This Week In Photos: Plover Mania, Kim Foxx's Big News, Migrants At O'Hare And More

CHICAGO — Chicago is for lovebirds once again as endangered Great Lakes piping plovers made their way back to Montrose Beach this week.

In other news this week, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced she won’t seek a third term and officials broke ground on the controversial Chicago Fire training facility.

Here’s what Block Club Chicago reporters captured while covering the neighborhoods this week.

Two un-banded piping plovers peck along the pier at Montrose Beach on April 27, 2023.

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Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announces she will not seek re-election at a City Club of Chicago luncheon at Maggiano’s Banquets on April 25, 2023.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx arrives to address the City Club of Chicago at Maggiano’s Banquets on April 25, 2023.

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Migrants were temporarily stationed in the hallway near the O’Hare CTA Blue Line station before being taken to shelters on a bus on April 26, 2023.

Venezuelan migrants Frannier Estrada, Jose Lopez, Richard and Ranses Oropeza pose for a photo. Migrants were temporarily stationed in the hallway near the O’Hare CTA Blue Line station before being taken to shelters on a bus on April 26, 2023.

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Residents protest the Chicago Fire training facility while officials head to its groundbreaking ceremony on the Near West Side.

Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto, CHA CEO Tracey Scott and Deputy Mayor Samir Mayekar at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Chicago Fire on the Near West Side.

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Alumni memorabilia and a statue of Mary donated to Resurrection College Prep, 7500 W. Talcott Ave., by the class of 1936 sit near the school’s entrance as seen April 26, 2023.

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Glass shards and an unidentified red material are placed next to an apparent pest hole at 5841 S. Indiana Ave. Though small children lived in the building at the time, landlord Marcus Lee placed the items in the yard to injure and deter pests, tenants said.

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Alderman-elect Timmy Knudsen (43rd) poses for a portrait in his Lincoln Park office on April 17, 2023.

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(from left) Longtime La Caridad employee Hector Luna, owner Ricardo Rodriguez and Rodriguez’s nephew and store employee David Carrera pose for a portrait in the Logan Square liquor store, which is closing this weekend.

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Frank Logan, 49, poses for a portrait at Harold Washington College on April 25, 2023. Logan will graduate from the city college in May with two associate degrees.

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Momentum Coffee co-owner Tracy Powell standing in front of the mural at the North Lawndale location.

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Thick Mall founder Jovana Savic poses for a portrait at Sleeping Village in Avondale on April 13, 2023.

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