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A proposal and an action plan in the `dibs' peace talks
Change of SubjectThe solution...is as follows: 1. Get together with your neighbors and shovel/snowblow out as many spots as you can, or, if you're really ambitious, the entire block. 2. Put up the following sign next to each spot: THIS IS A...... -
Glass and glitz are the new traditions in Streeterville
Tribune staff reporterGlass is in. Concrete and brick are out. Modern is in. Traditional is out. Those are the guiding lights of Chicago's leading architects who are competing — informally — to design unique skyscrapers for a glitzy new neighborhood. Their entries in what...Tags: Chicago Hotels, Arts and Culture, Transportation, United Air Lines, Business Enterprises
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Chicagoans offer condolences
The British Consulate in Chicago had received a couple of hundred phone calls of condolences by Thursday afternoon, acting Consul General Jonathan Darby said. "It's a very emotional response we're receiving," Darby said at a news conference outside the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism, River North
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Tribune Tower competition
![Tribune Tower is the product of the most famous architecture competition of the 20th Century. On this date, the 75th anniversary of the Tribune, co-publishers Robert R. McCormick and Joseph Patterson announced a design contest for the newspaper's new quarters. In their words, it was to be "the world's most beautiful office building." They offered $100,000 in prize money.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-08/34343964-18122941.jpg "Tribune Tower is the product of the most famous architecture competition of the 20th Century. On this date, the 75th anniversary of the Tribune, co-publishers Robert R. McCormick and Joseph Patterson announced a design contest for the newspaper's new quarters. In their words, it was to be "the world's most beautiful office building.\" They offered $100,000 in prize money.")
Tribune staff reporterTribune Tower is the product of the most famous architecture competition of the 20th Century. On this date, the 75th anniversary of the Tribune, co-publishers Robert R. McCormick and Joseph Patterson announced a design contest for the newspaper's new...Tags: Indiana, Arts and Culture, Freedom of the Press, Michigan Avenue, Transportation
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Blue light special
Tribune staff reporterDon't go into the light. That seems to be the agreed-upon advice from people who make it back down from the heavens after a near-death experience. Someday, we'll all go into that light -- sorry, but it's true, at least metaphorically -- but very few...Tags: John Hancock, Bee (insect), Michigan Avenue, Civic Opera House, Travel
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What do you love and hate?
May 21, 2009 I LOVE ... ... the colorful spring flowers planted at City Hall and the Daley Center. It gives me a "lift." -- Barbara Rieffel, Chicago . . . Phil, the Navy Pier trolley driver, who befriends every passenger and is such a wonderful...Tags: Whipping Cream, Arts and Culture, Taste of Chicago, Groceries, Check, Please (tv program)
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InterContinental plans skyscraper
Tribune staff reporterThe nondescript north tower of the InterContinental Chicago hotel on Michigan Avenue would be replaced with a 71-story hotel/condominium skyscraper, under a dramatic proposal that would reshape the south end of the Magnificent Mile. The ambitious plan...Tags: Magnificent Mile, Management Change, Michigan Avenue, Transportation, Lifestyle and Leisure
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The Chicago River
Tribune staff reporterThe history of Chicago -- a river runs through it. In 1673, the site that would become Chicago was first seen by Europeans. Father Jacques Marquette and explorer Louis Joliet paddled along the South Branch of the river near where now rises the Michigan...Tags: Science and Technology, Great Chicago Fire (1871), Mississippi, Death, Marshall Field
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Wrigley Building clearly a landmark
Tribune architecture criticWe live in Daleyland. Or Wonderland. Sometimes, it seems as if it's the same place. Mayor Richard M. Daley's recent assertion that the city will not seek landmark status for the iconic Wrigley Building takes us straight through the looking glass and into...Tags: Grant Park, Arts and Culture, Soldier Field, Michigan Avenue, Daniel Burnham
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Chicago, city of the uplifted gaze
Special to The TimesBy 8:50 a.m., they temporarily had to close the women's restroom at the Chicago ArchiCenter. "There were so many people here already, they had to restock all the toilet paper," said Elaine Rosen, a retired biology teacher from the Streeterville area of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Vehicles, Architecture, Mahalia Jackson, Education
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A visitor's guide to a place we call home
Tribune staff writerWeek after week, in the pages of Travel, we tell readers about every place in the world they can visit -- except Chicago. We're not tourists in our own town, editors think, so Chicago isn't a travel experience; it's home. But not for every Tribune...Tags: Martin Scorsese, Vehicles, Lincoln Park Zoo, Science and Technology, Tribune Tower
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Update: U.S. under attack [archives]
As traffic on the World Wide Web came to a crawl the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, chicagotribune.com communicated with many of its readers via e-mail. This is the third of four Tribune Alerts that were sent that day to more than 19,800 readers -- and that...Tags: DePaul University, Chicago Public Schools, U.S. Department of Defense, United Air Lines, Disasters and Accidents
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