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Gay Pride Parade
Sunday,
June 24th
Join an
average of 400,000 people in celebrating Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and
Transgendered rights and equality at Chicago's annual Gay Pride
Parade on Sunday, June 24, 2007.
Parade Details
Kick off at 12 Noon
The assembly area for the parade marchers is on
Halsted from Fullerton to Belmont. The assembly area will be
closed to traffic beginning at 10AM.
The parade route is north on Halsted from Belmont to Grace,
then south of Broadway to Diversey, and proceeding east into the
park at Cannon Drive. The parade route will be closed to
traffic beginning at 11AM. The parade takes
approximately 2.5 hours to cross Belmont.
Parking
Restrictions
Beginning Sat, June 23rd
The enitre assembly and parade route will be posted
with "No Parking" signs Sunday June 24th from 5AM to 8PM. Due
to the volume of vehicles involved, the City will issue
sitations and tow beginning at 5AM sharp. Additional parking
restrictions will be on Halsted from Addison to Grace from
3AM Satursday, June 23rd until Sunday
8PM. Halsted, from Belmont to Addison, will
remain closed after the parade passes.
For more
information, contact the 23rd District Police Station Community
Policing office at
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Space Park Design
Chosen
Triangle
Neighbors to preview Recognition Wall bricks at Lake View Garden
Walk!
Earlier this
month, Triangle Neighbors announced
the winning design proposal for the new park at 815-817 W Roscoe.
Several design firms in Chicago submitted drawings for
consideration. The winning design came from
Marisa Gora of Kemora Landscape
Design.
Triangle Neighbors
will be previewing engraved bricks at the 12th Annual Lake View Garden
Walk on Sunday, July 8th. Stop by and see the park and
enjoy some complimentary lemonade.
For
more information on the park, stop by the TN meeting on Wednesday,
July 11th at 7PM at the LVCC Offices (867 W Buckingham).
Volunteers who helped clean up the park are able to get a
25% discount on purchases
of bricks on
the Recognition Wall at Space Park.
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Upcoming LVCC
Events Summer Activities in Full
Swing!
LVCC will be participating in Pride Fest on June 23rd
on Halsted north of Addison. Stop by our booth and learn how you can
enter into our drawing to win a pair of tickets on the
field for The Police concert at Wrigley Field.
LVCC's own LVCC Music Fest is Saturday,
July 7th, at the corner of Ashland and Barry in the 32nd Ward.
We are excited to again be offering neighborhood residents a
chance to play on the field at Wrigley Field and participate in a
silent auction with lots of Chicago Cubs memoriabilia and
neighborhood gift certificates. " An Evening at Wrigley" takes
place on Friday, July 27th from 6PM - 10PM.
Finally, LVCC will
participate in Northalsted Market Days, the
largest street fair in the midwest. Market Days has moved to
the second weekend in August and will be held on August
11-12.
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City Parking Stickers
Stop by your Aldermanic
OfficeIt's that time
of year to get your City of Chicago 2007-'08 Parking sticker, and if
applicable, your "383" or "LV2" zone stickers. Please note,
effective July 1st, the "383" parking restriction zone will be
expanded to include all residential streets Racine to Ashland
from Belmont to Addison. Southport and Ashland proper
are excluded.
You may purchase the City Sticker and residential parking
stickers by mail, downtown at City Hall, or by visiting your
Aldermanic office on one of the below days and times.
44th Ward - Alderman Tunney
1057 W
Belmont
Thursday, June 21 - 10AM to 5:30PM
Monday, July 2 - 10AM to 5:30PM
46th Ward - Alderman Shiller
4544 N
Broadway
Friday, July 6 - 10AM to 6PM
47th Ward - Alderman Schulter
4237 N
Lincoln
Saturday, July 7 - 9AM to 3PM
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Dog Days of
Summer
Now that summer is here, many more of you might be
wanting to take your dogs out to the parks or beaches. Please make
sure to follow the city dog laws so you can avoid getting a ticket.
There are Park District run Dog Friendly Areas (DFAs). These are the
only public places in the city where your dog is allowed to be off
leash. There is also only one beach where dogs can legally go to
frolic, Montrose Dog
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