The Latest Breaking News from 55th Street

Pastor vows to rebuild after fire destroys West Englewood church her family started

Firefighters responded to the blaze at Universal Temple of Christ and Training School near 55th Street and Damen Avenue Saturday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 6, 2023

Durbin provision in Defense Bill bolsters Lake Michigan shoreline, ensures local input on Promontory Point

The bill requires the Army Corps of Engineers to use a locally preferred plan to repair, restore historic Promontory Point, near 55th Street and DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 16, 2022

In Izze Ortiz’s Hyde Park mural, the people are either plants or a seed. Here’s why.

The Humboldt Park artist says the message in the mural on a Metra viaduct on 55th Street near South Lake Park Avenue is that kids, like plants, need to be nurtured to grow.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 4, 2022