had witnessed someone in of Western Avenue. According to The officer followed him and the process of stealing a bicycle on police reports, the incident began made the arrest. the 1900 block of Chicago Avenue. when the victim, a 41-year-old lin- I The sergeant detained the thief guist, observed the offender look- On Sept. 5, at 5:10 a.m., a 35-year- and relocated him to Winchester ing into the back window of a old male was arrested for burglary Avenue, where the first witness Jeep Cherokee and holding crude on the 800 block of Winchester positively identified him. The cut weapons—-a brick and a stick—- Avenue. According to police on his left arm provided further in each of his hands. He then reports, a witness heard the crash proof that he had been involved raised the brick and was about of glass breaking from his house in an altercation with the car. to break the window of the SUV and looked out to see the offender The offender admitted to trying when the victim shouted out for bent over with his entire chest to force the back window open to him to stop. The offender then inside a parked car, trying to pull steal a bike visible to passers-by. turned to the victim and hit him something out of its rear com- He was charged and processed at with the brick. Shortly afterward, partment. The witness yelled out, the 13th District. a police officer observed the "Hey!" and the offender ran away —Compiled by Max Brooks offender walking away from the and turned into a nearby alley- The boys are all here, sarge Department black and blue, lined up on the sidewalk 13th District cops show in front of 2046 W. Erie, backs straight and chins up. Rick Elmer, the tall, red-mustachioed captain gangbangers who's boss supervising the roll call, began at the west end of the line, shouting "Front face!" to bring the officers to attention. He then walked solemnly down the line, By MAX BROOKS making sure caps were on straight, shirts tucked in, shoes shined, pants pressed and straight, and smiles Staff Writer turned to impassive glares. After about a minute, it A t a Sept. 1 CAPS meeting—the monthly was over. forum at which community members voice "A roll call shows the gangbangers that the com- concerns and complaints to police officers munity members aren't going to tolerate them," working their beat—tensions ran high. One Capt. Elmer said, after all of the officers had been woman brought in three slugs that she said had been accounted for and he'd thanked the approximately fired into her house the week before. Another nearly 25 community members present for attending. First broke down as she recounted her fear that the teen- Ward Alderman Manny Flores also addressed the age delinquents hanging around her house would crowd. retaliate if she reported them to the police. Elmer said a turf skirmish, possibly involving a A tall middle-aged man—who said he was a sys- street gang called the C Notes, may have caused the tems analyst and resident of the six-flat at 2043 W. short spike in violence in the immediate vicinity. Erie but declined to give his name—glowered and Michelle McGraw, a chef who lives on the corner held a baby to his chest. Two nights before, he'd been of Erie and Hoyne, said she was happy to see the woken by gunshots. When the sun came up the next police making a statement in the neighborhood. morning, he found a gold Lexus parked in front of "In the last couple weeks, I've seen a big increase his home, shot through with five bullet holes. in gang activity—a drive-by last Tuesday, a lot of A week later, most of those meeting-goers congre- drug dealing," McGraw said. "I think it's important gated once again, this time under happier circum- that they know we've noticed what's going on." stances. Where the aforementioned bullet-riddled Both Elmer and the 2043 W. Erie resident reported car had been recovered, a half-dozen police cruis- seeing one or two of the gang members scouting ers were now parked. At 5:30 p.m. sharp, the 13th the roll call on bicycle from a block down the street. District, Beat 1313, was holding roll call. They had dispersed by the time the Chicago Journal Eleven officers, all clad in the Chicago Police tried to find them for comment. 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TO ADVERTISE YOUR MORTGAGE RATES CALL BARBARA KIZELEVICUS 312/243-2696 2 www.ChicagoJournal.com I Thursday, September 15, 2005 5 EAST VILLAGE remained in the proposed district. it's not. It's my house, it's my property," The tally was only recently made Mrowka said. official: according to the Planning It's an argument the alderman says is Continued from page 1 Department, the consent forms were disingenuous. returned 55 to 48 in support of landmark- "We had a process that was 14 months Walton and Chicago. ing. The next step, said Brian Goeken, long and included 10 town meetings … The Commission on Chicago the city's deputy commissioner for land- it was expansive and inclusive." Flores Landmarks guidelines specify that the marking, is a public meeting that will said. "It's not a political question—it's designation protects "those aspects of be scheduled in the near future. If the a public policy and land development a property that are readily visible from commission decides to support the desig- question. And at the end of the day, more the public way," adding that "a building's nation after the meeting, it will then go to property owners supported landmark side or rear elevation that is less visible a vote on the city council. designation than opposed it." or not visible at all is generally less sig- "At this point, we're one step closer to All in all, the debate reveals a tension nificant." getting the landmark district designa- common within up-and-coming neigh- In practice, this means that landmark tion," said 1st Ward Alderman Manny borhoods. On the one side are develop- district homeowners hoping to make Flores in reaction to the 55-48 vote. ers and second-wave residents who say changes to their exteriors must submit Flores helped spearhead the landmark- the influx of capital into the area helps all plans to the landmarking commission, ing effort after an attempt to down-zone push out gangs and other bad elements, which decides whether a permit to allow large parts of the neighborhood—-mostly ultimately making the area more livable the work to go forward will be granted zoned R-4, a residential zoning that would while generating money for the city in and provides specific aesthetic condi- allow a three-unit condo to be built on a the form of increased tax revenue. On the tions that must be met. Contributing typical Chicago lot-—was discouraged by other side are preservationists and other buildings in city landmark districts also planning department officials. homeowners who say teardowns and are eligible for an eight-year freeze on "We're very excited that, of the people rampant development of generic, poorly property taxes. who were surveyed, a majority were in constructed condos degrade everyone's Minutes from the August landmarking favor of the designation," Flores added. quality of life, plow under the city's his- commission meeting, for instance, show Aaron Bilton, president of the land- tory, and cause neighboring buildings to that a permit was granted for a two-story marking-neutral East Village Association, lose value. rear addition on a newly landmarked can attest to the ire the issue has raised Goeken, deputy commissioner of block of Walton Street in Ukrainian with community members. Membership landmarking, wouldn't comment on the Village, but only so long as the concrete in the EVA dropped from more than 200 debate in the East Village specifically, but masonry block used was "an integral to a low of around 30 as members simply says the effects of landmark designation color that matches the existing Chicago left or joined ranks with the similarly are often exaggerated. common brick sidewalls." named West Town groups that sprang "Landmarking doesn't mean develop- Another wrinkle is that homes within into existence on either side of the issue. ment is frozen—it just means that the a landmarking district are determined, Bilton, who said he is personally most important characteristics that give upon the creation of the zone, to be opposed to landmarking, used the East a building historic value will be pre- either contributing or noncontributing. Village's recent history to explain how served," he said. Non-contributing buildings are those the debate arrived where it is today. Goeken added that there is flexibil- that have little or no historical value—- "A lot of the houses that were torn ity built into the system, pointing to two a new construction, for example, that down at first were wooden frames that recently approved projects on Hermitage, predates the designation—-and are much had to be taken—houses of prostitution, including one in which a third-floor was more loosely regulated. The proposed or drug-houses, or houses where gang added to the back of a building. landmark district has 161 buildings that members were staying," he said. "But "It's certainly visible from the street, Photo by Josh Hawkins are deemed contributing. then [about three years ago], you started but we're allowing it anyway," Goeken This past January, the city's having nicer houses that didn't need to Scott Rappe, an architect, stands in front of his renovated home on Wolcott. said. Commission on Chicago Landmarks put be torn down. And they tended to be "Obviously, we think landmarking in a larger swath of the East Village—- replaced by three-flat condos." "There was a civil war in the neighbor- streets, blasting their music, rolling past general, for those areas that qualify, is 295 properties in all—-under review for From there, versions of the communi- hood. People yelling at people, people stop signs in their SUVs,' " Kuster said. important. There's no other way to pre- future landmarking, a temporary des- cation breakdown vary. screaming at others for stealing their "It's classism." serve, over time, the most historic build- ignation under which homeowners in "Frankly, there are a lot of real estate property rights. There was a lot of hyper- They also say they feel railroaded by ings and neighborhoods in the city," he the area are required to follow the same people who live around here who make bole," Fine said. Flores. Carol Mrowka, a member of the added. rules. a lot of money on these condominiums," On the other side, members of West West Town Property Owners and a long- For now, Flores and others say the After a six-month planning department Rappe said, a sentiment echoed by sev- Town Property Owners fault the preser- time Chicago Realtor, said she didn't landmarking in the East Village is more review, the East Village zone was shrunk eral of those who support landmarking. vationists for "cultural elitism." understand why each block couldn't vote than halfway complete and likely to be to exclude a short section on many of the Jonathan Fine, president of the pro- "When we first went to these land- to join or stay out of the landmark dis- made final over the next year. Mrowka streets north of Augusta. The landmark- landmarking nonprofit Preservation marking meetings, we were hearing trict independently of the rest of the said her group has not ruled out legal ing commission then distributed consent Chicago and a former EVA president, people yelling, 'I'm sick and tired of neighborhood. action. surveys to the nearly 200 properties that agrees. these condo people blowing through our "Nobody asked me if it was OK. Well, ST. BONIFACE weeds, the pigeons, the liability if One area resident, however, a wall gives out, we don't have one said she was ready just to see Continued from page 1 Coptics crash developer's confab, offer to buy church penny to put into that church." something done at the site soon. Another potential component "People call me and say you live Much to the surprise of developer Robert Buono have experience in restoring historic buildings. of the plan may be creation of a on that block with that horrible in repairs. and Archdiocese officials, members of Chicago's Halim also said she believes the church is capable tax increment financing district church," she said. "It's disgust- These and other concerns have Coptic Orthodox congregation took seats at an of pulling together the necessary financing. at the site of the church, said 27th ing. It would have been torn down been long-standing in the commu- invitation-only community meeting this week Archdiocese officials at the meeting said they Ward Alderman Walter Burnett. by now if it wasn't owned by the nity—even while debate over the and expressed strong interest in purchasing and weren't aware of Halim's past inquiries. But Jim TIF money could then be contrib- Archdiocese. Our block is ravaged church's future quieted following rehabbing St. Boniface church. Legos, Archdiocese chancellor, noted that his uted to the development effort. by a building that hasn't been the Archdiocese's announcement Nefrette Halim, who attended the meeting, is organization has tried before to sell the building In response to that proposal, taken care of. It's a cesspool." some two years ago that it had a member of a Coptic church in the northern to other organized religions. Preservation Chicago President Though opinions on what rejected all proposals for adap- suburbs. She said the mostly immigrant church "We've had a lot of people come to us. We Jonathan Fine questioned wheth- should be next for St. Boniface tive re-use of the building as not is rooted in Christian traditions that thrived in spent almost a year working with the Romanian er such a measure would be wise, are likely to remain diverse, viable. The proposals were sub- Egypt for more than 600 years before the country Orthodox [church]," he said. "But nobody's been as churches do not pay prop- Burnett did assure the crowd that mitted as part of the church's was invaded. able to find the money." erty taxes, and thus the project a project won't get through unless high-profile design competition. Halim said she had made numerous failed However, at least one longtime resident, Kevin would not contribute back to the it's backed by neighbors. It appears now, however, that attempts to approach Archdiocese officials with Stawiarski, said he would be interested in seeing TIF fund. Though mostly quiet, "This has to get approval from the property is once again going . the proposal to buy Her organization, she said, is if the Coptic Church could successfully carry out residents in the area remained the community," he said. to become the subject of exten- rapidly outgrowing its existing suburban facilities, restoration of the building. concerned about the building's sive discussions. and is looking to move into the West Town area. "We always saw residential [use] as a last future. Almost half the residents Robert Buono, representing the "We need more places to pray in," she said. "We resort. Now there's something new on the table," development firm of Smithfield want to use it as a place of worship." She added that members of her congregation he said. —Katharine Grayson on the block have lived in their homes for more than 40 years, WHY RENT? Properties, invited a small group said Kevin Stawiarski, who grew of residents who live on block up in the neighborhood and still 0 DOWN CONDOS $ where the church is located, at 1358 W. Chestnut St., to a meeting ters of a development agreement, actively advocated were that the ly terrible condition," he said. lives there. Get approved Some residents even recall held Tuesday night. which would call for Smithfield project feature for-sale residential "Pigeon droppings and rodents the area's landscape before the For 100% At the modest gathering, Buono to develop the property in some units and retain some features of are some of the least of the prob- Kennedy Expressway was built, surprised neighbors by saying way while the Archdiocese would the existing church. The building lems. We're talking about millions cutting short Chestnut Street's he had no specific plans for the retain title to the land, have been is adjacent to Eckhart Park, and that would have to be invested." path, which once ran from West property to present, and was only there to seek ideas and comments drafted. He noted that the firm had seri- would offer any new residents an unobstructed view of downtown. In fact, Archdiocese officials estimate that it would take $6 Town all they way through to Milwaukee Avenue. purchase from the community. ously mulled participating in the "Aspects of the church are sal- million just to make the build- Stawiarski noted that resi- Of condo listings "I'm not going to show any pic- design contest, but ultimately vageable and should be integrat- ing structurally sound. Jim Lago, dents are still bitter with the tures or plans tonight. I've never decided not to enter. Now, he said, ed into a new design," he said. chancellor with the Archdiocese, Archdiocese for its decision to throughout Chicago come in front of any community the Archdiocese and Smithfield However, he did add that restor- also acknowledged that the organi- at any level without a plan. But I have "decided to pursue some- ing and adaptively re-using the zation's preference long has been close down the church in the first place. 2 1 866-267-1805 view this as a different project," thing more just as partners." existing structure would require to see the church demolished. he said. "I can already tell this is What that something will be, overcoming substantial financial "Right now we're putting $24 "There was a feeling that the Archdiocese didn't care about us Ext. 35 an emotional issue." however, still seems far from hurtles. million in churches and schools and just took down our church," Buono said the basic parame- certain. The only ideas Buono "The building is in absolute- around here," he said. "Given the he said. Let us introduce ourselves Our news staff: Laura Putre (seated) is our editor, email@example.com. Katharine Grayson is a reporter, email@example.com. Haydn Bush is managing editor, email@example.com. Max Brooks is a reporter, email@example.com News of Wicker Park, West Town, Ukrainian Village, Bucktown Local to the bone and peach to boot. 2 6 Thursday, September 15, 2005 I www.ChicagoJournal.com BUSINESS Buzzword The daily planet I I Little Italy or a little bland? A business astrologer dishes on the future of our new paper The quarter-mile retail stretch on Taylor Street between Racine and Loomis—where the remnants of ABLA public hous- mation can be published. By LAURA PUTRE ing are finally making way for mixed-use buildings with ground- Computers are ruled by floor storefronts—has long been seen by neighborhood residents Editor Mercury, so if you're on deadline S as the cornerstone of the ambitious ince the Chicago Journal that can be a problem. What I Roosevelt Square redevelopment launches its second edi- say to people is, "Back up your project helmed by LR development. tion this week, we figured important files. Don't leave them Last week, LR Development it would be an ideal time vulnerable if you're coming into President Tom Weeks said Taylor to check in with business astrolo- a Mercury retrograde." Street's empty center has attracted ger Barbara Schermer and find Realtors always want to know plenty of interest from all sorts of out what the stars say about when Mercury retrograde is. retailers, adding that he expects to our start-up prospects. Every They try to get their closings in announce the first retail tenants in W e d n e s d a y, before. I've got a Coldwell Banker the coming weeks for five new store- WEST TOWN Schermer sees Realtor who swears by Mercury fronts on the north side of the street. clients in a candlelit chamber retrograde, and her whole office HAYDN BUSH The chance for window shop- with gently gurgling fountains knows about it now. They try to pers to take a milelong stroll, from on the second floor of the Ruby get their deals done before that Halsted to Ashland, will no doubt do Room, 1743 W. Division, which time period and, inevitably, when wonders for all of Taylor Street's busi- bills itself as a "spa for the spir- deals fall apart, it's usually then. nesses. It will also further bolster what has always been a lively it." After 30 years in the field, she street scene of stoops and storefronts. Is there anything good about commands $200 for a one-hour But beyond the mere physical victory of making Taylor whole a Mercury retrograde? business reading. again, the new retail development comes at a critical juncture It's a real good time to reana- for the street's identity. Still the city's main Little Italy, Taylor Are you seeing much demand lyze, rewrite, re-edit. Re-memo- Street boasts plenty of beloved, homegrown businesses that have for business astrology? rize. Let's say you're studying been on the street for decades—from Pompei Bakery to Conte Di . Oh, my There is so much. People in medical school. Mercury ret- Savoia to Mario's Italian Lemonade. As of late, however, large start businesses totally uncon- rograde can be very good to go corporate chains have been the most likely retailers to eye the scious about the reality that there over information you've already street's homey storefronts. are auspicious times and there are learned and refresh your mem- In the last month, Bank One, 7-Eleven, and Jimmy John's have really bad times to start a busi- ory, because it's likely to stick Photo by Laura Putre all signed deals to lease storefronts in the 1100 block of Taylor ness. And it's really important to more. It's also a very good time to Street, just east of the now-vanishing retail vacuum created by know what's going on with those Keep an eye on those copy editors, advises Barbara Schermer. complete projects, put the period ABLA. A bank franchise, a convenience store, and a sub shop cycles and patterns. I assume that in and cross the t's, so that when people want to have as much suc- their chart or their business's with her, because she's the boss. Mercury goes direct, you've got sound more like a good lineup for a exurban strip mall than a cess as possible. So why not incor- chart, if they have a pre-existing your deck cleared and you're bustling metropolitan commercial strip with a distinct ethnic Wow. Does she follow your porate good timing into the begin- business. Or I can also do some- ready to move forward. heritage. None of those businesses will make Taylor Street a advice? ning of something, especially if thing that's called an electional destination. Jimmy John's is the second sandwich chain to hit A lot. I've had several clients Our paper launches Sept. 15. it's a business? It's too important chart. That is, electing the most Taylor Street in the last year, joining Potbelly's. for over 20 years. Much of my Any insights? not to do it. auspicious time to open the busi- The eagerness of franchises to move into Taylor Street, to business is referral. I don't Let me say one thing that ness. be sure, is a sign of the street's overall economic health and Who are your clients? advertise much; it's mostly word I know about next week. The attractiveness to retailers, but not exactly a thrilling harbinger I've got 24 psychiatrists, a cou- How do you compile an elec- of mouth. A lot of people come sun will have moved to about of things to come. As a trip to chain-happy Armitage Avenue in ple of physicians, a lot of entre- tional chart? back, so they're mostly pleased 21 degrees in Virgo. What that Lincoln Park will attest, the charm of a pedestrian-friendly, pic- preneurs. And traders. I usually get the principal own- with my work. means is this venture is par- turesque street first attracts independent retailers, who in turn er's birth data, and then from ticularly influenced by Mercury draw the notice of national players with deeper pockets. Soon, Really? What do traders want What sort of general advice that, look forward—they give because Mercury rules Virgo. all the terra cotta facades and stoops in the world can't hide the to know? do you give to a person start- me a time span. Say, "I want So the paper might be especially fact that bank lobbies have supplanted boutiques. I look at how their personal ing a business? to open in the next six months sensitive to those Mercury retro- Beyond the fact that national chains dilute the uniqueness decision-making process is A really good time to launch and I want to open grade times. of a shopping street, they're notoriously bad at contributing going. There are clearly times something is the on a weekend." Then "Back up your to community causes and are less than likely to have a long- when you can trust your deci- first week of the I'm the editor. Does my birth I go through and term interest in the area. It may be that the proliferation of sions, when you might want to new moon. The date matter? look at the week- new moon is run- University of Illinois at Chicago students is responsible for the go with trusting what your head end dates and see important files. ning the first week Interestingly, on your birthday, new, non-Italian corporate arrivals, but a trip to any college is saying rather than trusting how they match up. Oct. 25, Jupiter moves from the town would reveal plenty of independent shops, dependent on a what your gut instinct is saying. It's like having a Don't leave them of the month now. sign of Libra into the sign of The moon repre- student clientele, side by side with Jimmy John's and Starbucks. Or times when they might mesh, child—you're trying vulnerable if sents growth, and Scorpio. So your sun is radiat- The good news is that LR Development, the firm in charge of and you can determine when you to match up a har- ing out into the world. Jupiter Roosevelt Square, is open to adding a mix of smaller stores—and might be really successful. monious child to that you're coming into the idea is that is coming over the top of your putting some- possibly some new restaurants—to the stretch of Taylor Street it How do you prepare for a parent. a Mercury thing out in the sun, so it might be a time where you really get recognition. It's a controls. Personally, we'd like to see businesses and restaurants The other thing that honor the street's Italian heritage, as well as mom-and-pop reading? Ahead of time, people need to that people go by retrograde." world has more good time to be at the helm of shops that would feed off the area's student base. growth potential the ship by the way, because you give me their birth date time is the business's Barbara Schermer At the last University Village Association meeting, several if you're doing it may find that your own enthusi- and place, and I just plug that incorporation date. Business astrologer board members speculated that the 7-Eleven coming soon to the at that time. asm, your own vision, may have into my Macintosh, and in about A person feels more 1100 block of West Taylor would become a hangout for vagrants You try not to ripple effects on everybody that's two seconds, it pops up a chart. strongly about their if it sells alcohol and strategized to set up a September meeting open businesses underneath you. It's a good time And about a minute later I've got first day of business, with officials from the convenience store. It's a situation that's during a Mercury retrograde. to be a cheerleader, to encourage their chart out. or about their first contract sign- worth being concerned about, but the most telling comment Three times a year, for a three-week people to move forward. ing under their name. It's when came when several of the same UVA members said, somewhat What's a typical visit like? time period, Mercury looks like it's the person feels this thing came Have you ever ignored some- wistfully, that they'd be more than willing to welcome a decent The first thing I ask people is going backward in the zodiac. And to birth. thing in your own chart because wine shop to the street. That's precisely the sort of small niche to give me a little background Mercury rules communication, Do you ever help with hiring business, marketing, and salespeo- you didn't want to follow it? retailer that Taylor Street and neighborhood residents need, far about what's going on in their Right now, I've got a lot of more than another place to buy Cheetos at 3 in the morning. life so we know what we're going decisions? . ple especially Mercury also rules I have a client here in town newspapers, by the way . tough transits in my own chart. to focus on. And I usually take Let's face it: The whole world is the first thing that comes out of who's a chiropractor with a big How can the Chicago challenged right now, and I think their mouth as the most impor- practice. 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In 2003, they elected Alderman Manny Flores at least in part because he prom- ised to put a stop to rampant teardowns of historic build- ings in the neighborhood. In a sense, Flores was almost too late. So much had already been demolished in the East Village that it had nowhere near the architectural uniformity of its land- marked sister to the west, Ukrainian Village. And Flores, though sincerely committed to historic preservation, didn't help matters by being indecisive once he took office. Had he immediately moved to downzone the neigh- borhood to two-flat scale, development might have slowed to a reasonable pace and the epidemic teardowns ceased. But he didn't. He hemmed and hawed over legal minutiae and missed the fact that time, not a hypothetical lawsuit years down the road, was the enemy. In the meantime, developers were busy poking more holes in the neighbor- hood's historic infrastructure. Since Flores is a freshman alderman, his lack of MARC STOPECK insight on the downzoning issue is a forgiveable mistake. Whose library is it anyway? And he should be praised for standing up to real estate interests backing by the West Town Property Owners who have demanded a block by block vote on landmark desig- nation. Landmark districts don't make sense in isolation: what preservationists are working to save are neighbor- I hoods, not just individual homes. was just on the phone with Polish National Alliance. Sophie If so, why haven't they changed the names Results from the city's survey are in: a majority of my dear old neighbor Sophie recently was honored for her 50 of the 17 libraries already named after people? property owners in the proposed East Village district Czernek. Sophie turns 78 in years of work in the Polish com- My guess is it's because fans of Martin Luther are in support of landmarking. The City Council October, around the time the munity. King, Whitney Young, Richard J. Daley, and should move swiftly to make the district permanent new library is expected to open at But Roman Pucinski! Why others would raise a stink. So much for the so those putting energy into the fight can move to other 1701 N. Milwaukee. I mentioned hadn't I thought of that? He's an efficiency argument. battles. The future of our neighborhoods shouldn't be left to her that I thought it would even better candidate. Here is There are related issues regarding the will of to a bunch of realtors looking to make a quick, tidy profit be appropriate to name the new a man who served that district library patrons versus that of their servants. from teardowns. branch after a Polish-American, it in seven congresses and was Such as why aldermen chose, with minimal At this point, the city should step in and landmark being in the midst of the historic famous for spearheading the community input, to center this new resource what's left. Forget the block-by-block politics. It's time for PETER ZELCHENKO Polish community. I said I felt Head Start program and other in the wealthiest neighborhood, far from the real leadership. Benjamin Adamowski would be education initiatives. Pucinski working-class families who will need it most. an ideal candidate. Adamowski, died in 2002, and I recall that at And why the library system has been dumping a longtime best friend, sometime his wake I actually had a discus- important print titles in its effort to compete bitter enemy of the elder Mayor Daley, grew up in the neighbor- Why can't a sion with his colleagues and family about how properly to with Blockbuster and Tower Records. That's all water under the bridge, though it's part of the hood and served loyally as state's community choose memorialize him. What about same river: I believe the new location and name attorney in the 1950s. He's best the name of its the Roman Pucinski Library? will "reflect the neighborhood ... where service remembered as the prosecutor in Great idea, Sophie! is provided" and serve ideologically to shut out the infamous Summerdale Police library? But library officials plan to the people who need it most. Scandal, in which a ring of cops call it the "Bucktown-Wicker In such an audacious city, where the county were convicted of robbing North Park Branch." Here comes a board president can name our public hospi- Side businesses. new library of 14,000 square feet, tal—this is incredible—after himself, where Despite Adamowski's excel- which is to replace several much the mayor can rip up a public airport at his lent work and their friendship, Daley shut smaller ones, including the West Town Branch midnight whim and then name it after a cable Adamowski out of his post in 1960, running a few blocks south. That location, which before company, why can't a community can't choose Daniel Ward in a campaign tainted by wide- its closing served a much smaller population, the name of its library or choose how to honor spread reports of fraud. was named for all of West Town, while the the past? "That reminds me," said Sophie. "I used new branch—10 times larger and with a much Names convey deep meaning beyond geogra- to be with Roman Pucinski and they double- larger service area—is named after little old phy, which is why we have street addresses. If crossed him too." Bucktown and Wicker Park. How convenient. they won't rename all of the libraries, then we Sophie and her three sisters helped out in Who comes up with these names, a real estate should have the right to choose a name for this the Roman Pucinski campaign headquarters broker? one. Will it be Adamowski, who served with from the very beginning of his political career Until recently, the community was able to distinction on the library's board, or Pucinski, as a congressman in the 1950s. In a similar make the choice. But Chicago Public Library longtime champion of public education? political game, Daley helped Charles Percy spokeswoman Maggie Killackey cited a new Either would be an appropriate honoree for defeat Pucinski in his 1972 bid for the Senate. policy, in place since at least 2003: "Library this library. I'm sure readers also have some Sophie's connection with the family was building names shall identify and reflect the ideas. Or will we just keep the current name, through the grandmother, Livia Pucinska, with neighborhoods in which the libraries are locat- Bucktown-Wicker Park, which commemorates whom she served for many years in various ed and where service is provided." 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Center, a woman checks out paintings at 1629 N. Damen; Far right, painter Ewa Bloch eats an apple in the window of her space and Ryan Zoghlin watches people look at his photography. Below, the Locals bassist Christy Nunes plays during their Sunday at Club Lucky and Yvonne Doll tunes her guitar. manager, which he finds somewhat puz- if everybody's singing the same note.' " "I used to order a lot of books about now, he's packing up the best of the LIBRARY zling, since he's a librarian through and through. Fortunately, extra book money came in the form of the Friends of the Library rehabbing older houses," he adds. "But now, most of the older houses in the Damen Avenue collection, to be shipped to the new locale, and "deleting" dog- Continued from page 1 "The requirements of my job mesh with Book Sale. Or, more accurately, "Friend of neighborhood have been rehabbed." So in eared and redundant titles that won't my defects of personality," he observes. the Library," as Parker assembled all the recent years, he's focused more on fiction. make the trip. "There's some heavies Brandhorst called Parker "a helpful "I'm kind of quiet and I like to look things books and ran the table every year at the "There's a lot of neat stuff being written from downtown, and they're telling what presence." And neighborhood gadfly Joe up. I'm cheerful, but I'm not quick-mov- Bucktown Arts Festival. Only on Sunday that doesn't make the best-seller list." to toss out and complimenting me on hav- Lake thanked Parker for not only being ing enough. I'm sort of boring and sort of during the festival, though, because the One of his chosen books is Hard City, a ing developed a little collection." his first friend in Bucktown, but also for overeducated for the private sector." library was open on Saturdays. He'd raise memoir by Clark Howard set on the mean Will his collection find its way to the teaching him how to use e-mail. Parker used to order all the books about $2,000 or $3,000 selling outdated streets of 1940s Chicago. "I got it because new library? "I don't know," he says. "I During his time at the library, the for the library—the shelves held 6,000 books. He used the money for new com- it mentions the Damen Avenue branch was about to say that most of them were bespectacled, gray-headed Parker has titles—but now they're uniformly select- puters, author visits, a VCR, and—the best in it," he reminisces. "It's the only book going along, because they're different seen his clientele change from Puerto ed for all the branches and shipped in part—to buy books of his own choosing. in the library that mentions the Damen and neat, but some of them are worn Rican families to Polish-speaking nan- from a central location. "I personally raised every dollar that Avenue branch." out. 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John J. De Goey's THE PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL ADVISOR Paperback Coming in October
Sweeping changes are transforming the financial services industry. More and more Canadians are turning to investment advisors to help them achieve lifelong financial security, but how do we know who to trust with our money and our retirement plans? All too often, argues John De Goey, an advisor who appears to be a dispassionate professional giving objective advice turns out to be a salesperson recommending a product because of the size of the embedded commission.
Where does the future lie for financial service professionals and their clients? De Goey favours a "STANDUP" approach—Scientific Testing and Necessary Disclosure Underpin Professionalism, his formula for the ethical delivery of financial services. In this third edition of his groundbreaking book, De Goey surveys the changes so far and compares the practices of financial advisors with other professionals such as lawyers, dentists, and physicians. He takes issue with the current wisdom that privileges "active management"—constant trading and rebalancing of an investment portfolio, which trigger associated commissions for the broker or trader, combined with attempts at stock picking and market timing—over "passive management," or trust in the efficiency of the market.
Financial service providers should charge their clients a set fee for advice, regardless of the products that form an individual's portfolio, says De Goey, thereby making themselves the ethical professionals they claim to be. John J. De Goey, CFP, is a Vice President and Associate Portfolio Manager with Burgeonvest Bick Securities Limited. He enjoys a national reputation as an authority on professional, transparent financial advice in Canada. A frequent commentator on financial matters, he has written for a number of media sources including Advisor's Edge Report, Canadian MoneySaver, The Globe and Mail, and the National Post and has also made numerous appearances on a variety of television programs including BNN's Market Call, CTV's Canada AM, and CBC's Marketplace, Newsworld, and The National. In 2003, De Goey broke new ground with his first book, The Professional Financial Advisor, which was later updated and re-released in a second edition in 2006.
He is a recipient of the National Multi-Media Award conferred by the Canadian Association of Financial Planners (CAFP), is a past president of the CAFP's Toronto chapter, and was recently one of the first of only thirty-three Canadian CFPs to be recognized as a Fellow of FPSC™. He has spoken at numerous conferences throughout Canada as well as in Ireland, the United States, and the Caribbean and has lectured on behalf of the Canadian Securities Institute.
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PCI awards Daniel P. Jenny Fellowships
Daniel P. Jenny Fellowships awarded for the 2011–2012 academic year have been announced by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI).
Research fellowship proposals submitted for this annual program must be applicable to precast/prestressed concrete, potentially contribute to the state of the art of precast concrete, and impact the industry market. In all, research proposals from eight universities were selected for this honor.
"PCI is dedicated to supporting universities and research in the precast concrete structures industry," said PCI President James Toscas, P.E. "We are proud to be able to offer a number of fellowships through this program, which in turn enhances the development and refinement of the Body of Knowledge for the precast concrete structures industry."
The research fellowships awarded are as follows:
Development of a Blast and Ballistic Resistant Precast Concrete Armored Wall System
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University
Patrick Trasborg, under the direction of Professor Clay Naito
Second Generation Precast Parking Structures
Civil Engineering Department, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Jenna Hansen, under the direction of Dr. Kromel Hanna
Seismic Performance and Modeling of Post-Tensioned, Precast Concrete
Shear Walls
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California – Berkeley
Ahmet Can Tanyeri, under the direction of Professor Jack P. Moehle
Lightweight Concrete Modification Factor for Shear Friction
Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Dane Shaw, under the direction of Professor Lesley H. Sneed
Analytical Evaluation of Precast Concrete Structure Resistance to Disproportionate Collapse
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona
Alicia R. Mullenbach, under the direction of Professor Robert Fleischman
Precast Concrete Solution for Tall Wind Towers
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois
Somashekar Viswanath, under the direction of Professor Daniel A. Kuchma
The NASP Bond Test as a Predictor of Strand Bond, Transfer Length, and Development Length
Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Krista B. Porterfield, under the direction of Professors Jeffery S. Volz and John J. Myers
Stresses, Deflections, and Twist in Precast/Prestressed Concrete Beams During Lifting, Transportation, and Installation
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Razvan Cojocaru, under the direction of Professor Christopher D. Moen
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Spawn Point Dissects: Power-Ups
I'm just not feeling myself today, DARREN.
Pitiful. Get some of this into you.
Ah! Much better.
Power ups. There's nothing quite like them. In video games, they have the power to turn the tables.
To turn the hunter... into the hunted!
Observe: Galaga. Namco, 1981.
See here, how at first it looks like the player is in trouble. Oh no! That ship is gone! Gone forever! Or is it?
If you shoot the alien holding your ship you can get it back, and...whoo! Double ship!! Its a very early example of the power-up.
Its what they call Old School, Bajo.
Some games will have different types of power-ups, forcing you make a choice on which ones you want to use...and when. Adding a power-up or two to a relatively simple game can make all the difference in the world, and put lots of strategic decisions at your finger-tips.
In Wipeout, you get power-ups when you fly over one of the glowing pads on the track. Fly over an arrow, and you get a speed boost. Fly over an X, and you get a weapon you can fire, to try and eliminate the competition.
That reminds me... Have I ever told you that I have lasers?
Yikes... uhh, Wipeout is a classic, but no-one does power-ups like Mario.
Observe: Super Mario Galaxy. Nintendo, 2007.
Whether he's wearing a special suit to get magic powers, or chowing down on mushrooms to grow to giant size, Mario knows better than anyone about better living through chemistry.
It is odd that while Luigi is taller, thinner, and funnier than his elder sibling, it is Mario who gets the most respect. We truly live in an illogical universe.
I wonder if power-ups will work on you, DARREN?
Here -- have an Atomic Thunder Buster.
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[1] June 26, 2015 at 12:54pm
Another Agenda driven…not Constitutional…interpretation of the cursed 14th Amendment. Polygamy, child-adult love/marriage, animal-human love/marriage…just a matter of time and activism. They will use the 14th A. to get it done, in the name of love and acceptance and equality.
Obama and his tools are truly "remaking America" by destroying everything they can of tradition and culture..
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[8] June 26, 2015 at 8:42am
All of Western Europe remains fully in the camp of diversity and multiculturalist worship. Nothing will be done to stop the flow of incompatible groups, and nothing will change as far as allowing the "newcomers" to maintain their cultural behavior while mandating that the indigenous Westerners adopt to the newcomers culture and yes, celebrate it. If a native westerner says anything "bad" about the newcomers, they can in some European countries, be arrested/cited. In a couple more generations, Western Europe will be defunct and unrecognizable. The only remaining "Western Civilization", will be in rural, remote towns and villages that diversity hasn't yet moved into and overtaken.
BTW, the same fate awaits the US and Canada, and Austrailia.
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[3] June 26, 2015 at 9:07am
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[3] June 23, 2015 at 1:15pm
Well, he evidently had really good ideas to win it!
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[24] June 23, 2015 at 11:47am
They support it. The unwritten rule is to 'never condemn your own'.
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[12] June 23, 2015 at 11:46am
he's a Muslim fundamentalist at heart, and he hates America….add the two together. I'd reckon his wet dream is to have this happening here.
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[1] June 22, 2015 at 10:48am
The only "control" this POS and like minded are after is people control.
June 22, 2015 at 10:45am
Where's Obama and his lapdogs in leftist media on the mass shootings at block parties in Philly and Detroit over the weekend??
Wouldn't be because they were black on black, would it???
[9] June 22, 2015 at 10:35am
Is anyone really surprised?????
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[6] June 22, 2015 at 10:31am
I'm always amused that everyone knows what the n-word is, most sites block the word (incl The Blaze), many will type 'n-word' or 'nig***' or something similar, so the point still gets across with all the meaning, inference, etc…whether the user is calling someone that word or referring to that word. So, just what are all these sites trying to protect us from, if everyone clearly knows what anyone's saying?
Really dumb society, like wearing a thick hood in a totally dark cave so you won't see anything.
[1] June 11, 2015 at 10:24am
He would be promoted had he posted in the party attendees' favor. This isn't about posting, but what is posted. PC rules.
[1] June 11, 2015 at 10:22am
Tools are very useful for those who use them to reach their goals. Neither the users nor the tools will go away anytime soon.
[3] May 28, 2015 at 2:25pm
This is a real tax-free money maker! Recall an article a few years back on street beggars in downtown Minneapolis MN; many were making $400+ per day, and the area was "allocated" to certain beggars, who would have, say an intersection, even a specific corner, as their "turf". It was theirs and anyone moving in would be driven away by whatever means. "Established" beggars would watch each others turf as well for "claim jumpers".
[4] May 26, 2015 at 2:08pm
Or this…
(no, I'm not the seller)
[1] May 26, 2015 at 1:43pm
..or another Shockwave Flash crash!
[3] May 26, 2015 at 1:41pm
Looks like a balancing act to me, 50-50. A tiny breeze is all it takes.
How do they know its a demon anyway? Could just be a wayward ghost, mind over matter, a fly buzzing by, or just wishful thinking.
In reply to the story Viral 'Charlie Charlie' Social Media Challenge Has Kids Trying to Summon Demon With Ancient Ritual
[3] May 26, 2015 at 2:44pm
randomodo responded:
[6] May 21, 2015 at 2:56pm
Most protesters have no clue what the flag actually stands for. It is a proxy representation of our country, its tradition, its founding principles. It does not represent the body of government, but does represent the form of government the country was founded on. That's what made our country unique, and is the part that we are most rapidly losing.
In reply to the story Student Calls Out Teacher for Using U.S. Flag as a Pointer — His Angry Alleged Response Has Ignited the Community
[4] May 21, 2015 at 3:11pm
iamnotroysten responded:
[12] May 21, 2015 at 1:27pm
Nothing is "changing" in the social attitude arena.
Everything is changing because the changes are being shoved down everyone's throats at the point of a gun, and by the gathering crowds of lawsuits and other "legal" assaults.
In reply to the story Boy Scouts President Robert Gates: Ban on Participation of Gay Adults Isn't Sustainable
[-5] May 21, 2015 at 2:13pm
seanconreed responded:
[7] May 21, 2015 at 1:23pm
Not released due to the contents indeed!
They won't release it so as to not offend any Muslims.
[-2] May 20, 2015 at 3:11pm
Why should a business support a couple who they believe shouldn't be married…or be "civil unioned" instead of married?
[1] May 20, 2015 at 3:02pm
I highly doubt a "majority" of people support gay marriage. It seems that way only because the legal system makes it a piece of cake to sue the pants off anyone who does disagree, so they say nothing.
It isn't a matter of "hate"…that is a handy excuse for forcing acceptance of an abnormal behavior. Now, its true a majority of people won't CARE what two people do in private, but if it is traditionally unacceptable behavior, then they will care if its pushed as an open agenda to force everyone to love it. Call it a civil union, but over 100,000′s of years of socio-cultural existence, it has never been "marriage", and never will be, no matter how many lawsuits destroy someone who disagrees.
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