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20 hours ago

Updated 10 hours ago

Patio furniture

by Dominick

A few weeks ago the wind took our umbrella lifted it up and smashed our glass patio table. Anyone know what is the best place to buy one besides a home depot, etc. possibly a used one!

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42 hours ago
Native Chicagoan

Summit

by OParker

No comments on EB for two days.
Have they shut it down for the summit or is everyone just busy with summer weather.

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5 days ago

Trying To Sell a 4-Bedroom SFH in Wildwood for 2 Years: 6924 N. Tonty

by Crib Chatter on May 15, 2012

Trying To Sell a 4-Bedroom SFH in Wildwood for 2 Years: 6924 N. Tonty

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6 days ago

Updated 6 days ago

Wildwood / Edgebrook Community Forum with Alderman Mary O'Connor- 41st Ward

by Jason Hernandez

Thu, May 17, 2012 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Please join me for a community forum at Wildwood Elementary (Gymnasium) this Thursday, May 17 (6:30 - 8:00 PM) with officials from People's Gas, Northern Pipeline and the Chicago Department of Transportation to discuss all the work that is being performed in the surrounding community. Please join us.

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6 days ago

Chicago property transfer data is updated twice a month. Here are the nearby records from the May 14 update:

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May 09

Updated May 12

Edgebrook

by mk

Any idea what is being built on the old Les-On site. For two days they have been tearing up the parking lot. Also on Central next to the gas station they have been demolishing that site for awhile. Any info on either?

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May 11

  • St. Mary of the Woods School reviewed by a parent

    This school is great if you have an average child. SMOW cannot handle any child that needs a lot of help, or one that is very intelligent and bored. The former principal was a nun that ran a tight ship, but was slow to embrace technology. The new principal in last 4 years brought on technology which is a blessing. However, I feel he was too non-confrontational, had no leadership skills. This year alone there is a large turnover in staff, including the principal (I believe he was asked to leave) and assistant principal (who was great btw, but got a better offer elsewhere). And there are some teachers that have been there for a very long time, including one for over 30 years. Most are excellent. There is very little control of bullying issues, to the point that several families have left this year alone. The bullies stay, the victims leave. There seems to be strong push for athletics over academics, especially football. However most, if not all, students do get into their chosen high schools, including a few to Northside, which is next to impossible to get into. The school is very community based, with high parent involvement. A lot of fundraising goes on to keep the tuition down.

    St. Mary of the Woods School (7033 N Moselle Ave) Published on GreatSchools May 10, 2012

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May 01

Updated May 08
Native Chicagoan

Community Meeting 4/30/12- Norwood Park Field house (part1)

by OParker

pt 1-Primary Agenda- Dog Park Relocation
pt 2- Alderman’s recent votes
Start 6:30pm- concluded 6:50 pm

This is my take on the meeting and I’ve paraphrased.
If any of the info I’m posting is incorrect, corrections are welcome.

Meeting started with a few introductions, I didn’t get some names/titles.
Alderman, Mary O’Conner
State Rep. McAuliffe
Gent 1- Regional Park Manager, I believe.
Gent 2- Park management/operations type person
Res 1-
Res 2-
I would guess there were about 75 people...

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pt 1-Primary Agenda- Dog Park Relocation
pt 2- Alderman’s recent votes
Start 6:30pm- concluded 6:50 pm

This is my take on the meeting and I’ve paraphrased.
If any of the info I’m posting is incorrect, corrections are welcome.

Meeting started with a few introductions, I didn’t get some names/titles.
Alderman, Mary O’Conner
State Rep. McAuliffe
Gent 1- Regional Park Manager, I believe.
Gent 2- Park management/operations type person
Res 1-
Res 2-
I would guess there were about 75 people present.

Dog Park
The dog park will be relocated to the northeast section of the park and be enlarged to about 10,500 sq ft.
Work to start in June taking about 6 wks to complete.
There will also be other improvements made to the parks plumbing, etc. and other minor improvements made to other community parks as part of this effort.
Existing dog park will remain open during transition.
The existing location can be returned back to its prior use for ice-skating.
Several residents asked some general questions about the design, hours, drainage issues etc. The alderman, gent 1 and gent 2 answered.
State Rep. spoke very briefly, comments not substantial, other than implying he had something to do with obtaining funding.

Res 1: Was a park usage survey done before decisions made regarding the dog park?
As she believes it’s required residents within a 5-block radius be surveyed prior to usage changes.

Alderman O’Conner: No it hadn’t (not sounding sure) and the dog park was put in motion prior to me taking office.

Res 1 pursued the issue and the Alderman stated that it wasn’t an issue for a public forum, they could discuss privately.

Overall the audience favored dog park relocation and improvements.

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  • May 8
    FarNWSideAddict Jones'in for Jeff Park

    Yes, it is fenced.

  • May 8
    FarNWSideAddict Jones'in for Jeff Park

    I was reading the post above about all the probs w/ the dog park. I only go occassionally but everyone I meet there is from the hood so I don't know why it keeps being said ppl don't live in the area. (So what, I have gone to Wicker Dog...

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    I was reading the post above about all the probs w/ the dog park. I only go occassionally but everyone I meet there is from the hood so I don't know why it keeps being said ppl don't live in the area. (So what, I have gone to Wicker Dog Park, we are all Chicagoians)

    I drive and walk by several times a week and at different times, and I have never seen anyone parked in the crosswalks. The hours are honored because they lock it , but I think there should be no hours, as long as the park is open.

    It never looks dirty from the inside or outside when I walk by. So it is cleaned by the ppl who care about it.

    Dogs have been running around that area long before any park was officially built and there was no formal concern that anyone was citing at any time. No one is going to get hurt for any reason that is related to the dog park. The same ppl with dogs have been driving and parking and walking in that area for DECADES!

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May 03

Updated May 04

Wanted: New Garage Door Installer

by AJP

I have an old crumbling brick house. i need to replace my very old garage door. i have a single car garage, wood door. it is electric opener. the frame might need to be 'shored' up. i cant figure out searching on this site - i tried the google search thing, its beyond me -- so if this is a repeat topic, sorry. if anyone can recommend someone to help me get a new door and then have it installed please let me know.
thanks.

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  • May 4
    Sherry 36 year resident

    A.A. Rich's Garage Doors
    312-497-9915
    Affordable prices!

  • May 4
    Kathy in 60634 7 yr. resident

    Try Andy F., I have known him quite a while, he has done plenty of work for my neighbors and they all loved him. You couldn't beat his prices. He's done this for some time and started his own business about a year or two ago. I think you'll like him. 773-968-7852.

May 03
Native Chicagoan

Upcoming Events

by OParker

Ward Night - (info taken from 41st ward website)
6107 N. Northwest Highway
Tuesday- 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM (5-7 by appointments only- Meetings are for 15 minutes so that we can accommodate all constituents) The last hour of ward night is open to public

Beat 1613 Beat Meeting (taken from Clearpath) 5/8/1
Location: Oriole Park 5430 N. Olcott

There are also other CAPS Beat Meetings the week of 5/14
You’ll need to check the web site for time and location for your beat.

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May 02

Chicago property transfer data is updated twice a month. Here are the nearby records from the May 2 update:

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Apr 18

Updated May 01
Edgebrook resident

O'Connor speed camera vote

by InTheManor

On March 19th, Alderman O'Connor wrote "While I would certainly welcome investments in new signage, street markings and speed humps, I disagree with the idea of having a fixed or mobile speed camera along residential streets within 1/8 of a mile of any school or park."

Today she voted to approve the ordinance.

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  • May 1
    SJ in Edison Park

    I am against the speed cameras and feel that she backed down on this issue. But the idea of boycotting her business seems wrong. I think personal and public business should be kept separate. Rather than boycott her business (I'm not sure who her customers are anyway) a protest at her office is more appropriate. Just my opinion.

  • May 1
    howiehandles NW sider

    @SJ, I would agree with your boycott issue. Her work as an alderman is the issue, not her work as a small business person.

Apr 22

Updated May 01
Concerned Citizen

SPEED CAMERAS

by PattyM

As a senior and long time resident of the 41st, I think the fact that speed cameras are not going to be installed where there are already speed bumps and that each site for speed cameras has to be approved by the alderman means that there will not be many of them. Also, I hope that the results of the cameras will be reviewed on a regular
basis. Also, these fines are a form of user fees. If you speed, you pay. Don't speed, don't pay.

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  • May 1
    PattyM Concerned Citizen

    From what I see-everybody is a dog owner. There is a strong dog owner lobby group and from what I hear they put their time and energies into this project. We don't have a dog but this gathering place is good for the neighborhood. As long as the people in the area are not inconvenienced I say go for it.

  • May 1
    Darlene

    The NPDA is a great organization 4 responsible dog owners.It was not their decision 2 put the park in the skate rink.That decision was made by former ald.Doughrety & the C.P.D.As 4 the residents on Natoma I think they know they live across from a park & high school and the area is not exactly a "Quiet Zone".And I really hope ald.O'Connor is not a dog owner,.

May 01

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Apr 21

Updated Apr 27
Native Chicagoan

FB Page

by OParker

Anyone know if the 41st ward or any of it's neighborhoods have a Facebook page?

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Apr 23

Church Conversions

by A Chicago Sojourn on April 23, 2012

...members to the suburbs, the church moved out in 1954 to a new building at Touhy and Melvina in the northwest suburbs, becoming the Edgebrook Evangelical Free Church...

This article has 9 other Chicago locations (Show)

3516 N. Sheffield, in Wrigleyville, is one of the more extreme examples. Here, almost the entire existing building...

...Japanese-Americans. This congregation in 1998 moved out west to the Albany Park neighborhood, near Kimball & Peterson; the old building was converted to residential use by a developer who hoped that preserving...

A similarly radical reconstruction happened to 916 N. Western Avenue, an 1888 church building previously home to Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, a...

But not all church conversions are so destructive. This 1893 church at 2558 W. Cortez retains its original form and still has the sanctuary space largely intact4 Of course, it's easier to keep such a space intact when it's being changed to a single family home.

...Ukraine Village. Around 1925 the congregation relocated west (to a building that still stands at Wabansia and Narragansett, near Oak Park); the Good Shepherd Polish National Catholic Church congregation - Kościół Dobrego Pasterza...

The former Elim Swedish Methodist Church, 1021 W. Barry at Kenmore, was built in 1898, with the cornerstone laid in September of that year...

Trinity Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church - 3101 N. Seminary at Barry - is an 1896 building, constructed to house a congregation founded in 1883. The...

3055/3057 N. Clifton at Barry is a deep mystery - I can find only 1931 and 1937 references to it as Lake View Baptist Church.

...be pedantic or mundane. Witness the former First German Baptist Church (Ersten Deutsche Baptisten Kirche), 1658 Superior at Paulina, now the "Sanctuary on Superior". This handsome converted church, dating from 1888, still...

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Apr 21

Updated Apr 22

Proposed outdoor patio permit at 5237 N Harlem

by Karl Kruger

I received notice from the city that Marrio's Caffe at 5237 N Harlem is applying for an outdoor patio license. Did anyone else receive this and have any idea where this outdoor patio is supposed to be located, (in front or rear)? I live very close, and their clientele already park on my block (residential parking restrictions), and make a lot of noise when leaving on weekends and occasional week nights.

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  • Apr 21
    AJP

    is that the bar owned by the cop? kiss your concerns goodbye

  • Apr 22
    chris

    We live in Chicago. We all have to deal with noise and parking. Wouldn't you rather have thriving local businesses versus aging foreclosed buildings?

Apr 22

Updated Apr 22

Police activity on devon and caldwell/central area yesterday?

by support police

Anyone know what happened by the tracks yesterday?

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  • Apr 22
    Phil K

    I am wondering the same thing myself. I am guessing it was some type of accident. I had to go pretty far out of my way to get to the other side of the railroad tracks to get home last night.

  • Apr 22
    kenji my email is: chicagokenji @ gmail

    Gates were stuck due to a malfunction. Metra had been there multiple times day and night to work on the mechanical problem. Cops hate that assignment to direct traffic around downed gates.

  • Apr 22
    Gene 50 year resident of Jeff Park

    That area would be a b---- to handle.

Apr 22
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