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Mac Building a Village on Armour
By Kevin Collison Fourteen years after it began redeveloping dozens of historic buildings along Armour into market-rate apartments, Mac Properties is now striving to create a village in the new Midtown neighborhood its created. “The pandemic made it clear how important social connections are,” said Peter Cassel, Mac director of community development. “We wanted to…
Auschwitz Exhibit Teaches Children About the Holocaust
Curators of the Auschwitz exhibit now at Union Station want to share difficult revelations with children who may know nothing of the Holocaust.
Developer Wins Incentives for $88M First Phase of Ambitious Freight House Project
(UPDATED: The PIEA board approved a 15-year property tax abatement to assist the residential component of the proposed Freight House Village project and a sales tax exemption on construction materials at its meeting today. Developer Vince Bryant told the board the Freight House Village site currently pays about $45,000 annually in property taxes to the…
Harry Truman and the Holocaust
As the 33rd president, Harry Truman drew upon a lifetime of relationships with Jewish friends as he weighed his actions in response to the Holocaust.