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New Congress Parkway is hardly worth the hype
When the big revamp of Chicago's Congress Parkway was announced in 2010, it was something to get excited about.
This was to be a road improvement project that was about more than roads. It was going to uplift the city around it. The idea was to transform...Tags: Grant Park, Highway Transportation, Michigan Avenue, Roosevelt University, World War II (1939-1945)
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Plaque to be dedicated at historic Glenview home
TribLocal - Glenview » NewsGlenview officials on Saturday will dedicate a plaque to commemorate the village’s first home to be designated a local historic landmark. Laurie Weber, who owns …... -
Former Bear selling home in Gurnee
Former Chicago Bears strong safety Chris Harris has put his six-bedroom, 3,139-square-foot Gurnee home on the market for $329,000.
Harris, 29, was released by the Bears in October, during his second tour of duty with the team, while he was being paid $1....Tags: Rentals, Gold Coast, NYSE, National Football League, Chris Harris
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31st Street Harbor makes waves on south lakefront
Fifteen years ago, parts of Chicago's south lakefront looked like they had been bombed. In the four-mile stretch between McCormick Place and the Museum of Science and Industry, the fury of Lake Michigan had pounded miles of stone blocks into rubble,...
Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Architecture, House Building, Arts and Culture, Chicago Park District
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End of the line for Santa Fe sign?
The familiar white-lettered "Santa Fe" sign eyed for decades by Loop travelers, Grant Park revelers and Lake Michigan mariners soon could be a thing of the past. The permit review committee of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks is scheduled to...
Tags: Grant Park, Michigan Avenue
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Conversations with tourists in Brussels show little awareness of Chicago
— Chicago has miles to go before it is understood, appreciated and visited more frequently by overseas travelers. That much was clear in the spring sunshine here in this European capital as officials from Chicago arrived to boost the Windy City's...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Tribune, Vienna Beef, International Travel, Tour Operations Industry
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175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago
On March 4, 1837, exactly 175 years ago, Chicago was incorporated. Not that Flashback needed a reason, but we took this occasion to compile a very long list of events, year by year and decade by decade, that helped shape this great city.
Some events...Tags: Great Chicago Fire (1871), Local Elections, Joseph Bernardin, Adler Planetarium, Marshall Field
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Economic plans show Burnham's point not lost on Chicago
There is some debate as to whether Daniel Burnham, co-author of the invaluable 1909 Chicago plan that shaped this city, ever actually uttered the "Make no little plans" quotation famously attributed to him. It was a two-volume biography published in...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Rahm Emanuel, Millennium Park, Jane Byrne, Midway
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Frances Coleman Powell, 1909–2012
TribLocal - EvanstonFrances Coleman Powell traveled widely during her long life, bringing back fond memories of places that remain well off the beaten path. “When we talked …... -
Historic $1 home in Glenview could face demolition soon, village says
TribLocal - Glenview » NewsThe home of Glenview’s first village president and Daniel Burnham’s nephew might have a dim future after Jan. 1 — unless a buyer comes along. …... -
Honoring Maggie -- new school a better tribute than an old building
Change of SubjectIt would not be fitting to rename the Chicago Cultural Center for Maggie Daley. Though that seems to be the sentimental choice around town, the late, widely admired wife of former Mayor Richard M. Daley is, at best, third on......
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Mar 7, 2012
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