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Proposal for 36-story apartment tower in Old Town draws cheers, jeers at community meeting

Proposal for Old Town apartment tower draws cheers, jeers

Four Homes for Sale with Famous Former Tenants

From Carl Sandburg to the man who invented Kool-Aid, these properties once served as homes to famous Chicagoans.

In the Weeds: How Bartender, Poet, Musician and Artist Sergio Mayora Cultivated One of the Most Important Taverns in Chicago History

The Near North Side neighborhood tavern Weeds has been a garden of cultural delights. It was a cornerstone of Chicago’s poetry scene. It was the site of historic Thursday night jazz sessions…Actor John Cusack tended bar and Jamie Lee Curtis once drank tequila there. And there was Weeds bartender-host Sergio Mayora.

Queer to the Left came to raise hell

Queer to the Left was active from the late 90s through 2005. courtesy Therese Quinn Heading into the 21st century, queer activism was at a crossroads. While the AIDS epidemic was far from over for the millions of people who lacked access to adequate health care and could not afford expensive antiretroviral therapy which cost thousands of dollars a year even with insurance many larger gay organizations had moved on from the issue. With gay marriage and access to military services held up as preeminent issues by groups like the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the more radical impulses of groups like AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) shifted from center stage and into the margins of the community.