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November 30, 2022
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Finalists for Lake/Kedzie project announced
Three finalists took part in Invest South/West projects, two have West Side ties By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter
The Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD) released a short list of architectural firms and developers to build three mixeduse buildings near the Kedzie/Lake Green Line ‘L’ station – and many of them are no strangers to the city’s efforts to bring developments to the historically neglected West Side. The project, which is part of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Invest South/West initiative, groups the lots into three sites. The first site at the northeast corner of the intersection spans 3148-56 W. Lake St., the former location of the Garfield Park Community Garden. At the southwest corner, the second site includes 3201-09 W. Lake St. and 201 N. Kedzie Ave. The third site includes 112 N. Kedzie Ave. and 3201-15 W. Maypole Ave. Last August, DPD invited developers and architects to apply for the project. The developers and architects were then supposed to form teams, and each team would present the proposals to See LAKE/KEDZIE on page 7
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Denise Stewart, of Austin, reads a poem during an open mic session held at the North Austin Branch library on Nov. 26.
Austin poetry jam a platform for local storytellers
The North Austin Branch library’s Poetry Jam: My Voice, My Power open mic session was held Nov. 26
By SHANEL ROMAIN
Community Narrative Reporter
Doreen Vanlee had something to get off her chest. She’s miffed about “Candyman,” the 1992 horror film that depicts a spirit who murders anyone
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who speaks his name five times in the mirror. The film is famously set in the iconic Cabrini-Green housing project, a place Vanlee called home before the last vestiges of the project were demolished See POETRY JAM on page 15
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