Daniel La Spata

The park's field house is open Saturday mornings and closed Sundays, eliminating restrooms when thousands are visiting the park. Hundreds of neighbors have signed a petition asking the Park District to expand the hours.

A developer wants to build 40 residential units near Division and Ashland, but a prominent neighborhood group thinks the buildings would be too tall, among other issues.

The lanes will run between Milwaukee and Western avenues. The city will also shorten pedestrian crosswalks and lower speed limits on that stretch of Augusta.

The $88 million proposal was pulled out of the Rules Committee, which is considered legislative purgatory, after a labor agreement was reached between the theater operator and a local labor union.

The building offers a mix of studios and one-bedroom apartments geared toward young professionals and creatives, along with a dog spa and a rooftop deck. A studio starts at $1,652 per month.

Hibernian Development is building 35 apartments spread out across two buildings at Fullerton and Washtenaw avenues. Both buildings will have ground-floor retail.

Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza, a staunch union supporter, delayed a vote on the proposal, saying questions remain over whether the new Congress Theater will generate "quality" jobs.

With all ballots counted, La Spata held 50.11 percent of the vote, just enough to win outright, according to final, unofficial results released Tuesday.

La Spata was close to a razor-thin majority of the vote Wednesday as more mail-in ballots were counted, but officials said they won't call the race until next week.

The five-story, 56-unit project will have a new graffiti wall, a deal reached by the developer behind the project and Ald. Daniel La Spata.

With all precincts reporting, La Spata is short of the majority of votes he needed to avoid a runoff with challenger Sam Royko, but mail-in ballots are still being counted.

La Spata had 49.1 percent of the vote Tuesday night, with votes in one precinct still left to be counted. His closest challenger is West Town attorney Sam Royko.

SNS Realty Group is the second developer attempting to revive the vacant lot after a previous developer abandoned its project over a zoning disagreement, according to Ald. Daniel La Spata's office.

The price tag on the long-stalled project keeps going up, and the delays are getting longer — but developers say they're still committed to overhauling and reopening the beloved venue.

Two people wearing all black smashed the windows of La Spata's campaign headquarters early Friday, police said. La Spata said he's concerned it's "political retribution."

The city is making improvements to the "informal crossing" at California Avenue and Lyndale Street at the urging of residents and Ald. Daniel La Spata.

Even though it only applies to the Downtown area, some cycling advocates say the pilot program is a step in the right direction. Others say it's light on details and doesn't address pressing safety concerns.

Ald. Daniel La Spata, Proco Joe Moreno and Stephen "Andy" Schneider will speak and take questions from voters.

Community leader Andy Schneider and attorney Sam Royko are making their first bids for public office while Moreno is trying to win back the City Council seat he held for nine years.