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Chicago Launches Long-Awaited Bike-Sharing
Program
The controversial program will start with 750 bikes but
grow to 4,000 by the end of summer 2014.
- Background: How the program will work
- Map: Stations and service area
- Archive: Chicago formulates plan in 2011
Photo: Chicago cyclists gather near Daley Plaza.
(Photo/Emilee Ziesmer)
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New Digs for Irish Film
Festival
After 14 years in Beverly, the Irish Film
Festival has made its way to the Gold Coast. Related:
Photo: Festival founder Jude Blackburn talks to the crowd before the
films begin. (Photo/Milos Markicevic)
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City No Longer Accepting
Sidewalk-Sharing Repair Requests for 2013
A high number of requests has city officials scrambling just to meet previous
repair requests. Related:
- The Chicago Stumbler Tumblr blog tracks poor sidewalks through an interactive map and photos.
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Blackhawks-Red Wings Rivalry Victim of Changing NHL
Landscape
With the Red Wings moving to the Eastern
Conference next year, their longtime division and conference playoff rivalry
with the Blackhawks will be reduced to a couple of regular-season games and,
possibly, a Stanley Cup Final.
Photo: The Blackhawks' Daniel
Carcillo. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons via Creative
Commons)
