By All Accounts Our Neighbors Put On One Of Their Best 4th Of July Displays Yet
Following last Thursday’s annual Park Tower Independence Day Picnic, Saddle & Cycle Club’s pyrotechnics were unleashed, and they did not disappoint! Thanks to everyone who shared pictures and video.
You can download a video of part of the event here, IMG_8214, shared by Unit Owner Carlos Vargas. There is also a YouTube video of the finale, which was particularly amazing this year:
In case you missed it, the Chicago Tribune came out with a detailed investigative report this weekend regarding the financial malfeasance underlying the 2025 closure of Weiss Hospital and the 2026 closure of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. According to the article, the 2022 purchase of the hospitals from Pipeline Health was approved by the State of Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board without sufficient investigation. While the leader of the new healthcare consortium (Dr. Manoj Prasad and investor Reddy Rathnaker Patlola) presented themselves to local and state leaders as experienced in healthcare, including healthcare turnarounds, they had [...]
In a topic near and dear to our hearts, another COVID fraudster is finally answering for his crimes.Seems like only yesterday that Jared Leonard was going to open a Budlong Chicken 'superstore' of sorts at 1329 W. Wilson (now home to Terrace). Those plans evaporated when Leonard abandoned the Wilson project and moved to Colorado to open a Denver outpost of Budlong alongside a new concept (Au Feu). Then COVID hit. Instead of working to survive and reset, Leonard decided to take full advantage of the COVID crisis by making up fake business losses and submitting false information to the government to [...]
For multiple months we have received complaints regarding the homeless takeovers at several Uptown bus stops. The majority of the complaints have focused on the heavily used bus stop and bus shelter across from Aldi and Target, at the corner of Sunnyside and Broadway.Reader AK sent the following photos to illustrate the situation. There is a nearly identical takeover at Wilson and Sheridan that has been the subject of other reader complaints.Rainy days like yesterday, today, and this weekend present a particular problem. People who would otherwise use the shelters for their intended purpose are forced to stand out in the [...]
