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The still-under-construction new facade at Aquinas Literacy Center at 1751 W. 35th St., Chicago, awaits some final touches, including its new signage.

: Published July 9, 2020

Free English language learning in the McKinley Park neighborhood gets a boost from a renewed Illinois state grant for Aquinas Literacy Center, which hopes to reopen its doors on September 8.

McKinley Park neighborhood literacy center lands $53,500 from Illinois Secretary of State to support adult English language learning.
Aquinas receives grant for third year in a row, at steadily increasing funding levels.
A planned reopening of the literacy center for English language learning and tutor training is slated for September 8.

Jack, a 4-year-old chocolate Labrador mix and lifelong resident of the McKinley Park neighborhood, enjoys taking his humans to the dog-friendly area in McKinley Park on Tuesday, July 7, 2020.

: Published July 7, 2020

The McKinley Dog Park seeks the public's help in funding some basic necessities for operations and cleanup at the dog-friendly area in McKinley Park, the only one of its kind on the Southwest Side.

McKinley Dog Park Advisory Council asks public for help funding basic cleanup and operations.
Only dog-friendly area on the Southwest Side has been open since early 2020.
Online donations to channel funds straight to dog park necessities like poop bags.

Bubbly Creek stretches south from its confluence with the South Branch of the Chicago River as seen from Canal Origins Park at 2701 S. Ashland Ave.

: Published April 8, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released the final report for its Bubbly Creek Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study, a comprehensive set of recommendations for overhauling the polluted Chicago waterway.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases the final report for the Bubbly Creek Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study.
Highly polluted waterway could be improved by capping riverbed and restoring native habitat.
South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River still bubbles to this day.

Site preparation is underway for construction of the last-mile shipping warehouse at South Ashland Avenue and West 37th Street.

: Published March 13, 2020

Building completion is slated for late summer 2020 for the Logistics Property Co.'s last-mile shipping warehouse at Ashland Avenue and 37th Street, a project now supported by a development loan from Inland Bank and Trust.

Logistics Property Co. anticipates completion of last-mile warehouse in late summer 2020.
Loan from Inland Bank and Trust finances construction for site in one of the neighborhood's designated industrial zones.
Coming warehouse is part of a wave of commercial and industrial development in McKinley Park.

The iconic clock tower and monolithic buildings of the Central Manufacturing district march east and west from where South Damen Avenue ends at West Pershing Road.

: Published February 27, 2020

The monolithic buildings of the Central Manufacturing District are one of the top seven endangered Chicago sites for 2020, said Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago.

Preservation Chicago releases annual list for 2020's most-endangered historic buildings and areas.
Historic manufacturing area alongside McKinley Park pegged as one of seven sites in danger.
Other endangered locations include Jackson Park, Unity Church and the Chicago Union Station Power House.
"Landmark-worthy" buildings should be saved and restored, says Preservation Chicago's executive director.

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