Archives
- 2008.12.23: Swallow Cliff Sledding is back!
- 2008.12.23: Start the New Year paddling in the Cook County Forest Preserves
- 2008.09.19: What Chicago needs now is another folk singer ...
- 2008.09.04: File under newspapers are getting shorter ...
- 2008.08.19: Dispatch from the Pilsen Polish Sausage Smackdown ...
- 2008.08.14: Will Pilsen get a Polish Sausage (stand) lodged in its heart?
- 2008.08.08: Cook County Hospital System interim CEO gets huge salary
- 2008.07.29: Check out Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's new Anti-violence Public Service Announcement
- 2008.07.29: Want to see your favorite Cook County Commissioners (and their staff) wearing grass skirts?
- 2008.07.28: A look inside Cook County magazine -- all $24,999 of it.
- 2008.07.28: That Cook County Magazine Orange Crab Salad recipe you wanted
- 2008.07.11: hoods quiz July 11
- 2008.06.24: Tomorrow's news in the Tribune ... is last year's news in Neighborhoods
- 2008.06.20: White Sox bar in enemy territory
- 2008.06.20: Hoods Quiz --- June 20
- 2008.06.13: Hoods Quiz -- June 13
- 2008.06.06: Hoods Quiz — June 6
- 2008.05.30: Hoods Quiz — May 30
- 2008.05.23: What can we do to stop the killing ... in your hood
- 2008.05.23: Hoods quiz May 23
- 2008.05.23: A prayer for 'Outlaw City'
- 2008.04.25: Hoods quiz April 25
- 2008.04.18: Hoods quiz April 18
- 2008.04.11: What's your favorite movie filmed in Chicago?
- 2008.04.11: Hoods quiz April 11
- 2008.04.10: Suggest a new Chicago city motto here
- 2008.04.10: Suggest a new Chicago city motto here
- 2008.04.06: After more than a year Uptown sinkhole fixed.
- 2008.04.04: Bob-O Seitz -- He's a character
- 2008.04.04: Hoods quiz - April 4
- 2008.04.02: My favorite "Keep it Wrigley" limerick
- 2008.03.31: Druggie bites cop (From Uptownupdate.com)
- 2008.03.18: Learn CPR — It's Red Cross month.
- 2008.03.14: Hoods quiz -- March 14
- 2008.03.14: What's your favorite East Village spot?
- 2008.03.07: Hoods Quiz -- March 7
- 2008.03.07: How the South Side Irish Parade began.
- 2008.03.03: Happy Casimir Pulaski Day
- 2008.02.28: Hoods quiz -- Feb. 29
- 2008.02.28: Cubs fans: Wrigley name change is inevitable — Get over it.
- 2008.02.22: Watch the Jazz O'maniacs and friends jam at Myers Ace Hardware
- 2008.02.22: Real Chicago -- Got a beef with our expert picks?
- 2008.02.22: Real Chicago — Interactive version (Read the story, click to see Real Chicago)
- 2008.02.19: Have Chicago kids become couch potatoes?
- 2008.02.11: Watch Mayor Daley blow his top ...
- 2008.02.11: Don't try this with your home ... in Chicago
- 2008.02.08: Hoods quiz -- Feb. 8
- 2008.02.06: Konkol returns to the hoods
- 2008.01.26: Konkol outta the hood?
- 2008.01.25: Where's Mine?
- 2008.01.25: Hoods quiz - Jan. 25
- 2008.01.18: Not a smirter? Are you one of these?
- 2008.01.18: Are you a SMIRTER?
- 2008.01.18: Hoods quiz Jan. 18
- 2008.01.11: Hoods Quiz Jan 11
- 2008.01.03: Breaking News: Housing committee approves revised Lincoln Square acquisition list
- 2007.12.28: Hoods Quiz Dec. 28
- 2007.12.21: Hoods quiz -- Dec. 21
- 2007.12.21: What's Real Chicago to you?
- 2007.12.18: Marquette Park's Johnny from the Block
- 2007.12.14: In the hood -- On-line only
- 2007.12.11: Lincoln Square -- A letter to the editor
- 2007.12.11: Lincoln Square — Ald. Schulter's revised ordinance
- 2007.12.11: Mean Gene talking Lincoln Square on WGN radio
- 2007.12.10: Breaking news in Lincoln Square -- Ald. Schulter pulls eminent domain ordinance from City Council agenda
- 2007.12.10: Lincoln Square update
- 2007.12.07: Save Lincoln Square! Save Lincoln Square!
- 2007.12.07: Hoods quiz — Dec. 7
- 2007.12.07: Is your buddy a true Chicago character?
- 2007.12.07: Meet Dr. C. Sugar Hampton -- Mayor of the West Side
- 2007.12.04: Forclosure in the hood
- 2007.11.28: Ready to check out Christmas lights? Here's a map for you
- 2007.11.23: Close the Co-op Markets in Hyde Park?
- 2007.11.23: Guest Blogger: Lynda Olander on why she's working to restore the Independence Park Bungalow
- 2007.11.23: Hood quiz - Nov. 23
- 2007.11.21: Blogs in the Hood: On crime — Rogers Park Bench
- 2007.11.20: Chicago mail is still the WORST IN THE NATION!
- 2007.11.19: Will Hyde Park lose Co-op Markets?
- 2007.11.16: Give Lollapalooza the boot
- 2007.11.16: Are you a wannabe Chicago historian? Then this map is for you
- 2007.11.16: What we're up against — junk houses
- 2007.11.16: Hoods quiz - Nov. 16
- 2007.11.16: Watch 4246 Melvina come crumbling down
- 2007.11.15: Lake View East merchants create gift card to keep cash in the neighborhood
- 2007.11.11: Did Business Week owe Daley a favor?
- 2007.11.09: Mayor Daley is one of THEM — a pro-big business Republican, that is.
- 2007.11.09: Acts of Kindness -- Tom Li
- 2007.11.09: Double Stitch
- 2007.11.09: So long, Stony Island
- 2007.11.09: Hoods Quiz -- Nov. 9
- 2007.11.08: Why is Mayor Daley protecting Old Navy from taxes and neighborhood folks in Old Town?
- 2007.11.07: CAN-TV and Manny's 1st Ward Chronicles
- 2007.11.05: Scottsdale pet store owner: "We're thinking it's time for a new neighborhood." Well, maybe not
- 2007.11.05: On Oprah, charity and saving our troubled neighborhoods
- 2007.11.02: Those darn dogs are barking again
- 2007.11.02: Hoods Quiz -- Nov. 2
- 2007.10.26: Tell your ghost stories here
- 2007.10.26: Hoods quiz- Oct. 16
- 2007.10.26: Darius Miller's tomb
- 2007.10.19: Jack's back
- 2007.10.19: Where did the Greektown Greeks go?
- 2007.10.19: Hoods quiz — Oct. 19
- 2007.10.12: Hoods quiz- Oct. 12
- 2007.10.08: They Gone!
- 2007.10.05: Starbucks Density anyone?
- 2007.10.05: Hoods quiz - Oct. 5
- 2007.10.03: Wanna be like Mark?
- 2007.09.28: Welcome to "Little Arizona," home of Chicago's only trailer park
- 2007.09.28: Hoods quiz - Sept. 28
- 2007.09.24: Gigi Pritzker's neighborhood
- 2007.09.21: Marriotti's Mini-Me: Jason Krause
- 2007.09.21: Hoods quiz -- Sept. 21
- 2007.09.20: Moms vs. Mayor: Children's Museum Controversy
- 2007.09.14: Hoods quiz
- 2007.09.07: The Mob tour
- 2007.09.07: Hoods quiz -- Win prizes
- 2007.08.31: Charlie says: Don't fence me in
- 2007.08.31: Dr. Sparki's cure-all
- 2007.08.31: Hoods quiz -- Win prizes
- 2007.08.27: Walter's beef
- 2007.08.27: The blog is back
- 2007.08.17: Win a T-shirt here
- 2007.08.10: Riding on the river
- 2007.08.10: Hoods quiz -- August 10
- 2007.08.09: More trouble in Scottsdale -- Teenagers kids robbed at gunpoint at Stevenson Park
- 2007.08.09: Where's your mail?
- 2007.08.04: What's happening in your hood -- Edgewater
- 2007.08.03: "Wood" you save this alley? — Gold Coast
- 2007.08.03: Jeff Zimmermann -- He's a character
- 2007.08.03: Acts of Kindness -- Gerold Lee
- 2007.08.03: Hoods Quiz -- Aug. 3
- 2007.08.01: Spanky & Bella -- The adoption count down
- 2007.07.27: Acts of Kindness — Megan Dailey
- 2007.07.27: Hoods quiz-- July 27
- 2007.07.27: Has Scottsdale reached the Tipping Point?
- 2007.07.20: Beauty and the dead steel mill
- 2007.07.20: Christopher Frost of Bucktown
- 2007.07.20: Hoods quiz -- July 20
- 2007.07.20: What's your beef?
- 2007.07.19: Bloody fight in Durkin Park - A matter of race?
- 2007.07.13: Acts of Kindness -- Mary Johnston
- 2007.07.13: Ed Heywood, Beverly landlord
- 2007.07.13: Hoods quiz - July 13
- 2007.07.13: And the South Side Idol winner is ...
- 2007.07.09: Ulacher's (alleged) dirty text messages
- 2007.07.06: Margaret Kiesz -- Survivor
- 2007.07.06: Acts of kindness: Northtown Academy
- 2007.07.06: Construction in the hood
- 2007.07.06: Hood quiz -- July 6
- 2007.07.03: The Puerto Rican Film Series
- 2007.06.29: We still live in a slum
- 2007.06.29: 'Hood quiz: June 29
- 2007.06.25: City cam helps solve murder (Well, it's about time)
- 2007.06.22: The last of the TV fix-it guys
- 2007.06.22: Freak of the week -- Jojo Baby
- 2007.06.22: Acts of Kindness -- Avondale
- 2007.06.22: Hood Quiz -- June 22
- 2007.06.21: Gay Pride parades through Chicago
- 2007.06.21: Firefighting bikers honor their own on Sunday
- 2007.06.15: What are you up against?
- 2007.06.15: Corner cleansing: Daley's curfew crackdown
- 2007.06.15: Acts of Kindness: Richard Eastline
- 2007.06.15: Dan Godsel: Cop painter
- 2007.06.15: This doesn't happen here: Wrightwood
- 2007.06.15: Hoods quiz: June 15
- 2007.06.14: The little "Crosstown Classic"
- 2007.06.12: Graffiti in the hood
- 2007.06.11: New Landmark in Edison Park?
- 2007.06.11: Towed away: One guy's story
- 2007.06.11: Dog's life a bummer in South Side 'hoods
- 2007.06.08: Neighborhoods takes a day off
- 2007.06.05: Maxwell Street documentary: Cheat You Fair
- 2007.06.01: Sparki's Cocktail of the Week
- 2007.06.01: What is it?
- 2007.06.01: Matt Barbera: Funny man
- 2007.06.01: King of Kindness: Kevin Healy
- 2007.06.01: Hoods Quiz: June 1
- 2007.05.30: South Shore: What not to wear, Tamara Hill Garner
- 2007.05.25: The Obamas' field guide to Hyde Park
- 2007.05.25: Acts of Kindness: Anna Sieczkowski
- 2007.05.25: Tell your cicada story here
- 2007.05.25: Hood quiz: May 25
- 2007.05.23: Philanthropy in the 'hoods
- 2007.05.18: 'Hoods Quiz: Win prizes
- 2007.05.18: Sparki's cocktail of the week
- 2007.05.18: Acts of Kindness
- 2007.05.18: City Life: Bungalow living
- 2007.05.17: Gang wars: What's a mother to say?
- 2007.05.15: Gang wars: Kids with guns in the streets
- 2007.05.12: Guest blogger: Su Ki on Looptopia
- 2007.05.11: Sparki's Cocktail of the week: The Paper clip
- 2007.05.11: Acts of Kindness: Tree huggers
- 2007.05.11: Edgewater: Dry Chicago
- 2007.05.11: Lake View: Papa Joe is the man
- 2007.05.11: 'Hood quiz: Win your Sun-Times T-shirt here
- 2007.05.05: Pill Hill: Soul Queen on Stony Island
- 2007.05.04: Sparki's cocktail of the week: Off to the races
- 2007.05.04: Lake View: Meet the Mayor of Hamlin Park
- 2007.05.04: Acts of Kindness: Grant DePorter
- 2007.05.04: 'Hoods Quiz: Win a prize
- 2007.05.03: Bucktown: How to get a head
- 2007.05.01: A marching they will go ...
- 2007.04.27: Sparki's cocktail of the week
- 2007.04.27: Go ahead, ask Rat Man
- 2007.04.27: Know your 'hood: Coming next week, Prizes!
- 2007.04.27: Acts of Kindness: The Last Portrait -- Sun-Times photos by Brian Jackson
- 2007.04.27: Oh, rats: How bad are they in your 'hood?
- 2007.04.26: Ukranian Village: Hoekstra gives us Girls Gone Chicago
- 2007.04.25: Little Village: What if they raided your shopping district?
- 2007.04.23: Is Barack Obama tainted by slumlord pal?
- 2007.04.20: Washington Park: Olympic-sized push
- 2007.04.20: What is it? - April 20
- 2007.04.20: Acts of Kindness
- 2007.04.19: Sparki's cocktail of the week — April 20
- 2007.04.19: Chicago elections: Do you know your alderman?
- 2007.04.17: South Loop: Don't mess with Mayor Daley's eggs
- 2007.04.16: Historic Pullman -- Like living in a movie set
- 2007.04.16: Washington Park: Olympic-sized hope
- 2007.04.14: Konkol blog special: Guest blogger Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow
- 2007.04.14: Attention bloggers, poets, essayists
- 2007.04.13: Hey, Englewood: Drop me a line ...
- 2007.04.13: Konkol Blog Special: Sparki the Bartender's cocktail of the week
- 2007.04.13: Roscoe Village: Sara Chazin made Blues Brother's brother sing blues
- 2007.04.13: Wicker Park: Here's Jaik Willis of the Flat Iron
- 2007.04.10: Chicago Cubs opening day -- from Woo Woo to the "Warrior
- 2007.04.10: Coyotee in Quiznos — A Tribute
- 2007.04.08: Easter blog special: Can Mayor Daley save Uncle George's eggs -- South Loop
- 2007.04.06: Meet Mike McGraw, Pullman's Fred Sanford
- 2007.04.06: You(Tube) gotta see this -- Dating in Chicago
- 2007.04.06: Coffee Talk in the 'hoods
- 2007.04.06: 'Hood contributions ...
- 2007.04.06: Kind souls in Chicago — Mt. Greenwood, East Side
- 2007.04.06: What's this?
- 2007.04.06: Do you dare to defend Starbucks?
- 2007.04.05: Dear Mopes, Here's how to stay out of jail -- be nice.
- 2007.04.04: So, a coyote walks into a Quizno's
- 2007.04.03: Hey early risers ...
- 2007.04.02: Opening day blues in Bridgeport
- 2007.04.01: Hey 32nd Warders. You(Tube) gotta see this!
- 2007.03.30: Seriously, are your pals kind?
- 2007.03.30: Beat Abbate with a bat?
- 2007.03.29: Things just ain't how they used to be ...
- 2007.03.28: Bad news for Wicker Park hipsters
- 2007.03.28: Attention bloggers, lend me your posts
- 2007.03.28: Please won't you be my neighbor?
- 2007.03.28: Who's been kind to you?
- 2007.03.26: Crumpled mail arrives at the Sun-Times
- 2007.03.24: Mail blues continue?
- 2007.03.13: Old mail on Tuesday?
- 2007.03.10: Where's my mail?
Monthly Archives
Categories
- Acts of kindness
- Beverly
- Bridgeport
- Bucktown
- Coffee talk
- Cook County
- East Village
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- Getting taxed up the ...
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- Greektown
- Guest bloggers
- Hegewisch
- Humbolt Park
- Hyde Park
- Irving Park
- Jefferson Park
- Know your 'hood
- Konkol's Characters
- Lake View
- Life in the city
- Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Square
- Little Village
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- Marquette Park
- Neighborhood favorites
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- Pullman
- Real Chicago
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- Roscoe Village
- Scottsdale
- South Loop
- South Shore
- Sparki's cocktail of the week
- Tavern life
- The Bush
- Ukranian Village
- Uptown
- Washington Park
- West Town
- What we're up against
- What's this?
- What's up in your hood?
- Where's my mail?
- Wicker Park
- Wrightwood
- YouTube in the 'hoods
Category Monthly Archives
- Acts of kindness: November 2007
- Acts of kindness: August 2007
- Acts of kindness: July 2007
- Acts of kindness: June 2007
- Acts of kindness: May 2007
- Acts of kindness: April 2007
- Acts of kindness: March 2007
- Beverly: March 2008
- Beverly: October 2007
- Beverly: July 2007
- Bridgeport: August 2007
- Bridgeport: April 2007
- Bucktown: May 2007
- Coffee talk: April 2007
- Cook County: December 2008
- East Village: March 2008
- Edgewater: April 2008
- Edgewater: May 2007
- Edison Park: June 2007
- Englewood: May 2007
- Englewood: April 2007
- Ethnic states: May 2007
- Ethnic states: April 2007
- Gang wars: May 2007
- Getting taxed up the ...: November 2007
- Gold Coast: August 2007
- Greektown: October 2007
- Guest bloggers: November 2007
- Guest bloggers: May 2007
- Guest bloggers: April 2007
- Hegewisch: September 2007
- Hyde Park: June 2008
- Hyde Park: November 2007
- Hyde Park: May 2007
- Irving Park: November 2007
- Irving Park: July 2007
- Jefferson Park: June 2007
- Know your 'hood: June 2008
- Know your 'hood: May 2008
- Know your 'hood: April 2008
- Know your 'hood: March 2008
- Know your 'hood: February 2008
- Know your 'hood: January 2008
- Know your 'hood: December 2007
- Know your 'hood: November 2007
- Know your 'hood: October 2007
- Know your 'hood: September 2007
- Know your 'hood: August 2007
- Know your 'hood: July 2007
- Know your 'hood: June 2007
- Know your 'hood: May 2007
- Know your 'hood: April 2007
- Konkol's Characters: December 2007
- Lake View: November 2007
- Lake View: June 2007
- Lake View: May 2007
- Life in the city: August 2008
- Life in the city: May 2008
- Life in the city: April 2008
- Life in the city: March 2008
- Life in the city: February 2008
- Life in the city: January 2008
- Life in the city: December 2007
- Life in the city: November 2007
- Life in the city: October 2007
- Life in the city: September 2007
- Life in the city: August 2007
- Life in the city: July 2007
- Life in the city: June 2007
- Life in the city: May 2007
- Lincoln Park: April 2007
- Lincoln Square: January 2008
- Lincoln Square: December 2007
- Little Village: May 2007
- Little Village: April 2007
- Marquette Park: December 2007
- Neighborhood favorites: March 2007
- New East Side: September 2007
- Obama: April 2007
- Old Town: November 2007
- Pill Hill: May 2007
- Pullman: April 2007
- Real Chicago: February 2008
- Rogers Park: November 2007
- Roscoe Village: August 2007
- Roscoe Village: April 2007
- Scottsdale: November 2007
- Scottsdale: August 2007
- Scottsdale: July 2007
- South Loop: August 2007
- South Loop: April 2007
- South Shore: November 2007
- South Shore: May 2007
- Sparki's cocktail of the week: August 2007
- Sparki's cocktail of the week: May 2007
- Sparki's cocktail of the week: April 2007
- Tavern life: March 2007
- The Bush: July 2007
- Ukranian Village: April 2007
- Uptown: April 2008
- Uptown: March 2008
- Washington Park: May 2007
- Washington Park: April 2007
- West Town: August 2007
- What we're up against: November 2007
- What's this?: April 2007
- What's up in your hood?: February 2008
- What's up in your hood?: August 2007
- Where's my mail?: November 2007
- Where's my mail?: August 2007
- Where's my mail?: March 2007
- Wicker Park: November 2007
- Wicker Park: June 2007
- Wicker Park: April 2007
- Wicker Park: March 2007
- Wrightwood: June 2007
- YouTube in the 'hoods: February 2008
- YouTube in the 'hoods: April 2007
Mark Konkol covers city neighborhoods for the