Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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Saturday, April 20
DogFriendly.com ranked Chicago the dog-friendliest major city in the US, which always nice to hear. Unfortunately, someone's trying to sabotage that hard-earned reputation by chaining up and locking the gates to Dog Beach in Belmont Harbor.