Today’s Headlines
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By
Payton Chung
8:35 AM CDT on June 27, 2014
- 43rd Street Pedestrian Bridge To Lakefront Will Finally Be Rebuilt (DNA)
- Pride Parade Means More Frequent Trains, Detoured Bus Routes On Sunday (WLS-TV)
- Civil Suit Filed Against Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Bicyclist Su Ai Xie (RedEye)
- New, More Visible Traffic Lights Turned On At Milwaukee-Wood-Wolcott (DNA)
- Memorial To Daniel Burnham To Focus On Virtual Interpretive Trail (Tribune)
- Mary Schmich: Lucas Museum Better Than “Field Of Battered Black Pavement” (Tribune)
- …While McCarron Grumbles About Efficient Use Of Street Space, Old Railroads (Tribune)
- Book, Tours Highlight Curiosities Of Loop’s Pedway Network (Chicago Mag)
- New Clark Park Rowing Boathouse Boasts Rain-Friendly Bike Racks (Ding Ding Let’s Ride )
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Payton Chung is Editor at Large of Streetsblog USA. He first addressed a city council about smart growth in 1996, accidentally authored Chicago's inclusionary housing law, and sees the promises and perils of planning every day as a resident of "beautiful as well as sanitary" Washington, D.C.
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