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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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