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Bensenville to break ranks, withhold support for city's Olympic bid

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:24:06 -0500

A waiting-to-be-demolished home in Bensenville, Ill. Photo by John Crouch.

Olympic fever is leading suburban communities known for squabbling with
the city to set aside hostilities and declare their support for the
2016 bid. More than half of the 273 municipalities surrounding Chicago,
147 so far, have passed resolutions in support of Chicago's 2016
Olympic bid, according to the Metropolitan Mayor's Caucus.

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Demolition forestalled

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:05:18 -0500

Bensenville's lawyers managed to wrangle a 30-day delay out of the same judge who last week granted th City of Chicago permission to demolish more than 500 homes and businesses in the village according to WGN:

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Vanishing Village Visual Guide: Mapping our Bensenville Coverage

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:31:15 -0500

For those into adding a spatial dimension to a story, I've created a custom Google map that contains all the points highlighted so far on the blog along with links back to the relevant images on the Citizen.

Enjoy this other way to get into the Bensenville story.

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Sorry, We're Closed: 6 Boarded-Up Bensenville Businesses

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:53:45 -0500

Bensenville's Acquisition Area also includes several businesses in addition to the more than 500 homes that have been bought up by the City of Chicago. Most of these businesses are along Irving Park Road and they're just as boarded-up as the homes are. Let's take a look:

All photos by Jing Zhou.

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10 Spooky, Soon-to-be-Demolished Homes in Bensenville, Ill., Chicago's vanishing village

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:24:12 -0500

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Superb article in the Chicago Reader has all you need to know

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:17:18 -0500

Looking to get caught up on what's happening in Bensenville?

Look no further than this article by Ben Joravsky in the Chicago Reader published last month. Joravsky breaks down each step leading up to today's court decision. As one might expect from the Reader, his sympathies don't exactly lie with the city...

Highlights from "The Dead Zone":

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DuPage County Judge Greenlights O'Hare-area Demolitions in Bensenville

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:01:32 -0500

These signs adorn every house bought up by the city. Photo by Jing Zhou.

While you were reading about Brett Favre here on elsewhere, big news on the Bensenville front today. A DuPage County judge gave the City of Chicago permission to begin tearing down the more than 500 properties it bought in recent years to make way for expansion of O'Hare International Airport.

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Welcome to the Vanishing Village, a new blog about Bensenville, Illinois

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:39:32 -0500

Bensenville, Ill. Photo by Jing Zhou.

Welcome to The Vanishing Village, a new blog on the Windy Citizen blog network that will track the impending demolition of part of the village of Bensenville, Ill. through the O'Hare Modernization Program.

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