After seeing news reports of damage to shop windows in the CWE during Friday night’s protests, 2 friends grabbed paintbrushes and acrylic paints and came into the neighborhood today to lend a hand. Haley Dieckgraefe, left, who at one time lived at Maryland and Taylor, said she is not an artist but is able to…
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Protests in CWE: from a peaceful beginning to mayhem
The CWE returned to a semblance of normalcy yesterday following a night in which peaceful protests following the Jason Stockley verdict took a menacing turn ending in senseless destruction to some neighborhood businesses, Schlafly Library, and Mayor Lyda Krewson’s home. Often overlooked in the aftermath of events of this sort are the many neighborhood employees,…
Pi pizza for a cause: United in Goodness
KoreaTown Pizza with kimchi, above This just in from CWEnder and Pi Founder, Chris Sommers (click here for video announcement): Pi Pizzeria today announces a new effort to support and celebrate diversity and Goodness that bring us together in our communities. United in Goodness is a company-wide initiative in which 15% of sales of new internationally-inspired…