Via Truman College

The tower crane is installed and crews are building forms and pouring concrete to create the columns that will support the various levels of the new student services center and parking deck. They are also installing pipes to pump water from excavations around the site.

 

Traffic will increase a bit more as concrete-bearing trucks enter and leave. A signalman (woman) is on duty.

 

Crews are regularly watering the site and entranceway to keep down dust.

Alderman Helen Shiller, Weiss Memorial Hospital, the Mayor's Office of Special Events and the Chicago Park District invite you to the 15th Annual Uptown Summer Unity Fest.

When: Saturday, August 1 from 10am to 5pm
Where: Clarendon Park, 4501 N Clarendon

Join your Uptown neighbors for an afternoon in the park.  Fun for the entire family!

Check out the variety of programs offered this fall at Clarendon Park. It's a great opportunity to meet the park staff.

Inflatables, Jimmy Tokoh and the Chicago Highlife Funkies, R.O.E., The Happiness Club, Time Williams and Urban Sounds, the Margaret Murphy Quartet, Children's Petting Zoo, Kaotic Drumline, Jesse White Tumblers, Uplift Marching Band, Rumble on the Lake Karate Tournament, Food and Merchandise Vendors and More!

Via the Chicago Public Library

The Fall 2009 One Book, One Chicago Selection Has Been Selected!

The Chicago Public Library celebrates the centennial of the Plan of Chicago, the ambitious vision for our city created by Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett in 1909.

Visit chipublib.org in August for more information on the fall selection for One Book, One Chicago, Carl Smith's The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City.

Chicago's multi-media public affairs series, Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham, also explores this significant topic with programming throughout the year. Visit chicagomatters.org for more information.

Kickoff event info after the jump.

Via the 23rd Police District Neighborhood Relations

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
4pm - 8pm
Clarendon Park, 4501 N Clarendon

Join your neighbors for the National Night Out Against Crime!