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Curry House Gets Highest Zagat Rating in the South Loop

Adding to the South Loop's fine gastronomic reputation, we are pleased to announce that in a recent South Loop Zagat poll

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Serving at Grace Place, an Amazing Turnout and a Wonderful Feeling!

On Feb 19th, eight SLN members joined with several other organizations to share another incredible morning of service and smiles.

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South Loop Neighbors Riding the Rails of the Past

South Loop resident and rail expert Bruce Moffat provided South Loop Neighbors with two fabulous historical presentations recently.

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Members Move Mountains

Why Membership Matters

The recent groundbreaking, in May, of what is to be a new Printers Row Park tells an important story. Back in the old days - 1998 or thereabouts - when the neighborhood was still primarily composed of urban ...


Business Profiles: Focus on Photography

This month we are featuring two sponsors of the SLN Photo Contest & Show: Central Camera Co. and Victor Powell Photography:

Among the many historical distinctions of the South Loop is that our neighborhood is home to Chicago's ...


Business Profile: Sole Searching with Tiffany Bullock

Who could ever have envisioned that the concept of selling high-end soles (i.e.: shoes) south of Madison St. could signal the beginnings of a lucrative entrepreneurial solo act? Well, consider the South Loop's very own fashionista of footwear, Tiffany ...


South Loop Writers Gather to Read

There was a packed house on May 20 at Jazz Showcase. A smart eclectic crowd clinked glasses and smiled. They were more than pleased. Spellbound, actually. But there was no music in the venue that night. Only writers reading aloud. And only South Loop ...


Networking With Neighbors

It was no ordinary meet-and-greet. It was amazing. It was entertaining. It was inspirational. Who knew that a South Loop Neighbors bi-monthly meeting at Grace Place could be so exciting?

The March 11th SLN meeting program was titled ...


Business Profile: Raise a Glass to New Neighbors

Here's a new concept: BYOF, as in Bring Your Own Food. It's one of the creative, community-oriented ideas uncorked by the team of four women who work at WineStyles at 1240 S. Michigan Ave.

"We are more than a wine club or wine bar," said ...


An Evening at Jazz Showcase

The good times continued for members of South Loop Neighbors on Tuesday, March 24th with a fabulous free visit to the historic Jazz Showcase, which now resides at Dearborn Station. Toe tapping and finger snapping were in order as nearly 40 of us sat ...


Early Childhood in the South Loop

The South Loop Elementary School's Early Childhood Center at 1915 S. Federal Street has spaces available for immediate enrollment. This tuition-based program of the Chicago Public Schools currently offers a full-day educational program for three and ...


Tidbits: Neighbors Gather for Family-Style Dinner

Some people say there is no such thing as a free lunch, but about 50 members of South Loop Neighbors found out on Februrary 11th that there IS such a thing as a free dinner.

Over family-style platters of several wonderful salads (my favorite ...


Business Profile: A New Business Blooms

Although the Sweet Petal flower shop is new to the South Loop, its owner, Melisa Jimenez, is not. She was drawn to the area years ago to attend Columbia College and has lived here for the last six years, now residing near Roosevelt Road and ...