Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 22
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8:59 AM CDT on May 22, 2017
- 6 Other Alderman Back Up Arena’s Affordable Housing Plan by Vowing to Add Units (Tribune)
- MPC Looks at the Issue of Housing Segregation in a 3-Part Series
- Driver Fatally Struck Pedestrian on Orchard Road in Aurora (ABC)
- Police: Man Charged in Fatal Hit-and-Run Texted Photos of His Car Shortly Afterward (Tribune)
- ABC Checks Out the Blackstone Bikes Youth Education Program in Woodlawn
- A Preview of Summer Metra Projects (WGN)
- Detour From Diversey to North for Lakefront Trail Separation Starts Today (Park District)
- In Praise of Chicago’s Grid: An Aerial View (Curbed)
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In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.
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