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Look out Obama's house and Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie house, there's a new landmark coming to in Hyde Park, and it's sure to dwarf the competition.

I'm stepping away from the Chicagoist "we" for a moment, because there's no way I can possibly be objective about True Stories. It's my favorite movie.

CIFF is over but a rich cinematic harvest has only just begun. Feast your eyes:

Are you interested in living next door to Obama’s Hyde Park house? You may be in luck, if you have money that is, because his neighbors officially put their 17-room house on the market yesterday. No price tag has been given just yet, but homes in the area typically go for between $1 million and $2.5 million.

Beggars in Hyde Park are getting a run for their money as police encourage "panhandlng victims" to file complaints, according to Chi-Town Daily News. An increase in solicitations in the South Side neighborhood (and home to President Barack Obama and the University of Chicago) has residents worried. Police have upped their patrolling in the area and tell "merchants and customers not to give panhandlers money or food."

• More developments in the case against Marni Yang.
• The Tribune profiles Settler's Pond, an exotic animal shelter that's facing rough times in the current economy.
• Controversy is swirling at the University of Chicago over a column in the school's paper that was retracted.

• Legendary Chicago architect John Holabird passed away yesterday at the age of 88.
• Our pal Justin Kaufmann over at WBEZ's blog has a copy of Cook County Clerk David Orr's alleged open letter to Sen. Burris calling for Burris to resign.
• Like it or not, President Obama signed off on the $787 billion stimulus package today.

It's not always about the President, you know. A reader sent in this picture, confirming that the students and staff of Ray Elementary in Hyde Park are wishing a Happy Valentine's Day to the Obama girls as well.

Chicagoist loves our city's architectural history, as well as the way we Chicagoans celebrate and preserve the great structures in our presence. One of the organizations that works to preserve and promote some of the most significant local abodes is looking to recruit some new volunteers. The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, which maintains the Robie House in Hyde Park and Wright's Home and Studion in Oak Park, begins their next volunteer training in a few weeks.

In a story that's sadly not as shocking as it should be, one (barely) teen and another child have been charged with assault after pointing a gun at a man. A 13-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy approached a pedestrian on the 1000 block of East 53rd Street in Hyde Park last night and, after a conversation, one of the children pointed a small, silver gun at the man and said, “I’ll just pop you right here." While details of how the children were apprehended is still unclear, police were involved, the children were charged with assault, and were turned over to the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.

We're under four hours away from the first polls closing but the news is still going fast and furious.

The Hyde Park Bar Louie, at 5500 S. Shore Dr., was closed on Wednesday by health inspectors. Inspectors had previously visited the establishment in September and ticketed the restaurant for offenses but gave them time to fix them. When they visited again on Wednesday and found flies and mouse droppings, they shut the place down.

"Bar Louie had more than a week to correct their problems and remain open, but they ignored the Dumpster Task Force warnings and did not make enough effort to correct the problem," said Josie Cruz, deputy commissioner of the department's Rodent Control.

A new study from the Chaddick Institute at DePaul examines Chicago's diversity by neighborhood by creating a "composite diversity index." The study measured ethnic diversity, income diversity and age diversity. According to their findings,

In the first three movies, the university where Dr. Jones teaches is scrupulously unmentioned. In fact, the university scenes in Raiders were shot in California and England. However the movie does tell us that Jones attended University of Chicago as a student. There were even a few episodes of the TV series that took place in Chicago (with cameos by historical figures like Elliot Ness and Ernest Hemingway). Might the new installment make the Hyde Park connection more explicit?

What kinds of cars do Chicagoans drive?

Above the deli case at Hyde Park Produce, there is a long maroon awning. This awning, visible from the store entrance, is inscribed “Welcome to Our Dream.” The love and hard work of the owners has paid off, and HPP should become a prime destination for all South Siders interested in great food. The store has been beautifully renovated - anyone who remembers the old 53rd Street branch of the Co-Op (the previous tenant of the space) will be amazed at the changes.

Demetrius Warren, 17, was charged yesterday as the gunman in Amadou Cisse's murder. Warren had already been charged with other crimes from the robbery spree that night, and three others have already been charged in connection with the case.

Pack an umbrella, bring your galoshes, and dress in layers. It's been that kind of week. Here are some events to brave any extreme in weather.

Here are some things to do this evening to consider bringing your voter receipt.

It wasn't so terribly long ago that in order to watch any sort of semi-obscure Japanese cinema you'd have to be prepared to invest in a region-free DVD player and sit through discs with dubious subtitles (when they were subtitled at all). Even a filmmaker like Kurosawa wasn't immune. Luckily for cinephiles the situation has really changed, and access to Asian cinema in general is better than ever.

When Hyde Park Co-Op opted to take the buyout plan proffered by the University of Chicago last month, we knew that the university would act fast to fill the space with a grocery store that would better serve the needs of Hyde Park residents. With yesterday's convenient announcement through the U of C Chronicle that they signed a lease with Treasure Island to fill the space, it almost seems as though the university had the deal lined up before the co-op's members cast their ballots.

The Museum of Science and Industry announced today that a fully-functional, three-story "green" home will be built just east of the museum on its Jackson Park grounds in Hyde Park this spring. The foundation is currently being laid, and it will be open to the public from May 8, 2008 through January 4, 2009. The 2,500-square-foot home will exhibit some of the latest environmentally-friendly technologies and offer a primer on incorporating these innovations into our homes.

The numbers to the left tell the story. Hyde Park Co-Op shareholders voted by a wide margin in favor of a buyout by the University of Chicago and close the store by the end of January.

A second teenager has been arrested in the string of robberies in Hyde Park the night Amadou Cisse was killed, but 17-year-old Demetrius Warren has not been charged in the murder. Warren has been charged with three counts of armed robbery and one count of aggravated discharge of a weapon for firing a shot at an attempted-robbery victim who ran away. Yesterday, 16-year-old Eric Walker was charged in the murder. Walker has a juvenille record...

Police are questioning three people possibly connected to Amadou Cisse's murder. As of 2:30 this morning, no one has been charged with anything, and the U of C continues to offer $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. It's not clear yet if the people being questioned are connected with the red-doored, silver-bodied car police located last week.

Here's hoping everyone's having a happy Thanksgiving. And here's some more things we're giving thanks for today: I am thankful for Chicago sports fans, that they sell out the United Center even when the Bulls suck, that they were still wearing Grossman's jersey when Griese was starting. -- Elizabeth Hyde Park in the snow when it's silent outside at night, Seminary Co-Op bookstore, Margarita special night[s] at Tecalitlan, the elimination of the Blue Line...

The Hyde Park Co-operative Market has faced some trying times recently. They closed their 47th Street location in 2005, but are still paying rent on the empty store space due to a lease in which they're locked in until 2023 that's held by Certified Grocers, who also serves as the co-op's supplier. While they've been paying rent on the 47th street location, they're a year behind on rent at their 55th Street store (note: Adam...

If you are a big fan of Gigio's Pizza, then you are in luck. They're running a promotion right now where saving 20 menus will earn you $5 off an order. MenuPages attempted to look into the small print of the promotion, but was seemingly unable to get anyone from Gigio's to pick up the phone. If you want to spend $400+ dollars to save $5, now you know how. Alternatively, as suggested by Adam...