More from Ald. Reilly: To save the Clark dining district, I offered to pedestrianize parts of Kinzie and Dearborn, but Harry Caray’s declined
Reilly also promised to approve a permit for Clark if he's given the chance, and said the best strategy for saving the car-free district is for residents to lobby Mayor Johnson.
April 1, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, April 1
• Speeding NB hit-and-run car driver fatally struck male pedestrian, 56, Sunday around 11:45 PM at 63rd/Pulaski, where traffic deaths are common (Sun-Times)
April 1, 2024
Alderman Reilly: Here’s the nitty gritty of how the ill-conceived plan to kill the Clark Street car-free dining district came about
Regarding a factually incorrect tweet he posted this week, Reilly admitted, "I was pretty fired up. I did go too far... No, I don't think the Chicago Federation of Labor muscled this through."
March 29, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, March 29
• No concrete-separated bike lanes planned for S. Western bridge rehab; Community meeting W 4/3, 5:30-7:30 PM, 2800 S. Western
March 29, 2024
Giving the pedestrianized Clark Street dining district back to cars this summer would be a very foolish thing to do
Ald. Reilly says the car-free restaurant strip is not coming back this year, but here's why that would be a really bad idea.
March 27, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, March 27
• 311 Complaints and fines fail to solve usual city winter woe – too many snow-packed sidewalks (Block Club)
March 27, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, March 26
• Social justice groups sue city over denial to march at Democratic National Convention (Block Club)
March 26, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 25
• Over 53% of voters opposed Bring Chicago Home, which would have raised real estate transfer tax on $1M+ sales to fight homelessness (Block Club)
March 25, 2024
What walk/bike/transit upgrades would make Pilsen’s 18th Street an even “cooler” corridor?
After Time Out magazine highlighted the roadway's cachet, CTA and the local alder discuss new Pink Line station art and an upcoming nearby Neighborhood Greenway.
March 21, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Thursday, March 21
• Let it never be said Tom Carney is always a groomsman, never a groom: 2-time acting CDOT chief, appointed 12/21, is officially confirmed by City Council
March 21, 2024