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New Sears Tower Attraction Isn't For the Faint of Heart
"The Ledge" will allow visitors to look straight down from the Sears Tower's 103rd floor observation deck.
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Gary native Karl Malden Dies at 97
Malden won an Oscar for A Streetcar Named Desire.
Posted on 7.2.2009 by
Michael Puente
Crown Point May Be Ready to Accept Dillinger
An Indiana city may be ready to capitalize on the Dillinger connection.
Posted on 7.1.2009 by
Michael Puente
Preservation Agency Out of Michael Reese Battle
State agency says it's lost authority to prevent the city from tearing down Gropius buildings.
Posted on 6.30.2009 by
Lynette Kalsnes
Weis Promises Tighter Security for This Year's Taste
Why Police Superintendent Jody Weis is making some security changes to this year's event.
Posted on 6.25.2009 by
City Room
Can Chicago be a Hub for Independent Publishing?
The city and publishers want to see literature take its place among the other arts.
Posted on 6.19.2009 by
Lynette Kalsnes
A Tour of Independent Publishers Group
We take an audio tour of Independent Publishers Group with President Mark Suchomel.
Posted on 6.18.2009 by
Lynette Kalsnes
New Pavilion Opens in Chicago's Millennium Park
One of two new pavilions designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Burnham Plan will open in Millennium Park Friday.
Posted on 6.18.2009 by
Travis Truitt
Demolition Nears for Chicago Hospital
Tear-down efforts are going out to bid.
Posted on 6.10.2009 by
Lynette Kalsnes
Millions in Stolen Artifacts Being Returned to Italy
Hundreds of stolen items discovered in deceased man's Berwyn home.
Posted on 6.9.2009 by
Lynette Kalsnes
Chicago Remembers the "Queen of the Blues"
People in Chicago remember the life and music of Blues singer Koko Taylor.
Posted on 6.4.2009 by
City Room
Queen of the Blues Dies
Chicago legend Koko Taylor passes away.
Posted on 6.3.2009 by
Lynette Kalsnes
Hollywood Comes to Gary
Tinsletown giving a much needed financial boost to struggling Steel City.
Posted on 6.1.2009 by
Michael Puente
Preservationists Warn Against Reese Demolition
The Michael Reese campus is set in the city's Olympic sights.
Posted on 6.1.2009 by
Lynette Kalsnes
Former Wilco Band Member Dies
Multi-insturmentalist and producer Jay Bennett is dead at 45.
Posted on 5.25.2009 by
Lea Coon
Chicago Moves Closer to Demolishing Historic Hospital
Preservationists say the Bauhaus founder helped design Michael Reese Hospital, but the city says the buildings must come down.
Posted on 5.22.2009 by
Lynette Kalsnes
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