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What's happening with the abandoned North Ave. IHOP? - Wednesday Journal (opens the original)
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Since closing some 10 years ago, the former IHOP restaurant at 6501 W. North Ave. in Oak Park still has not been fully demolished or replaced. Most of the building still stands, with its entryway destroyed and debris scattered around the site. Residents have complained about the state of the building, including debris, rodent activity, graffiti and more, for years. Craig Failor, Development Services Director for the Village of Oak Park, told Wednesday Journal that the property owners have been i
Legal action on burned North Avenue apartment building ongoing - Wednesday Journal (opens the original)
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On Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, a massive fire engulfed an Oak Park apartment building at 1239 N. Taylor Ave. The fire burned through the unoccupied building for over 10 hours. Since then, the Village of Oak Park has spent months seeking approval to demolish the structure, according to previous reporting in Wednesday Journal. Since the fire, the village has filed several emergency motions seeking permission to demolish the building, or an order requiring property owner Sameer Chhabria to demolish it.
Partly demolished, North Ave. IHOP frustrates neighbors - Wednesday Journal (opens the original)
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Complaints continue to trickle in regarding the former IHOP restaurant at 6501 W. North Ave, which has been vacant since closing in 2016. Since that closure, residents have complained of rodents, debris, illegal garbage dumping, and more. Records from the Village of Oak Park’s Permit Search indicate active ownership, but show no present records for building or demolition permits. Wednesday Journal has reached out to village officials for more information and will update this story accordingly Re
Happy Apple Pie Shop owner finds happy landing with Easterseals - Wednesday Journal (opens the original)
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Since its inception more than a decade ago, the Happy Apple Pie Shop has had two goals: employ people with and without disabilities and, in the words of founder Michelle Mascaro, “make really delicious pie.” “It’s very, very difficult for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to find work,” said Mascaro. Mascaro and her wife were thinking about their daughter Emma, who has an intellectual disability, when they founded the shop. By establishing Happy Apple Pie, Mascaro aimed to
After recent ICE deaths, Oak Park residents gather for vigil - Wednesday Journal (opens the original)
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Oak Park residents recited poems, sang protest anthems, and lit candles Friday night in honor of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Gurerro, residents of Texas and Maine who were shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers earlier this month. “I know the community here [in Oak Park] is very active and very conscious about what is happening to our immigrant brothers and sisters,” said Maureen Meshenberg, who described herself as a “concerned neighbor” who helped organiz
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