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• 6600 block of South University Avenue Man dies from injuries in Gresham hit-and-run

  Jimmy Taggart, of the 6600 block of South University Avenue, was pronounced dead at 3:47 a.m. Sunday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office.

  Published by Tribune Breaking News on November 23, 2009.

• 6600 block of South University Ave. 81-y.o. dies after hit-and-run

  Jimmy Taggart, of the 6600 block of South University Ave., was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 3:47 a.m., a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.

  Published by The Southtown Star on November 23, 2009.

• 60th Street and Ellis Avenue U of C clinic offers H1N1 vaccines to those at risk

  The one-day clinic, on 60th Street and Ellis Avenue from 12 to 4 p.m., will provide 600 to 800 vaccines, according to University spokesman Steve Kloehn.

  Published by Chicago Maroon on November 20, 2009.

• 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. Fever to Tell: The Chicago Storytelling Guild’s thirteenth annual festival shows stories aren’t just for kids

  Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. November 22. Sunday: family program 3-5pm, storytelling for adults 6:30-9pm. A $5 suggested donation will help provide storytelling to patients in hospitals in the Chicago area.

  Published by The Chicago Weekly on November 18, 2009.

• 6400 South Kimbark Avenue Sanctuaries: A photo tour of Woodlawn’s churches

  ...Several mergers and nearly six decades later, First Church moved into its present home at 6400 South Kimbark Avenue. Its membership grew in numbers and racial diversity throughout the ’40s, and in the late...

  Published by The Chicago Weekly on November 18, 2009.

• 6614 South Blackstone Avenue Sanctuaries: A photo tour of Woodlawn’s churches

  Organized in 1928 and located at 6614 South Blackstone Avenue since 1951, Original Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church has seen the Woodlawn community through many...

  Published by The Chicago Weekly on November 18, 2009.

• 842 East 65th Street Sanctuaries: A photo tour of Woodlawn’s churches

  ...a former telephone building and Post Office before ending up in its present location at 842 East 65th Street in 1991. A pioneer in church broadcasting over FM radio, in 1960 Cosmopolitan organized a...

  Published by The Chicago Weekly on November 18, 2009.

• 6533 South Cottage Grove Avenue Sanctuaries: A photo tour of Woodlawn’s churches

  The Family Prayer Band Holiness C.O.G.I.C., located at 6533 South Cottage Grove Avenue, is one of the South Side’s many storefront churches. The first of these churches...

  Published by The Chicago Weekly on November 18, 2009.

• 6401 South Woodlawn Avenue Sanctuaries: A photo tour of Woodlawn’s churches

  The church now occupied by the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, located at 6401 South Woodlawn Avenue, was known as St. Gelasius when it suffered a devastating fire in 1976. The main...

  Published by The Chicago Weekly on November 18, 2009.

• 6320 South Dorchester Avenue Sanctuaries: A photo tour of Woodlawn’s churches

  The Apostolic Church of God at 6320 South Dorchester Avenue is one of America’s largest black megachurches. As of 2008, it had about 24...

  Published by The Chicago Weekly on November 18, 2009.

• 61st Street and Ellis Avenue Southern Expansion Takes Off On U Of C Campus

  The South Campus Residence Hall opened at the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year, at 61st Street and Ellis Avenue behind the 78-year-old Burton-Judson dormitory. The airy eight-story dorm features two courtyards, and a new convenience store and dining hall known, which are open to the public.

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on November 17, 2009.

• 61st and Ingleside Avenue Southern Expansion Takes Off On U Of C Campus

  Plans were revealed earlier this month for block west at 61st and Ingleside Avenue for a new performing arts center, scheduled to open in 2012. The Reva and David...

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on November 17, 2009.

• 61st Street and Woodlawn Avenue State Rep. Annazette Collins Robbed In Woodlawn

  About 8 p.m. Collins was with her sister and walking to the home of her mother near the intersection of 61st Street and Woodlawn Avenue when a gunman wearing a black ski mask and black skull cap approached on foot, according to police.

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on November 16, 2009.

• 61st Street and Kimbark Avenue State Rep. Annazette Collins Robbed In Woodlawn

  The purse was later found at 61st Street and Kimbark Avenue, one block east of the attack, and investigators were going to be checking it for finger prints.

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on November 16, 2009.

• 61st Street and Woodlawn Avenue State Rep. robbed at gunpoint in Woodlawn

  ...with her sister and walking to the home of her mother near the intersection of 61st Street and Woodlawn Avenue when a gunman wearing a black ski mask and black skull cap approached on foot...

  Published by WBBM 780 on November 16, 2009.

• 61st Street and Kimbark Avenue State Rep. robbed at gunpoint in Woodlawn

  ...in the neighborhood and had targeted the elected official. The purse was later found at 61st Street and Kimbark Avenue, one block east of the attack, and investigators were going to be checking it for...

  Published by WBBM 780 on November 16, 2009.

• 61st and Woodlawn Chicago State Rep. Robbed at Gunpoint

  Police say 10th District Democrat Annazette Collins was held up last night while walking with her sister to a relative's house near 61st and Woodlawn.

  Published by Fox News Chicago on November 16, 2009.

• 61st and Woodlawn State rep robbed at gunpoint

  The legislator from Chicago was with her sister walking near 61st and Woodlawn around 8 p.m. Sunday. They told police a gunman wearing a black ski mask and skull cap demanded a purse. He took Collins' bag and fled on foot.

  Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on November 16, 2009.

• East 61st Street and South Woodlawn Avenue State Rep robbed at gunpoint on South Side

  About 8 p.m. Collins, a Chicago Democrat, was with her sister and walking to the home of her mother near the intersection of East 61st Street and South Woodlawn Avenue when a gunman wearing a black ski mask and black skull cap approached on foot, according to police.

  Published by Chicago Sun-Times on November 16, 2009.

• East 61st and South Kimbark Avenue State Rep robbed at gunpoint on South Side

  The purse was later found at East 61st and South Kimbark Avenue, one block east of the attack, and investigators were going to be checking it for fingerprints.

  Published by Chicago Sun-Times on November 16, 2009.

• 63rd and Dorchester Ben Wilson's death still resonates

  ...Basketball is a brotherhood," Dortch says. "I used to go play pick-up at 63rd and Dorchester on the West Side and run into these guys. When you run out there, it...

  Published by Chicago Tribune on November 15, 2009.

• 6100 block of South Ellis Avenue U. of C. easing the divide between its 2 campuses

  Just two years ago, a Senegalese graduate student was shot dead in the 6100 block of South Ellis Avenue, steps from the site of the new dorm, in an apparent armed robbery. Instead of...

  Published by Chicago Tribune on November 14, 2009.

• Ellis Avenue and 61st Street U. of C. easing the divide between its 2 campuses

  Located at the corner of Ellis Avenue and 61st Street and known as the South Campus Residence Hall, the new dorm strives to introduce a traditional street-friendly urban design to the area south of the Midway.  At that, it largely succeeds.

  Published by Chicago Tribune on November 14, 2009.

• Ingleside Avenue and 60th Street U. of C. easing the divide between its 2 campuses

  ...topped, 11-story tower and an L-shaped, 3-story base that will rise at Ingleside Avenue and 60th Street...

  Published by Chicago Tribune on November 14, 2009.

• 61st Street and Woodlawn Avenue Cochran fields concerns on community garden

  ...possiblities for staging the construction of the Seminary, including using land at the corner of 61st Street and Woodlawn Avenue that previously had greenery, but has remained empty since the University put plans for the...

  Published by Chicago Maroon on November 13, 2009.

• 60th Street and Ingleside Avenue Final Logan Arts Center plans unveiled

  It will adjoin Midway Studios on 60th Street and Ingleside Avenue.

  Published by Chicago Maroon on November 13, 2009.

• 60th Street and Dorchester Reduce, Reuse, Resource: The Creative Reuse Warehouse keeps surplus materials out of the garbage

  ...current location in the far south neighborhood of Riverdale from its former recycling site at 60th Street and Dorchester...

  Published by The Chicago Weekly on November 12, 2009.

• 6100 S. Blackstone Farmers share favorite Thanksgiving recipes

  The 61st Street Farmers Market will be held indoors at the Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 21, Dec. 5, 12 and 19.

  Published by Chicago Sun-Times on November 11, 2009.

• 1111 E 60th St. Five things to do today: November 10

  The New York starchitects discuss their design for the U. of Chicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts, opening in 2012. University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E 60th St. 6–8:30pm. FREE!

  Published by Time Out Chicago on November 10, 2009.

• 6016 S. Ingleside Ave. Figure Theater: Nori Sawa blends Japanese and Czech puppetry

  ...Ave. November 8. Sunday, 1-4pm. Workshop for University of Chicago students at Midway Studios, 6016 S. Ingleside Ave. November 9. Monday, 4:30-7:30pm. ceas.uchicago. edu/events/Nori_Sawa.html

  Published by The Chicago Weekly on November 5, 2009.