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Red Line going offline during reconstruction
The CTA Dan Ryan Line was state-of-the-art when it opened in 1969 on Chicago's South Side. Today, almost 44 years later, service has become feeble. About 40 percent of the Red Line south branch is mired in slow zones because of severe track...
Tags: Transportation, Railway Transportation, Travel, Highway Transportation, Chicago Transit Authority
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New CEO to lead change microloan non-profit
Inside the John Hancock Center, 13 floors up, Vicki Escarra gazes into a large camera lens. She eschews a word-for-word script, speaking instead from an outline that allows for more spontaneity. "You know, women are the largest untapped lever in the...
Tags: Peace Corps, General Motors Corp., Feeding America, Companies and Corporations, River North
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A history of bomb attacks
Chicago Tribune reporterChicago is no stranger to bombs. We live in a relatively bomb-free era, the first such respite Chicagoans have enjoyed since at least the middle of the 19th century. The city that gave the world the mother of all explosive devices and ushered in the...Tags: Explosions, New York City, U.S. House of Representatives, Wrigley Building, Emergency Incidents
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Howells & Hood goes upscale on a large scale
For decades Chicago journalists' post-work watering hole of choice has been the Billy Goat Tavern, with its three beers on tap ($3.50 Schlitz and Billy Goat Dark and Lager) and $3.15 cheeseburgers just a dark stairway's descent from the Magnificent Mile's...
Tags: Entertainment, Bars and Clubs, Billy Goat Tavern, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Hamburgers
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U. of C. center a smart hospital of the future
It's not about looks. New York architect Rafael Vinoly is the first one to say so. The truth of his conviction is evident on seeing the colossal new hospital he designed at the University of Chicago that opens Feb. 23 called the Center for Care and...
Tags: Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Architecture
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What we know about 'Divergent' filming in Chicago
We know "Divergent" — the futuristic sci-fi flick starring Shailene Woodley ("The Descendants") and directed by Neil Burger ("Limitless") — will begin filming entirely on location in Chicago and at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios on the West...
Tags: Fall Out Boy (music group), Los Angeles Kings, Entertainment, Titanic (movie, 1997), Gordon Beckham
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Chicago Confidential: City makes headway in Bloomingdale Trail project
The city of Chicago last week bought the 2.7-mile-long elevated Canadian Pacific Railway spur known as the Bloomingdale Trail. The sales price was $1, not including administrative fees. By the time the spur's makeover into a bike and running path is...
Tags: Finance, Melissa Harris, Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Manhattan (New York City)
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Vintage meets modern at The Seneca on Chestnut
Smiling, scrubbed Northwestern University medical students are among the first tenants, but the halls are quiet at The Seneca on Chestnut, Chicago's newest boutique apartment building. This studious group and the other young professionals living here are...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment, Water Tower Place, Michigan Avenue, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Authorities: Parolee charged in slaying of woman at Whitehall Hotel
Tribune reporterA parolee has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with last month’s fatal shooting of an alleged prostitute at a Gold Coast hotel, according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. Lamarcus...Tags: Crimes, Trials, Prostitution, Whitehall, Chicago Hotels
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Jimmie Oliver and Kim Wilson: Many happy returns
It's this simple: Barack Obama brought Jimmie Oliver and Kim Wilson together.
No, they've never met the president. They've only seen him on TV. But without Obama the couple would not be planning to marry June 23 — at a destination resort wedding in...Tags: Elections, Ellen Warren, Politics, Dominican Republic, Michigan Avenue
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Madigan's kind of town
Not long after developer Anthony Rossi got City Hall approval for a much-needed zoning change in downtown Chicago, he received a surprising phone call from the speaker of the Illinois House.
Michael J. Madigan wasn't calling to talk about state issues....Tags: Property, Cook County Government, Brendan Reilly, Parties and Movements, Chicago Hotels
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