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The long lines of eager shoppers, snaking from the entrance of the main library past Scoville Park to First Baptist Church, was…
While I applaud the goal of increasing safety for bikers, I think recent steps taken by Oak Park are misguided. In the…
Whenever I tell people I live in Oak Park, I almost always get the same response. They say, “I love Oak Park.…
The Oak Park trustees rejected a referendum on abolishing single-family zoning. It had generated over 250 emails to trustees, 95% in favor.…
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When my parents dropped us off at college they sang … literally. My sister and I chose to be roommates and when we got to campus, we found out our dorm room was in a basement. The walls were cinder…
In his Aug. 12 column in Viewpoints [Stop calling us racist!], Josh VanderBerg makes an argument that I understand and do not think should be dismissed. Housing discrimination, restrictive covenants, redlining and exclusionary land-use practices are part of American housing…
The more time I spend in Forest Park, the more I love it. You can say that Forest Park is one of my favorite things. Besides all the great restaurants, bars, and shops, they have a booming arts scene. The…
In the July 29 Viewpoints [Progress on housing affordability], Trustee Derek Eder compared the result of ending single-family zoning in Minneapolis with what he expected would happen if we ended single-family zoning in Oak Park: falling rents and building new…
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Well, here’s a change at Wednesday Journal that we’ve talked about for a couple of…
We’ve long respected the hard work and active visibility of State Rep. La Shawn Ford. Over nearly…
Misguided. Daft. Inept. Disingenuous. Or a glorious expression of democracy at work? Just what was…
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