Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 7
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11:22 AM CST on March 7, 2019
- The Tribune Invokes Livable Streets Icon Jane Jacobs in Its Pro-Lincoln Yards Editorial
- The Jane Byrne Project Is 3.5 Years Behind Schedule and $170M Over Budget (Tribune)
- Volkswagen Beetle Driver Fatally Struck Man, 50, in Belmont-Cragin and Fled (ABC)
- State Rep Theresa Mah Discusses Sustainable Transportation With Active Trans
- Reilly Calls for a Crackdown on “Guerrilla Marketing” Stickers on Street Furniture (Sun-Times)
- Daniel Burnham Did, in Fact, Say “Make No Little Plans” (Tribune)
- Logan Square Neighborhood Association Holds a Fundraiser at Cole’s Tonight (Block Club)
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