Shawn Allee

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Shawn edits broadcast and online work produced by WBEZ's Community Bureaus, which are on Chicago's West, North and South Sides as well as Northwest Indiana.

Recent stories by this author

Plan Commission Gives Nod to Children's Museum Move

May. 16, 2008
The Chicago Children's Museum is closer to moving into its proposed Grant Park location. The museum's application was approved last evening after a marathon meeting.

Children's Museum Debate Too Fast for One Panelist

May. 16, 2008
One of Chicago's highest profile land-use issues is now closer to a resolution. The Chicago Plan Commission last night approved The Children's Musuem's proposed move from Navy Pier to Grant Park.

Park District Ducks Out Of Latin School Soccer Fight

May. 15, 2008
A group of parks advocates has likely won a victory against the Chicago Park District. It's over the district's plan to lease a soccer field to a private school.

Latin School Pushed Out Of Soccer Field Deal?

May. 14, 2008
The Chicago Park District seems poised to pull back from a controversial deal to lease a new soccer field in Lincoln Park. The Park District had agreed to let the private Latin School build an artificial-turf field in Lincoln Park.

Latin School Pushed Out Of Soccer Field Deal?

May. 14, 2008
The Chicago Park District seems poised to pull back from a controversial deal to lease a new soccer field in Lincoln Park. The Park District had agreed to let the private Latin School build an artificial-turf field in Lincoln Park.

Web Extra: The Case for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

May. 13, 2008
The Cook-DuPage Corridor Study and Plan is part of an ambitious plan to reduce traffic congestion in the area that straddles Cook and DuPage counties. Public comments on the plan's broadest goals have been positive, though there's been concerted opposition to specific aspects of the proposal.

A Sprawling Plan for Cook-DuPage Transit

May. 13, 2008
The area between Cook and DuPage counties is infamous for finger-flipping traffic congestion. Road project after road project promised to nip it in the bud, but many of them failed, roads just filled up with more cars. Well, transit officials are trying something new.

Web Extra: Location is Everything

May. 13, 2008
Sean Alford says the bus is his main mode of transportation and that, generally, it's served him well. The Maywood native says it's gotten him to and from work—and part-time acting gigs—in far-flung suburbs all his adult life and saved him money to boot.

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