Intersection of Broadway & Buena (Google)A frustrated reader writes in:"Hi Uptown Update team,I’m reaching out to flag an ongoing safety issue that’s been ignored for nearly a year. The pedestrian crosswalk signals at Broadway and Buena have been out since September 2024. That’s a full year without walk signs at a major intersection near several elementary schools, a fairly large church, senior housing, and a Chicago Public Library branch; an area where kids, older adults, and people with mobility aids cross every day. It’s dangerous.I’ve submitted multiple 311 requests, which have been closed almost immediately with no follow-up. I’ve also [...]

Way back in the old days of fall 2012, we were promised a Krispy Krunchy Chicken at the corner of Broadway and Clifton, in the space at 4662 N. Broadway now occupied by the Michelin-starred Carino and formerly 42 grams and Brass Heart.After a partial buildout was completed, the franchise owner rug pulled the concept, denying Uptowners Krispy Krunchy Chicken and substituting the merely crispy crunchy chicken of Chester's. Chester's was unfortunately a short-lived restaurant, lasting a mere 5 months before shutting its doors in the fall of 2013.Good things followed, however, with the conversion of the space at 4662 N. Broadway [...]