South Loop News

Fans of traditional Jewish delis have often wondered why there are so few good ones in Chicago.

No doomsday, but ...; Cash-strapped CTA slashes 9 express routes, trims others in attempt to balance budget By Monique Garcia and Serena Maria Daniels, Tribune reporters Maria Mora doesn't have to travel far for class.

The weekend shuttle runs hourly from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. between the Reynolds Club and the El stop at Roosevelt Road and State Street in the South Loop.

Maybe it's the fact that the First Family hails from here, but Chicago has lately upped its hipness quotient.

Starting in January, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies brings diverse Jewish learning opportunities to locations on Chicago's northside and in the Chicago suburbs.

The Young Womena s Christian Association building at 830 S. Michigan may be demolished, leaving a gap in the Michigan Boulevard streetwall, a prominent stretch of buildings between Randolph and 11th the city designated as a landmarked district in 2002.

Your day's organized by two simple forces: the El, which determines your traveling, and food, which is delicious and keeps you from dying.

CHICAGO - Metra officials said Thursday's freight locomotive derailments in the South Loop are delaying the inbound commuter trains that are running on the Southwest and Heritage Lines this morning by 30 to 50 minutes.

Metra riders should allow extra travel time Friday morning, as some trains are still being delayed almost an hour because of a Thursday morning train derailment south of Union Station in the South Loop.

LISTEN LIVE FOR UPDATES CHECK OUT TRAFFIC CENTER LINK TO METRA WEBSITE Bob Roberts And Steve Miler Reporting CHICAGO a * Metra officials say they expect delays to continue during the Friday morning rush, but say trains will be operating on its SouthWest Service despite Thursday morning's derailment of four Union Pacific freight locomotives near ...

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Share + Oct 22, 2009 2:32 pm US/Central Service on a number of Southwest Service Metra trains has been suspended or delayed as crews work to fix rails damaged by a train derailment just south of Union Station, which sent gallons of fuel into the Chicago River on Thursday morning.

Share + Oct 22, 2009 5:56 am US/Central CHICAGO Smokers, oddly enough, were key in nabbing at least three criminals in as many days in the South Loop this week, police said.

Are the auction floodgates finally opening? Following the Vetro auction last winter, several market observers expected condos at big developments to hit the block left and right, especially in the South Loop .

This lakeside home on 15 acres in Marengo, previously valued at $3.9 million, was auctioned last week with a minimum bid of $1.675 million.

An Aurora man was charged Friday night for allegedly carjacking a UIC student Monday morning in the South Loop, police said.

Marilyn and Bill Hasbrouck, the longtime proprietors of the South Loop-based Prairie Avenue Bookshop, e-mailed this note out earlier today.

Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie will discuss his literary work in conversation with Donna Seaman,a WBEZ books contributor and creator of Open Books Radio at the Chicago Public Library as part of the library's Chicago Book Festival program.

On Nov. 15, loft lovers will have a chance to bid a piece of Chicago history when Sheldon Good & Company auctions 20 of the 29 remaining units from the Motor Row Lofts development, located at 2303 S Michigan Ave in the South Loop .

Big shakeup at Custom House : Shawn McClain, the original exec chef/partner/driving force, is on his way out at the South Loop standout.