The Latest Breaking News from West Loop

A stretch near Clinton and Lake streets that the local alderperson calls ‘a magnet for narcotics and violent crime’ will be cleared. But the welfare of the street dwellers is of concern to people in the area.

Ald. Bill Conway moved to ban bullhorns, speakers from streets around Family Planning Associates, 659 W. Washington Blvd., after ‘increasingly aggressive’ protests during which activists would ‘harass’ and stop women.

In the first sale of a downtown building in more than a year, buyer Menashe aims to be ready as tenants move or expand their space.

Police say the 39-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 100 block of North Green Street before 11:30 p.m. when the driver in a red sedan fired and shot the man in the face.

“The Acid Rap Experience” installation at the WNDR Museum features kaleidoscopic lights, the rapper’s music and video footage that visitors can interact with.

Pitchfork Music Festival will take over Union Park in the West Loop Friday through Sunday. Here’s what you need to know if you plan to go.

CHICAGO — When The Warehouse made the top seven list of most endangered buildings in Chicago facing possible demolition, preservationists sprung to action to save the West Loop industrial building where legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles elevated Chicago to a higher musical level with "house music."

In three of the attacks, people were robbed at gunpoint.

The robberies were reported in the 300 block of North Peoria and the first block of North Green.