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obituaries
  • by david hall
Ann Lurie, who came to Chicago a nurse and became one of city’s best-known philanthropists, dies at 79

A self-described hippie, Ms. Lurie moved to Chicago in 1973 to work as an intensive care nurse. She wound up giving tens of millions of dollars to Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Greater Chicago Food Depository, PAWS Chicago and several other…

immigration
  • by david hall
Churches, nonprofits house refugees amid shelter crunch in Toronto

As Chicago dealt with a shortage of shelter beds, Toronto was also managing a shelter crisis amid an increase in people seeking refuge in Canada.

real-estate
  • by david hall
La Salle Street is getting 1,000 new apartments, but first comes navigating conversions and code

Plans to add housing in the downtown corridor will help reinvigorate the district, architects and developers said, but there are still construction challenges with turning office spaces into residential units.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Sex dungeon on Near West Side has gotten property tax breaks for decades

The Chicago Illusions building gets a tax break because it has two apartments — even though it appears those units are used as part of the business.