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A Week In Photos: CPD Graduation, West Side SWAT Standoff, New Restaurants And More

PHOTOS: Take a peek at life in the city through the eyes and lenses of the Block Club Chicago staff.

Colin Boyle and Block Club Chicago Staff

9:01 AM CDT on Jun 9, 2023

Newly sworn-in officers at the Chicago Police Department recruit graduation and promotion ceremony in the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom on June 5, 2023.

CHICAGO — It’s been another bustling week of news in the city. There’s also a family of peregrine falcons nesting Downtown.

See what Block Club Chicago reporters captured while covering the neighborhoods this week.

Ian Mendoza embraces Sgt. Mundo Mendoza at the Chicago Police Department recruit graduation and promotion ceremony in the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom on June 5, 2023.

Mayor Brandon Johnson shakes hands with a newly sworn-in officer at the Chicago Police Department recruit graduation and promotion ceremony in the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom on June 5, 2023.

Chicago Police and SWAT respond in the 4100 block of West Chicago Avenue in West Humboldt Park for a report of a man with a swastika flag and weapons, on June 2, 2023. The man was later found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the hours-long standoff.

Chicago Police and SWAT respond in the 4100 block of West Chicago Avenue in West Humboldt Park to a report of a man with a swastika flag and weapons, on June 2, 2023. The man was later found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the hours-long standoff.

Read more: Man With Weapons, Swastika Flag, Found Dead After Friday Standoff With Police In West Humboldt Park

Lake Forest College senior Mia Lee (far left, in tan hat) and junior Theresa Wilhite (with blue hair) sift through dirt and rocks excavated from the Armour Mission and Armour Flats site, 35 W. 33rd St. in Bronzeville, as onlookers watch.

Kris Bostick, a first-year Lake Forest College transfer student, holds the legs and feet of a doll excavated from the Armour Mission and Armour Flats site on Illinois Tech’s campus.

Rad more: College Students Dig To Uncover Long-Buried History Of Armour Flats And Mission On Illinois Tech Campus

A pair of peregrine falcons are nesting in the 100 block of South Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop on June 2, 2023.

Neighbors and kids participate in the sixth annual We Walk For Her march on June 7, 2023 in Bronzeville to bring awareness to missing women in Chicago.

Milan Williams leads chants with a megaphone during the sixth annual We Walk For Her march on June 7, 2023 in Bronzeville to bring awareness to missing women in Chicago.

Read more: Families Demand Help To Find City’s Murdered And Missing Black Women At ‘We Walk For Her’ March

Ald. Walter Burnett (27th), left, introducing members of the HAAAYY Group to discuss the Hay Illinois Adult Use Cannabis Dispensary.

Read more: Garfield Park Dispensary Proposal Draws Mixed Review From Neighbors At Emotional Community Meeting

Jung Yoon and AJ Domingo pose for a photo at their Rogers Park home on May 29, 2023.

Atticus Yoon-Haring shows off his dunking skills at their Rogers Park home on May 29, 2023.

Read more: This Queer Rogers Park Couple Is Raising 2 Kids With An ‘Abundance Of Love’ — And No Shortage Of Fun

Hundreds of Southwest Side neighbors attended a community meeting at Richard J. Daley College to hear the city’s plan to turn part of it into a temporary shelter for migrants.

Read more: 400 Migrants Will Move Into Daley College This Weekend, But Some Neighbors Oppose City’s Plan

A crowd of activists wearing a rainbow of capes with slogans like “Stop Dumping on the Southeast,” “Let Us Breathe” and “Deny the Permit Again” leads others in a chant as they protest administrative law judge Mitchell Ex’s ruling to overturn the city’s February 2022 denial of Southside Recycling’s operating permit outside City Hall June 6, 2023.

Activists chant during a rally against administrative law judge Mitchell Ex’s ruling to overturn the city’s February 2022 denial of Southside Recycling’s operating permit outside City Hall June 6, 2023.

Read more: Southeast Side Activists Vow To Keep Fighting After Judge Gives New Life To Metal Scrapper’s Bid To Open

Cottonwood seeds line the trail at River Park on June 5, 2023.

Read more: What’s Up With All The White Fluff? Why Cottonwood Trees Are Seeding Like Crazy This Year

5700 N. Sheridan Rd. in Edgewater on June 5, 2023.

Read more: Heartland Housing Loses Control Of 14 Affordable Apartment Properties Due To Financial Woes

The dining area at The StopAlong at Boiler Room.

Read more: The StopAlong Opens In Former Boiler Room Space This Week

Zoe Nance, 14, practices baseball at Dunham Park, 4638 N. Melvina Ave., on June 1, 2023.

Read more: Portage Park’s ‘Zoe The Baller’ Heads To Girls Baseball World Series In Japan — With Help From Neighbors

Protestors speaking outside of Ald. Emma Mitts office about the unopened Amazon facility in the neighborhood.

Read more: West Siders Want Answers About When Long-Delayed Amazon Warehouse Will Open — And Create Jobs It Promised

Chicago Empanada Mama owner Inez Melendez at her new cafe in West Town

Read more: Chicago Empanada Mama Opens West Town Cafe, Bar With Puerto Rican-Inspired Menu And Decor

Ald. James M. Gardiner (45th)’s office, 5425 W. Lawrence Ave., is for lease, as seen on June 6, 2023.

Read more: Ald. Jim Gardiner Moving 45th Ward Office To A Bigger Space

A Harlem-bound CTA Green Line train arrives at 51st Street in Washington Park on June 7, 2023.

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