Old Town School gets OK for $18 million expansion (Chicago Sun-Times)
The nation’s “largest community school of the arts” is about to get even bigger. The City Council’s Zoning Committee today gave Chicago’s wildly-popular Old Town School of Folk Music the cue to build an $18 million expansion — compete with new classrooms, dance studios and a 133-seat performance venue. The zoning change paves the way for construction of a new building on vacant land at 4543 N …