Patrick Filbin

Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Wrigleyville and Northalsted for @BlockClubCHI | Tips: [email protected]

[Patrick Filbin @PatrickFilbin]

The Parkway elevator was down all summer. Residents had to cancel doctor appointments and couldn’t go grocery shopping.

The day after our @BlockClubCHI story ran, the elevator was back up and running.

“I’ve been going out almost every day,” Ed told me. https://t.co/ulMoikF0lP

[Patrick Filbin @PatrickFilbin]

An affordable housing complex in Lakeview was among over a dozen apartment buildings turned over to the city in court. Since then, some residents have felt trapped as both elevators have been down all summer.

“I’ve given up trying to go outside.” https://t.co/G2ioJQ51J9

[Ariel Parrella @ArielParrella]

Get ready! Two-way traffic around Logan Square is set to begin Nov. 6. It’s arguably the most anticipated part of the project — and the most confusing. For a refresher, I broke down how the new pattern will work and why the city chose a two-way design. https://t.co/oSdQ3PdPYF

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

A judge blasted Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino for violating her order to stop using excessive force against peaceful protesters and journalists.

“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” the judge said during a hearing Tuesday. “They just don’t.”

https://t.co/agiGGjq14l

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

A Chicago dad of a teen who is battling cancer has been illegally detained by ICE, a judge ruled: https://t.co/W6SYudDSN0

[Manny Ramos @_ManuelRamos_]

Federal agencies paid $1.5 million to a local nonlethal weapons manufacturer in Chicago for air-powered guns and pepper balls. It also paid $7.3 million to a downtown real estate company to relocate ICE agents leading up to Operation Midway Blitz. https://t.co/KXzvpSJ1uk

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

A Chicago high schooler had just returned from chemotherapy. Then ICE arrested her father. https://t.co/rJlV9dFfOt

[Melody Mercado @melodymercadotv]

I sat down with @GovPritzker and @ChicagosMayor to talk about Chicago’s fight against the Trump administration one month into an intense immigration blitz.

They both say they still have some ammunition in the tank. Read more below.

https://t.co/8IgzDyzwIy

[Stephanie Lulay @slulay2]

.@blockclubchi, our nonprofit newsroom, is suing the federal government after 4 of our journalists were shot w/ pepper-spray bullets & tear-gassed by federal agents.

Here's why we're defending our First Amendment right to report — and your right to know: https://t.co/bnRBps89zR

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

The Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, one of the city’s most treasured and celebrated architectural achievements, is open again after years of renovation. https://t.co/uDODHnAYFT

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Chicago Rapper Femdot is teaching a class on hip hop at DePaul this fall. https://t.co/fYJqQ1tfwt

[Stephanie Lulay @slulay2]

📢 JOB ALERT: @BlockClubCHI is hiring a FT reporter to cover Beverly, Morgan Park + Mount Greenwood on Chicago's South Side!

Dream come true for @jensabella + me. We both live in Beverly + have dreamed of adding a reporter here for years.

Deadline 9/15: https://t.co/qQ4oYzQSCx

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

How Chicago’s Uniting Voices choir helped close out Djo’s Lollapalooza set: https://t.co/z03QnQWvyK

[Patrick Mooney @PJ_Mooney]

Chicago Cubs icon, Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg dies at 65 years old.
https://t.co/KQi1Ui0TdG

[Michael Liptrot @MichaelJLiptrot]

Why Is It So Expensive To Build Affordable Housing In Chicago?

For @BlockClubCHI with @ArielParrella
https://t.co/tLFBhIF2pq

[Mack Liederman @mack_liederman]

Pete Crow-Armstrong "plays like a kid who can’t believe he’s out there," so it only made sense he dropped by a Wrigleyville kid's lemonade stand — with more to spend than most, writes @PatrickFilbin

https://t.co/b6cJ3O8xOf

[Colin Boyle @colinbphoto]

Don’t go changing, Chicago 😌

[Lizzie Kane @lizzie_kane17]

I truly believe that housing is one of the most important issues of our time. I hope you will see my byline again soon. I have too many questions left unanswered for anyone to shut me up for long :)

If you know of other journalism opportunities out there, please let me know

[Kelly Bauer @BauerJournalism]

The flashy fugitives: Anosh Ahmed are Sameer Suhail are accused of stealing millions from Loretto Hospital.

But they're living abroad in Dubai. Ahmed is starting a podcast & appealing to Trump, and Suhail started a luxe plastic surgery clinic.

https://t.co/SQLQbHDV5t

[Melody Mercado @melodymercadotv]

From 12 People To 4,000: How A Free Pilates Class Took Over Oak Street Beach

And yes. She has a permit.

https://t.co/fM3wqJ43KV

[Mack Liederman @mack_liederman]

North Center's timeless Timber Lanes has been bought by a longtime bowler in deal to keep it open for good.

Retiring owner Bob Kuhn could have sold it for more — but didn't want a neighborhood without its alley.

“I’m very much involved with the people.”
https://t.co/mDIbVlNqkq

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

How the Outspoken storytelling show at Sidetrack became a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ Chicagoans: https://t.co/J0kcUKpCSr