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Oops... New City Sticker Flashing Gang Signs?

For more than 15 years the city of Chicago has held a contest each year to come up with a winning design for the revenue-generating sticker everyone in the city who owns a vehicle has to display on their windshield. The contest is open to Chicago high school students. The 2012-’13 winning design was unveiled... Read more »
By Rogers Parker,
February 8, 2012 at 12:06 am
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Has Lying Become the Rule Rather than the Exception?

Among certain professions, lying is almost expected. Lawyers have a reputation for twisting the truth to suit their clients’ purposes, as has been depicted on any number of Prime Time legal dramas. The joke “How do you know when a politician is lying? When he opens his mouth” has been making the rounds in neighborhood... Read more »
By Rogers Parker,
January 28, 2012 at 6:10 pm
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Rogers Park Tales Historical Tidbit

One of my neighbors told me today this Rogers Park north of Howard Street community was created on practical grounds. Evanston didn’t want to have to run its sewer lines under the Calvary Cemetery, so the city ceded this little parcel of land to Chicago in 1915. What used to be called “No-Man’s Land,” according... Read more »
By Rogers Parker,
December 31, 2011 at 11:33 pm
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I LOVE Rogers Park!*

I stumbled across a real estate blog not too long ago on which a condo listing on Hoyne generated a bunch of comments about what a shit hole Rogers Park is. The following is my lightly edited response: I have lived in Rogers Park and West Ridge for 19 of the past 20 years, including... Read more »
By Rogers Parker,
December 30, 2011 at 9:29 pm
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