In January 2023, Bradley purchased the Avanti’s property at University and Main for $690,000 according to Peoria County property records. Bradley does not need property on the north side of Main. Bradley is on the south side of Main. What value does the Avanti’s property bring to Bradley? It will require either rehabbing or razing … Continue reading Bradley University Should Sell Avanti’s Property
If you’re looking for a bargain on an office building downtown, don’t miss the auction for One Technology Plaza October 16-18. Starting bid is $1.5 million. The marketing description indicates the office building is 148,055 square feet (contiguous space up to 22,441 square feet) and only 31.7% occupied. The building sits at the corner of … Continue reading One Technology Plaza up for auction
The Peoria Journal Star was really starting to slide downhill fast when I started my blog, but now it’s reached the bottom of the hill. It’s tiny. There are hardly any reporters. They don’t cover critical government meetings. Their sports scores are printed two days after the game. They don’t cover the arts. I could … Continue reading Would Peoria support a new newspaper?
Courtesy of Wirepoints, Trewyn Primary School is on a list of 53 Illinois schools where not a single student can do math at grade level. There are 386 students in Trewyn at $15,936 in tax money expended per student. And not a single student proficient in math. Think about that. That’s over six million dollars … Continue reading Not a single student proficient in math at Trewyn Primary School
I stopped blogging for several years shortly after the big Wonderful Development opened downtown. You may recall that they remodeled the Pere Marquette, opened the new Courtyard Marriott, and had plans to put in restaurants and bars and retail, and oh, goodness, that block was going to be hopping! And the best part was, it … Continue reading Saving downtown one new hotel at a time
There’s a new report out from the Knight-Cronkite News Lab titled, “Beyond Objectivity: Producing Trustworthy News in Today’s Newsrooms.” According to the authors, objectivity is bad for a couple of reasons. The first is that some beliefs should never be questioned: [W]hen misunderstood, journalistic “objectivity” or “balance” can lead to so-called “both-sides-ism” – a dangerous … Continue reading Objectivity in journalism under attack by journalists
If you need a break from the anger, outrage, and general unpleasantness of our politicized modern culture, put this on full screen for a while and remember that there is still beauty in the world:
To read Peoria’s “newspaper of record,” one would think that everything is positive at Peoria Public Schools. They “got better marks on the Illinois State Board of Education’s annual Illinois Report Card this year.” “Nine schools received improved designations.” Two schools “were deemed exemplary schools.” The superintendent “celebrated the improvements in a statement issued by … Continue reading Abysmal scores celebrated by D150, local press
Just for fun, I decided to log into my Peoria Chronicle blog again after being away for many years. I updated the theme and started reading the first few months I was blogging in 2005. That was quite the trip down memory lane. My son was born in 2005; now he’s 17 and a senior … Continue reading What’s Up With The Chronicle?
Television stations that broadcast on the public airwaves are required by law to operate in the “public interest, convenience,and necessity.” Brookings has a good history of this phrase and how it has been interpreted. There is some controversy over what “public interest” means, but surely if it means anything, airing infomercials 24 hours a day, … Continue reading How does TV channel 59 serve the local interest?
