WICKER PARK — Internationally-renowned cocktail bar and lounge The Violet Hour is closed indefinitely as negotiations remain ongoing with its landlord regarding plumbing issues in the building. The influential bar, which won a James Beard Award in 2015 and is famed for developing cocktails that have since become mixological mainstays, closed about three weeks ago…
The Pensacola area turned into a winter wonderland this week, along with much of the Panhandle, to the delight of those able to take full advantage of the free time afforded by the snowy conditions. Once the memory-making moments and fun subsided, however, infrastructure vulnerable to the cold created problems for people all over the…
Tenants of a 10-story apartment building in Hyde Park are demanding swift repairs to longstanding plumbing and security problems, pest infestations and hazardous elevators – fixes they allege management has long ignored. Last Thursday, 44 tenants of 5110 S. Kenwood Ave. sent a letter of demands to the building’s property manager, Ivy Residences, alleging a…
