🌱 Man Killed In Lakeview Alley + Masonic Medical Plans Expansion

Good morning, Lakeview! Here's the news for Tuesday.

First, today's weather: Breezy in the morning; cloudy. High: 41 Low: 37.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Lakeview:

1. A man was shot and killed Sunday night in the 3400 block of North Clark Street, Chicago police said. The 47 year old was shot in the chest and underarm. (ABC)

2. Ald. Tom Tunney said the fatal shooting “doesn’t bode well for the general tone of the entertainment detail in and around Wrigley.” It was the neighborhood’s first homicide of 2022, according to the Sun-Times. (Paid source: Sun-Times)

3. A $635 million renovation project is in the works for Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. The Lakeview hospital plans to add a four-story outpatient care center and add private rooms. (Paid source: Tribune)

4. Lakeview schools are among the most-vaccinated student populations in the city, according to data compiled by Chalkbeat. North Center and North Park also reported at least 72 percent of students are fully-vaccinated. (Chalkbeat)

5. The department of transportation is welcoming input on proposed plans to redesign a northern stretch of DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Five potential design proposals would add green space to the lakefront and would attempt to “improve public transit performance.” (Block Club)

From my notebook:

• The FDA is expected to approve a second booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine for people 50 and older. (WBEZ)
• Mia Francesca is celebrating its 30th anniversary. (Chamber)
• The Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce is celebrating women-owned retailers in honor of Women's History Month, including Bottles Up and Plant Stand Collective. (Chamber)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.