Rosemont Florist

Business name:

Rosemont Florist

Address:

6111 N River Rd.

City:

Rosemont

State:

Illinois

Zip Code:

60018

Phone number:

(847) 692-5200

Website:

www.rosemontflorist.com

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Triton Students Brighten Rosemont With Piano Art Project - Journal & Topics Newspapers Online

Zaria Gilmore In a makeshift art studio located inside of an underground parking garage in Rosemont’s entertainment district, industrial fans ventilated fumes of varnish that served as the finishing touch on weeks of work put in by local students, including several studying at Triton College. “I think it’s amazing that someone will take the time to stop and look at something that someone took so much time to create, ” Triton College sophomore Zaria Gilmore said. Gilmore was one of the artists of the “Pop-Up Piano” project, the latest installment of the Rosemont Mural Initiative. Eight custom painted upright pianos have moved from the garage to various public spaces throughout Rosemont. Gilmore and other students worked under the mentorship of internationally recognized, award-winning artist Rahmaan Statik. “Not only is it public art, but it’s public art that people can interact with and influence the environment that they’re in,” Statik said. He has produced murals and other public art for more than 20 years. Gilmore’s piano, light blue and accented with geometric shapes of...

Macys Day Parade on the West Coast Rose Parade CEO says change is coming (but it doesnt involve balloons)

AES. Eads said the move ensures there will be enough floats for the admission-paying public to watch floats being decorated at the Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena. "It's my belief that we need to have a stronger relationship with the float participant," he said. "Floats are being constructed in the same manner, the same guidelines are being used to build our floats. But it's more just our relationship with the entities that are in the parade. Our goal is to build long-term relationships." But some worry what that might mean for the creative traditions of the parade. Neither representatives from AES, nor those from the other two companies: Phoenix Decorating Company or Fiesta Parade Floats, returned requests for comment. A fourth company, Paradiso Parade Floats, ended its relationship with the Rose Parade earlier this year after a contract dispute that indicated "the tournament's priorities and Paradiso's vision for the future do not align," owner Charles Meier wrote in a February Facebook post. Reached for comment, he declined to elaborate. Midyett said people in his industry worry that float priorities could shift if this change-in-relationship is expanded across the board. "If the tournament is the general contractor, they have the ability to introduce designs that are not emphasizing floral, but emphasizing entertainment," he said. Eads countered that "self-builds" - floats designed and constructed not by professional builders but by city sponsors, such as Sierra Madre, La Cañada Flintridge and South Pasadena - will continue. ‘Assembled in silos' A former Macy's executive, Amy Kule, was brought on to lead the newly created Parade Development Office. Eads said the reorganization of the tournament's hierarchy allows for better collaboration, planning and strategy between the 935 tournament volunteers who work year-round in 31 specialized committees. "When all the different elements were being assembled in silos, it all came together in the end, and what we had was what we had," he said. "Now we're trying to strategically say, ‘What do we want this parade to look like?'" Among the considerations are things like the ratio of commercial to noncommercial floats, the total number of floats (there's usually about 45) and the number of equestrian units (usually around 20) and bands (another 20) compared to the number of floats. Eads is sure about one thing though: He wants to create more long-lasting relationships with float sponsors. He points to Cal Poly Universities as an example. The public institutions have had a float in the parade for the last seven decades. Typically each year, there are si...

A mother's legacy blooms in Far NE Heights

Home for the Garcias and their four children – Beckley was the youngest – was a tiny bungalow at 11th and the aptly named Rosemont NW, where nearly every day one could find Beckley’s mother in a broad-brimmed hat tending her flowers.Angelina Garcia, pictured here in her youth.“She was always in the yard digging,” Beckley recalls. “Here’s a funny story. She grew these beautiful Oriental poppies, deep orange with black centers. So pretty. But then somewhere she read some poppies are grown to make opium and she became terrified that she was going to be arrested, so she tore them up.”AdvertisementContinue readingShe stuck to peonies.The years passed. The flowers bloomed, then browned, then faded away. In late autumn, her mother cut back the peonies to nearly nothing. In late spring, they burst forth from the soil as beautiful and bounteous as before.“It’s like they bloomed for her,” she says.Beckley and her siblings grew, too, leaving the home at 11th and Rosemont to raise families of their own. Beckley and her husband had four children and are now the proud grandparents of 11.In 1993, her mother passed away, five years after her father’s death. Angelina Garcia was 89.The house at 11th and Rosemont was sold, the garden plowed under by new owners and replaced with gravel, the same fate that had befallen the gardens at the Alvarado.This time, though, it was Beckley and her siblings who rescued the peonies, harvesting the tuberous roots and planting them in their own yards.“We left none of them behind,” she said. “They say it takes a couple of years for peonies to get going again once they are replanted, but these just took off right away.”Beckley and her husband moved once more, this time to a Far Northeast Heights subdivision aptly named Primrose Pointe. The peonies went with her.Today, some 20 bushes are bursting with big, fragrant puffs of petals in that same brilliant crimson hue she remembers as a child in her mother’s garden.“I always keep my fingers crossed that the late frosts will not keep the flowers from blooming on Mother’s Day,” she says.This year, Beckley is in luck.“I’m hoping that when I’m gone, my children will dig them up for themselves and let the legend continue,” she wrote in her essay. “I certainly cannot claim to be the gardener that my mother was, but my peonies look very healthy and attractive as they honor one very special master gardener.”Nobody needs to urge her anymore to stop and smell the roses, the peonies and the other flowers. She knows now how right her mother was about that.UpFront is a daily front-page news and opinion column. Comment directly to Joline at 823-3603, jkrueger@abqjournal.com or follow her on Twitter @jolinegkg. Go to www.abqjournal.com/letters/new to submit a letter to the editor.

Radnor Zoners okay temporary variance for All Seasons Flowers

You can always come in and find a gift,” she said.The temporary variance allowing All Seasons, on the 900 block of Conestoga Road in Rosemont, to sell items outside, including flowers, pumpkins, Christmas trees, seasonal decorations, garden items, firewood and bagged mulch, will be in effect until May 2019, the ZHB ruled. No loose dirt or mulch will be permitted. McCafferty can ask for the variance to be extended when it expires. (Main Line)

Massive manhunt continues for suspect in Orlando cop's killing

Law Enforcement sent out an alert midday, describing Loyd as 6-foot-3, 230 pounds and having last been seen on Cinderlane Parkway, a road through Rosemont, a high-crime area. An Orlando SWAT team came and went and came back again to an apartment complex on that street. Early on, an officer on a bullhorn called the suspect by name and told him to come out. Overhead a law enforcement helicopter circled. The squad left and returned midafternoon — helicopter, too — and at least four armored vehicles rolled into position. “We have several hundred law enforcement officers from multiple agencies that are assisting us. … We are reasonably certain that we have the suspect in the area,” said Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings. Shortly after 6 p.m., dozens of patrol cars and armored trucks left the area. A SWAT officer said they did not find Loyd. TaQueria Jones, a Wal-Mart cashier, said Clayton checked out at her register minutes before the shooting Monday morning. “We talked about family, we talked about God,” Jones said. While the suspect was still at large, the cashier and others planted flowers in a spot just feet from where Clayton was killed. “I’m going to be out here every day to straighten them up. Every day,” Jones said. Both Clayton and Lewis graduated from the University of Central Florida. Lewis’ friends said being a law enforcement officer was his passion and that he loved serving others. “We’re sad on this day for many reasons,” Demings said at a morning news conference at Orlando Regional Medical Center. “In my 36-year career, this is possibly one of the toughest days for me.” Loyd has a long criminal history and on Nov. 30 wrote this on his Facebook page: “Goals!!!! To be on Americas most wanted.” Both OPD and the Sheriff’s Office described him as armed and dangerous, and Demings asked anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact law enforcement immediately. Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs asked Orange County residents to simply stay indoors. “We need citizens to be diligent, we need them to be careful. … If you don’t have to be out, don’t be out,” she said. Also at that morning news conference were Mina, Demings, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Gov. Rick Scott, who happened to be in town for a business event but canceled it. The violence started at the Wal-Mart just before sunrise when a citizen who knows Loyd and knew he was wanted spotted him and told Clayton, a 17-year department veteran and patrol officer, Mina said. She was on duty and wearing body armor, he said. She called dispatch, reporting that Loyd was at the store, spotted him and then there was a short chase, Mina sa... (Daytona Beach News-Journal)

Monday picks: Yo ho! A Lego pirate's life for me!

St., St. Charles. Alternative rock. $39-$49. (630) 962-7000 or arcadalive.com. Ozomatli: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, Joe's Live, 5441 Park Place, Rosemont. For ages 21 and older. $20 general admission; $40 balcony. (847) 261-0392 or joesliverosemont.com. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, The Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chicago. $27.50-$37.50. thechicagotheatre.com. Information is provided by entertainment venues. Check with venue before purchasing tickets. For more concert listings, visit dailyherald.com/calendar. (Chicago Daily Herald)