Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 21
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11:05 AM CST on December 21, 2017
- Institute for Housing Studies Report on Displacement Finds “The 606 Effect” Is Real (Chicago Mag)
- Institute for Housing Studies Looks at the Paseo’s Potential Gentrification Impacts (Crain’s)
- Driver Fleeing Police Crashes Into Forest Park Apartment Building (WGN)
- Appeals Court Upholds Ruling That Chicago May Dictate Where Food Trucks Park (CCR)
- Reader’s “Worst of Chicago” Includes Rude CTA Riders, Poor PBL Sight Lines, Metered Sunday Parking
- Chainlinkers Discuss the Ups and Downs of Divvy, Including Yesterday’s System Crash
- Metra Resurrects Rock Island Line Colors for a Locomotive Named for Outgoing CEO (Tribune)
- Custard’s Next Stand: Drive-Thru Approved for Elmwood Park Culver’s (Tribune)
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