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Send off Chicago Journal this Wednesday, Dec. 19
12/18/2012 12:57 PM
Developer pitching West Loop Kennedy cap
12/12/2012 3:27 PM
Apartments dropped, stores leaked at South Loop retail project
12/03/2012 6:59 PM
Roosevelt Collection reveals retailers
11/29/2012 5:59 PM
Wacker Drive reopens this week
11/28/2012 3:22 PM
Tip one back


As paper shutters, a look back at the legacy of Chicago Journal

12/12/2012 10:00 PM
After twelve years of publication, today marks Chicago Journal’s final issue. But that doesn’t necessarily mean our readers will never see a Chicago Journal again. The name has been around since the dawn of Chicago media. Two other Chicago Journals came and went, and our Journal had a pretty good run.
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After a curious eleventh-hour deferral, Wolf Point heads back to the forum

12/12/2012 10:00 PM
The developers of Wolf Point won’t have a green-lit project by the year’s end, and neighbors around the site are still a bit unsure of what they will be getting.
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Prairie Blocks plan tossed
Judge gives McCormick-area developers one last chance to escape bankruptcy
12/12/2012 10:00 PM
Prairie Blocks, the South Loop mega-project which planned to add two hotels, retail shops and entertainment to the McCormick Place area, is on its last legs.
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Stand up comic Jeff Garlin headlines one-man show at Steppenwolf

12/12/2012 10:00 PM
Trouble spot closed, for now
All's quiet on the Western front; liquor store owner denies city has anything to do with it

12/12/2012 10:00 PM
A Near West Side liquor store that community activists, residents and city officials have called a blight on the neighborhood was shut down recently by its owner, but it’s unclear how long it will remain closed.
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This week's issue

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Goodbye, friends
A columnist's farewell
Jabbed with needle on 'L'
Meatball dreams in the West Loop
Thankful for readers


One last goodbye
12/17/2012 11:20 PM
It hasn't even been a week--but we miss you, readers--and want to have a final farewell (No Comments) Read more...
The Bedding Experts
12/09/2012 11:46 PM
The Greenest Greens surface again in the South Loop
12/06/2012 9:13 AM
Goodbye Chicago Journal!
12/18/2012 10:21 AM
One last hurrah for the Chicago Journal! (No Comments) Read more...
Protecting yourself
12/11/2012 8:10 PM
Making sausage
12/06/2012 12:00 PM
Stand up comic Jeff Garlin headlines one-man show at Steppenwolf
12/12/2012 10:00 PM
“Why am I at Steppenwolf?!” Jeff Garlin laughed as he asked this question both to the audience and to himself at the opening night of his new one-man show, Closer Than I Appear, which runs through Dec. 16 at the venerable Lincoln Park playhouse’s Upstairs Theatre. It’s an apt question. (No Comments) Read more...
Comic artist expands to abstract work
12/05/2012 10:00 PM