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Friends of the Crosstown Trail marks a year of progress

Can a strip of land that once seemed doomed to be turned into expressway instead become Chicago’s next great public space?

Maura Collins

July 6, 2026

Friends of the Crosstown Trail marks a year of progress

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Streetsblog Chicago’s 2026 fund drive comes to the end of the line tomorrow. We’ve got enough money to survive. Will any other “angel” donors help us thrive?

John Greenfield

June 30, 2026

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, June 26

John Greenfield

June 26, 2026

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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, June 9

June 9, 2026

Pedestrian Fatalities

After hit-and-run driver struck and critically injured widely loved hairdresser Lisa Barber, on May 11, she died from her injuries on May 24. Driver is still at large.

John Greenfield

June 8, 2026

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Today’s Headlines for Friday, June 5

John Greenfield

June 5, 2026

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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 3

John Greenfield

June 3, 2026

ETOD

Five years after City of Chicago signed off on a policy plan, the “State of ETOD in Chicago” report notes progress creating transit-friendly affordable housing

Sharon Hoyer

May 19, 2026

Fatality Tracker

Hit-and-run drivers fatally struck two people, and critically injured two others, on Chicago streets last week

In one of the cases, a semi driver struck and critically injured a bike rider, 37, and left the scene, only a block away from from where another hit-and-run driver killed delivery cyclist Damian Gomez, 18, on April 5.

John Greenfield

May 18, 2026

Today’s Headlines for Monday, May 18

John Greenfield

May 18, 2026

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