By Jane Lawicki The City of Chicago is exploring alternate sites for intercity pickup and drop off as the Greyhound Bus lease for the terminal at 630 W. Harrison St. expires in October. Twenty Lake Holdings, the property owner, expects to sell the land to a residential developer. “We’re pleased the City has taken notice and is working on solutions,” said Joseph Schwieterman, director of DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development. “The clock is ticking—and there’s still a big mountain to climb.” Photo courtesy Eco84 Flickr The Greyhound Bus lease for the terminal at 630 ..read more

By Jane Lawicki Related Midwest announced that 15 apartments will be available this summer as the Roosevelt Square developer finishes restoring interior apartments and the exterior for the National Public Housing Museum in the last remaining Jane Addams building at 925 S. Ada St. The apartments will be available in the museum building. The National Public Housing Museum will include several apartments, according to Related Midwest. Ten units are considered affordable, and five will be project-based voucher (PBV) units, according to the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA.) An additional 207 units w ..read more

By William S. Bike FREE DAYS Free admission is available at the: Adler Planetarium, 1300 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr., every Wednesday after 4 p.m. DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, 740 E. 56th Pl., every Wednesday. Field Museum, 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr., every Wednesday. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr.,Tuesday evenings through June 25. Aquinas Center’s recent cohort of tutors, left to right:  Luke Stees, Eve Danner-Lentz, Veronica Eman, Deborah Wolen, and Steve Cohn. AQUINAS CENTER NEWS Volunteer tutors are needed to instruct limited English proficient ..read more

Dear Gazette Chicago readers and advertisers: It is with both great sadness and immense gratitude that I write to you today. The sadness is in sharing that Gazette Chicago has ceased publishing after 41 years of award-winning and steadfast journalism that truly made a difference in the lives of the residents in the ten communities we served. The gratitude is to each of you. Many of you have read and valued this newspaper since its inception, while others found us in recent decades—among them newer readers who also saw the importance of our commitment to, and passion for, community journalism ..read more

The City, in partnership with Ada S. McKinley Community Services, 1359 W. Washington Blvd., are running a new grant program aimed at providing financial assistance to families of children with disabilities. The $5 million Diverse Learners Recovery Fund will provide one-time grants of $500 to up to 8,000 eligible K-12 students through a lottery. “Our young people with disabilities face unique challenges but we are committed to their success and these grants are one way through which we are able to directly invest in them,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. Ada S. McKinley Community Services and the C ..read more

Want to do some research using past issues of Gazette Chicago? The Chicago Public Library has bound volumes of Gazettes all the way back to the newspaper’s origin in 1983 at its Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State St. Go to the Chicago Public Library’s home page at www.chipublib.org/ “and there are two paths you can take,” according to a Chicago Public Library archivist. “The easiest path is to click on the SEARCH button, then change the dropdown menu from CATALOG to WEBSITE. This will allow you to search our archival collections, and other items on our website. Type “Gazette Chicago” into ..read more

Resourceful women struggling to overcome adversity are at the core of some of author Charlene Wexler’s most popular books. Her newest one, Farewell to South Shore, published in 2024 by Speaking Volumes, is no exception. “Farewell to South Shore taps into and articulates a woman’s emotions related to dealing with a changing society, particularly its expectations of women,” Wexler explained. Farewell to South Shore. In Farewell to South Shore, she introduces readers to 15-year-old Sherrie, who is growing up in a close-knit Jewish family in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Sherrie lives in a build ..read more

Chicago Loop Alliance has announced dates for the return of Sundays on State, which will close parts of State Street in the Loop to vehicle traffic on Sunday, June 16, and Sunday, July 14, this summer. Sundays on State is free and open to the public and will take place this year on State Street from Lake to Adams Streets. Those who register to attend Sundays on State are automatically entered for a chance to win a $1,000 Loop staycation package. Learn more and register for free at LoopChicago.com/Sundays. Photo courtesy Chicago Loop Alliance Sundays on State brings together the publi ..read more

Tom Tresser’s CivicNotes writes about how public subsidies for stadiums are terrible for taxpayers. Click here ..read more

Several adaptive re-use projects within the southern part of the Loop were formally proposed for development assistance this spring as part of the City of Chicago’s ongoing commitment to mixed-use, mixed-income real estate, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced. Collectively valued at more than $528 million in development costs, the projects would create more than 1,000 new apartments within underutilized office buildings, including a 1913 high-rise located at 79 W. Monroe St. that was recently added to shortlisted proposals being reviewed for potential City funding. At the City Landmark 208 S. LaSa ..read more