Walter Burnett Jr

"Most of the guys who are hanging out ... don't even live in the neighborhood," Ald. Burnett said.

Part of the facade of Piper's Alley is being saved. O'Brien's will be rebuilt under a 13-story tower.

Ald. Hopkins blamed the shooting on an open-air drug market in the 1400 block of North Sedgwick Street.

Tobin was just named executive director of the Old Town Merchants and Residents Association.

The shuttered neighborhood staple will reopen in a 13-floor luxury hotel on the site.

The intentional fire is the second to hit the old stables at 1410 N. Orleans St. in recent years.

The group was cheered for its commitment to "quality of life" in developments surrounding Cabrini-Green.

The project will include a 21-story tower, mid-rises and townhouses with a total of 480 homes.

"It wouldn't strike me as affordable housing if I happened upon it," said juror Dan Maginn.

The seven-story residential building was approved by the Plan Commission despite concerns about parking.

Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. trumpeted an agreement for 20 percent on-site affordable housing.

The annual tree lighting takes place at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Burton Place Park on Wells Street.

Critics complained that Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2017 budget proposal was light on funding specifics.

Plans for a high school that was once to be named after President Barack Obama have been stalled.

Alderman and the CTU said the Emanuel administration is talking directly with teachers union officials.