Uncommon Ground
Uncommon Ground, located at 1401 W. Devon, is the first Certified Organic Roof Top Farm in the United States. Owned by the Uncommon Ground Restaurant, the farm illustrates how green agriculture is possible and functional in an urban environment. The farm, which sits on a 2,500 square foot deck of recycled composite material, includes 28 [...]
The Active Pet
We are pleased to welcome The Active Pet Store to the neighborhood. The pet store, which is located at 5441-1/2 N. Lincoln Avenue across from the 20th District Police Station, specializes in healthy and nutritious food and treats for the four legged members of your family. In addition to pet nutrition, The Active Pet also [...]
Andersonville – Small town in the big city
Alderman O’Connor and the 40th Ward would like to congratulate the Andersonville Community for being featured in the August 2nd addition of the Chicago Sun-Times. The North Side neighborhood, headquartered along Clark Street north of Foster Avenue, offers up a smorgasbord of tree-lined streets and unique, attractive businesses, but its longtime Swedish heritage is just [...]
Swedish American Museum
Address: 5211 N. Clark St. Chicago, Illinois 60640 Telephone: 773.728.8111 Facsimile: 773.728.8870 The Swedish American Museum Center is a nonprofit educational activity center for the celebration and interpretation of Swedish American history and culture. In 1975, it was the dream of Kurt Mathiasson, one of the leaders of the Andersonville community and a Swedish immigrant, [...]
Lookman Muhammed wins Design Contest
Lookman Muhammed, a junior at Lawrence Hall Youth Services located at 4833 N. Francisco in the 40thWard recently won the 15th annual city sticker design contest. The junior’s artwork will be seen on 1.3 million vehicle stickers beginning in June 2010. He also receives a $1,000 savings bond to help with his continuing education. More [...]
Track Coach Goes the Extra Mile
Mather High School Track and Cross Country Coach, Dale DeVinney, shows students that even without perfect training conditions, they can achieve huge goals. Coach DeVinney has been instrumental in training high school track and country at Mather High School for 10 years. While the high school has no actual track to practice on, the team has gone [...]
Atlantic Bar and Grill
Address: 5062 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625 Telephone: 773.506.7090 Website: http://www.theatlanticbar.com The Atlantic Bar and Grill, located at 5062 N. Lincoln Avenue is a warm and friendly authentic Irish pub. With great food, twelve different beers on tap, live music every weekend and sporting events shown on a multitude of large flat screen TVs, there is something for [...]
Andersonville Galleria
from the website: The andersonville galleria, in the heart of the thriving Andersonville retail corridor, is a retail market building that currently features over 90 tenants offering apparel, jewelry, artwork, home furnishings, giftware, accessories, antiques. fair trade, and gourmet treats. The andersonville galleria is located at 5247 N. Clark Street, in Chicago, which is right [...]
