The First City

The First City will be on vacation until March 24

In the meantime, Uptown Sweets (1218 W Wilson) has free ice cream cones today from 2 to 7 PM. The City's attempting to take 54 acres of land from Rosehill Cemetery for open space. The Edgewater Community Council reports that the Broadway Armory (5917 N Broadway), Chicago's only completely indoor park, is receiving $5.6 million for renovations beginning this spring. The Armory's also home to Chicago's only public flying trapeze access.

No movie theater for Wilson Yard

Looks like Wilson Yard won't include a movie theater. That was the most exciting part of the project.

Loyola Campus Police Station at Granville Red Line Stop

    I've looked around a bit for information on this new storefront next to the Granville el stop and haven't been able to find anything. I even Lexis-Nexus searched it. Not a thing.
    Anyway, it seems a bit odd to me to have a Loyola University Campus Police station (Do we call this a station?) off-campus. Their policing powers certainly can't extend down to Granville, so why set up shop there? I don't like it.