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The former 12th District police station, which you might recognize from Chicago Fire, will soon become a theater.
Chicago Children's Theatre To Break Ground on New West Loop Home Dec. 12
The first phase of the project, which includes a studio theater, is expected to open in early 2017.
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Charlie Maison I think getting the police station for $1 is more than enough of a public subsidy especially since the property was appraised around $3 million. Combined with the $5 million subsidy "GRANT" from the state of IL, that's $8 million in public funds that ...See More
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John Prucha Used to visit there to fix the squads that broke down.
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Ten years ago when Double Door got into a lease dispute, thousands of supporters banded together to protect the neighborhood from corporate takeover.
Double Door Liquors, Iconic Wicker Park Venue, Facing Eviction
The landlord said the venue did not renew its lease before it expired Oct. 31.
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Kyle Stewart wicker park died a while ago but RIP Wicker Park final offer
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Pinky Laurie Blackwell I saw FEAR there in 1999 back when the neighborhood still felt cool. Moved back in 2007, saw what Wicker Park had become, and chose to avoid it at all costs.
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Divert TIF funds to schools, stop building Obama College Prep, and a few more suggestions from CPS principals.
Nix Obama College Prep if Budget Stalement Drags On, 167 CPS Principals Say
Chicago Public Schools principals want lawmakers to end their stalemate over the budget.
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Nitin Rao This city keeps creating high schools, while not closing other ones. In turn, you have many schools that are under enrolled. For a broke district, this seems to make little sense. Between the charters, new neighborhood schools, etc, you are just...See More
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Connie Prince The city wants to pay money into schools because for decades it's taken money out of schools. For that,schools must be paid back.

But school funding nationwide comes primarily from states and the feds. District 299 (Chicago) is so big that it can ha...See More
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Oh, and: 400 million gallons is only 5 percent of the reservoir's capacity.
Watch 400 Million Gallons of Stormwater Rush Into 'Chicago's Grand Canyon'
Video shows first day of Thornton Reservoir in action.
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Michael O'Connor What happens when it overtops and spreads fecal sludge all over the Tri-State?
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DNAinfo.com Chicago Stay tuned, we'll be on it.
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Carlo DeFranco This was on that Jay Chicago show on Wttw.
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Would you support a teachers strike?
Chicago Teachers Union Asks Members to Vote 'Yes' for Strike Next Week
The Chicago Teachers Union will take a vote to authorize a strike next week.
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Mario Orantes Hell yes!!!If they don't do something now it will be the end of Chicago public School Forever !!Every year more schools are closing down because of layoffs and budget cuts thanks that honest man Rahm Emanuel cough cough sarcasm
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Danny Gonzalez Yes! Rahm must go!! 5 million to cover up a murder?!? All while saying we don't have $$$ for schools or teachers??!?
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Whoa. Alvarez gets very sarcastic, uses third person as she pushes back against calls for her resignation.
Anita Alvarez Slams Reporters, Says There's 'No Way' She's Resigning
WATCH: Alvarez goes off about "degrading" politicians asking for her resignation. 
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Joseph Bornstein Can Anita Alvarez ask Anita Alvarez why the indictment came the day after the video was released, or was that just a huge coincidence?
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John H Blanton Thats the same thing your police cheif buddy said, just before he was kicked to the damn curb!
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Recently ousted police Supt. Garry McCarthy said in a 2013 interview that his policy is “termination” for cops who get caught lying during an official investigation.
But as things turn out, that’s hardly the case in our town.
Chicago Officers Caught Lying Still Protected By City, Rarely Punished
Rahm must lift veil of secrecy protecting police with a history of misconduct and lying to cover it up.
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Jon Seldin Next contract should mandate any settlement the city has to doll out for police abuse comes out of the pension. Enough taxpayers bailing out crooked cops.
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DrKatrina M Sanders I am a former cop's wife....I know how CPD is....especially in training at the Timothy J O'Conner Police Academy..they teach the cadets to KILL and Cover up each other....the brotherhood secret...
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Johnson, who was 25, was shot and killed by police on Oct. 12, 2014, just days before Laquan McDonald was also killed by an officer.
Video Showing Police Shooting, Killing Ronnie Johnson to be Released: Rahm
A video showing police shooting and killing Ronnie Johnson in 2014 will soon be released.
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Gilda Luna Well the way I see it and of course no one will say the truth,if you commit a crime you should do the time and be punished for your actions..
Why in God's name would anyone( resisting arrest ) fight a police officer??
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David-Edith Zamora I'm not saying she will or is, but the families of such victims can get careless by pushing for videos to be released and they may see what they don't want to see..
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WATCH: The video, brought to police by a local activist, appears to show a young child smoking marijuana.
'Toddler Smoking Pot' Video Being Investigated by Police
A community activist brought the video to police, in which a young boy appears to be smoking marijuana.
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