CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – OAK PARK OLD TOWN PORTAGE PARK LINCOLN PARK WEST LOOP
CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – OAK PARK OLD TOWN PORTAGE PARK LINCOLN PARK WEST LOOP
Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest announced that it is participating in the Illinois Housing Development Authority’s "Welcome Home Heroes" mortgage financing program. First-time buyers who are reservists military personnel and members of the Illinois National Guard as well as veterans (do not need to be first-time home buyers) can participate. The program applies to 1-2 unit residential properties located in Illinois that are purchased as a primary residence.
OLD TOWN
"Having world-class infrastructure is a key focus for any world-class city" said Mayor Emanuel. "These targeted and strategic investments in our infrastructure will allow Chicagoans and visitors to get around the city more easily to jobs businesses and neighborhoods." This is one of several statements made as Mayor Emanuel officially re-opened the Grand Avenue Red Line Station. Chicago plans to create a new Green Line station at Cermak to serve McCormick Place and the near South Side. The City will also rehabilitate the Clark/Division Red Line Station and will combine two stations to create a Wabash/Washington station on the Brown/Pink/Green/Orange lines.
PORTAGE PARK
Napervillians Jack M. Cohen and Loretta J. Hamilton (husband and wife) are local residents who enjoy the arts. They hosted two film premieres on January 14 2012 at the historic Portage Theater in Chicago; Cohen served as executive producer Hamilton as set designer. "Spades" was filmed primarily in the couple’s Naperville home and took six days to film. Larry Thomas whose most notable role is the famed "Soup Nazi" is in both films that were featured.
LINCOLN PARK
The grand opening party for Heritage Bicycles General Store Chicago’s first bike shop café is on Saturday January 28 6-11 pm at 2959 N. Lincoln. The former florist shop has been beautifully refurbished and painted in a striking black-and-white color scheme. Theater-style spotlights and old-timey exposed light bulbs hang from the ceiling. There’s a long communal table made of reclaimed wood plus banquettes upholstered with coffee sacks.
WEST LOOP
Welcome to Urban Union a new farmhouse opening next week for intimate dates and sprawling dinner parties-or basically any occasion where whole lobsters oysters a glass of good wine and Manhattans gilded with leather-infused bitters are seriously needed. Linger inches in front of the brick oven sipping champagne nibbling wood-roasted head-on shrimp as you wait for your seating at the chef’s table in the center of the room.
CATHY MALLERS & DEAN’S TEAM CHICAGO
