CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS - LINCOLN PARK, LOOP, EDGEWATER, ALBANY PARK, OAK PARK
LINCOLN PARK
According to Mike Miller, Delilah's is more than a great
beer and whiskey bar; it's a staple in the community where patrons may enjoy
rock music, paintings from local artists, a movie, and perhaps even learn
something.
"We're not just about having a great selection of booze to drink,"
Miller said. "You can get an education, maybe by someone who is sitting
next to you."
That lesson may be taught by someone who might be the maker of the rare aged
Scotch in your glass. He will gladly
explain how it's made.
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has influenced the beverage scene in Chicago.
LOOP
Obtaining a copy of a
newspaper marking Chicagoan Barack Obama's presidential victory has
become a difficult endeavor.
Newsstands all over city and into the suburbs have reported empty shelves on
Wednesday, the day after the election. The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times both featured front
page, full sized photos of Obama.
A newsstand owner on Michigan Avenue says people were buying stacks of papers. Another said she's gone through 300 Chicago
Tribunes and 350 Chicago Sun-Times and was waiting for more copies.
Hemant Patel owns Gateway News in the Chicago Loop. He says customers were snatching up all of the
papers in his stand because they want something to "keep for
history."
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EDGEWATER
Kehena Sraieb remembers walking in the neighborhood public
school that her daughter Halina McCarthy's attended in West Rogers Park last year and
being dissatisfied.
She was dissatisfied with the fact that 30 students were packed into a
classroom, noticed the lack of attention teachers and administrators paid to
students.
Now Halina, 8, is a 3rd grader at Passages Charter School in Edgewater, which ranked as
the city's best charter school on Illinois State Achievement Tests taken in the
spring.
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ALBANY PARK
Robert Gecht is fond
of saying that he looks like your average banker, balding and sporting a dark
suit. He hopes customers find his
appearance reassuring.
"That's old school," explained Gecht, 57, C.E.O. of Albany Bank &
Trust Co. in Chicago. "Young bankers don't have any hair; they wax their
chests."
Heading out to his silver BMW 535xi, Gecht grabs a couple of toasters stamped
being offered with the bank's logo that he will give to new clients.
"I've been doing
a lot of calling on customers lately," he said. "They're concerned
about the economy."
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neighborhood banker.
OAK PARK
Gary Cuneen launched Oak Park-based Seven
Generations Ahead to establish solid communities, with a focus on matters such
as water and air quality and smart building.
He didn't expect food and groceries becoming such an important aspect to
goals of his group. "Increasingly,
we saw the opportunity to carve out a niche role in the local and organic food
arena," Cuneen said.
Seven Generations Ahead promotes the environmental and health benefits of
local, organic food in many ways. As a
result, it has improved the diets of those it serves and helps small farmers.
Cuneen and company connect local growers to farmers markets and more than 300
school-lunch programs. He has also
assisted in setting up 18 hubs for community-supported agriculture, as well as
outreach programs teach kids about farming.
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