Now that the City of Chicago has improved several vacant lots in North Lawndale, having added features to reduce flooding in the surrounding blocks and make them more suitable for recreation, local community organizations will be stepping in to take care of those spaces.

They've been popping out all over the West Side over the past three months.

This summer, West Garfield Park's Legler branch library quietly became the only regional library on the West Side. 

The Chicago City Council signed off on zoning changes that will allow the redevelopment of the former Sears location at the southeast corner of North and Harlem Avenues and the adjacent parking lot.