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Vol. 101, No. 16
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APRIL 18, 2018
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Sox boss hopes to bring Madison Ave. to Madison St.
Village council will decide on Jerry Reinsdorf’s application on April 23 By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter
Chicago White Sox and Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf wants to invest in Forest Park. The Northbrook-based Madison Avenue Real Estate Group, which is managed by Reinsdorf and his longtime business partner Robert Judelson, aims to build a four-story commercial and residential building at the old Brian Boru Irish Pub site, 7652 W. Madison St., on the lots between Dunkin Donuts and Mugsy’s. The proposed plans have been approved by the Forest Park Zoning Board of Appeals and were recently approved by the Planning Commission on April 2. The last step, which separates Madison Avenue Real Estate’s mixed-use dreams from reality, will take place at the next village council meeting on April 23 when council members vote on whether to approve the group’s building plans. “It has two sets of approvals behind it,” Steve Glinke, head of the Department of Public Health, said about the group’s chances of acceptance. If the council approves the application, Reinsdorf would then move to buy 7652 W. Madison St. from GRP Madison LLC, which includes Robert Palley, the developer behind the River Forest townhomes that replaced the old Hines Lumber site at 7820 Madison St. Brian Boru’s 18,750-square-foot parcel is listed for See REINSDORF on page 5
ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
GOOD EATS: The Forest Park Fire and Firefighter Rescue crew fill their plates with homemade pork chops, mashed potatoes and more during their nightly feast.
No one loses weight here: Hot cuisine at the firehouse These cool cooks fight fires and more
By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter
Forest Park firefighter Andrew Weber was pounding pork chops from Ed’s
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Way on April 14 when he heard a call. Weber and his six crew members knew what to do. The group answered the request—figuring out who was calling, the location and situation—and then
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returned to the kitchen, chopping vegetables, stirring mashed potatoes, setting the kitchen table and, in Weber’s case, See FIREFIGHTER on page 8
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