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Sears Tower name change has few Chicago fans
Tribune reporterChanging the name of Sears Tower to Willis Tower is a no-brainer, especially if you're Willis Group Holdings. Corporate naming rights, whether it's a stadium or an office tower, boil down to ego, marketing and money, and now a London-based insurance...Tags: Photography and Video, Death, Willis Tower, Richard M. Daley, Kayce T. Ataiyero
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The Field Museum
Tribune staff reporterWithout fanfare, the doors at the new quarters of the Field Museum of Natural History opened at 2 p.m. on this date. "Speeches and music," noted one report, "would have been superfluous." Despite the lack of pomp and circumstance, some 8,000 people...Tags: Adler Planetarium, Montgomery (Kane, Illinois), Shedd Aquarium, Science and Technology, Illinois
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Montgomery Ward's first catalog
Chicago TribuneFrom a cramped office on North Clark Street, surrounded by hoop skirts, lace curtains, red flannel, wool socks and more--and with Christmas a mere four months away--Aaron Montgomery Ward launched the nation's first mail-order business. It began with a...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Mail Order Industry, Sales, Economy, Business and Finance, Business
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The Chicago Fire
Chicago TribuneThe whole Midwest was parched, caught in the thrall of a mighty drought. Chicago, with its preponderance of wooden buildings, inadequate fire codes and inferior firefighting equipment, was a conflagration waiting to happen. On this Sunday evening, it did....Tags: Chicago Tribune, Elections, Disasters and Accidents, History, Death
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Plan of Chicago
![On the 133rd anniversary of the nation's birth, Daniel H. Burnham issued his "Plan of Chicago" as a declaration of independence from the ugliness and confusion that characterized the city after more than a half century of explosive--yet haphazard-- growth. The internationally famous architect and city planner wrote, "The time has come (for Chicago and other cities) to bring order out of chaos incident to rapid growth."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-01/34343064-10180333.jpg "On the 133rd anniversary of the nation's birth, Daniel H. Burnham issued his "Plan of Chicago\" as a declaration of independence from the ugliness and confusion that characterized the city after more than a half century of explosive--yet haphazard-- growth. The internationally famous architect and city planner wrote, \"The time has come (for Chicago and other cities) to bring order out of chaos incident to rapid growth.\"")
Tribune staff reporterOn the 133rd anniversary of the nation's birth, Daniel H. Burnham issued his "Plan of Chicago" as a declaration of independence from the ugliness and confusion that characterized the city after more than a half century of explosive--yet haphazard--...Tags: Near South Side, Field Museum of Natural History, Death, Architecture, Arts and Culture
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The Lakefront
Tribune staff reporterFor the fourth time, Montgomery Ward was entangled in a lawsuit over the destiny of the lakefront. For the fourth--and, as it turned out, the last--time, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld Ward's position. Grant Park must remain clear of buildings, the...Tags: McCormick Place, Travel, Grant Park, Taste of Chicago, Daniel Burnham
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Market Square in Lake Forest
Tribune staff reporterEvergreen Plaza in the southern suburbs opened in 1952. Old Orchard in the northern suburbs dates from 1956. Compared with Market Square in Lake Forest, both are newcomers. Four decades earlier, the business district of the North Shore community became... -
World War II
![After months of debate, the attack on Pearl Harbor left no more doubt. America was in the war. Most Chicagoans talked with bravado. "We'll whip 'em in two weeks," prophesied a Notre Dame junior over a glass of beer at a Loop bar. "Don't be silly," the man on the next stool said. "It'll take a few months."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-08/34344723-20132634.jpg "After months of debate, the attack on Pearl Harbor left no more doubt. America was in the war. Most Chicagoans talked with bravado. "We'll whip 'em in two weeks,\" prophesied a Notre Dame junior over a glass of beer at a Loop bar. \"Don't be silly,\" the man on the next stool said. \"It'll take a few months.\"")
Tribune staff reporterAfter months of debate, the attack on Pearl Harbor left no more doubt. America was in the war. Most Chicagoans talked with bravado. "We'll whip 'em in two weeks," prophesied a Notre Dame junior over a glass of beer at a Loop bar. "Don't be silly," the man...Tags: Plant Openings, Dining and Drinking, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Defense, O'Hare International Airport
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Macy's in talks to add grocery
Macy's Inc. is closer to bringing a grocery store to the basement of its State Street flagship, a move aimed at attracting the Loop's growing residential population, Frank Guzzetta, Chairman of Macy's North, said Friday. The department store chain is...Tags: Clothing, Whole Foods Market, Holidays, Chicago Real Estate, Economy, Business and Finance
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2005 COOKING SCHOOL GUIDE
Special to the TribuneThis story contains corrected material, published Aug. 17, 2005. The following listings include the basic information provided to us by the schools. For more complete information on schedules or locations, contact the school or check the Web site, if one...Tags: Event Planning, Dining and Drinking, Recipes, Arts, Plastic Surgeons
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Zell lands Tribune
Tribune staff reporterAfter an epic corporate drama, Chicago's Tribune Co. will go private in a transaction that puts the 159-year-old media conglomerate in the hands of the city's most iconoclastic entrepreneur. The deal is a high-stakes bet that a pillar of the nation's old-...Tags: Gaming, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Boeing Co., The New York Times, Prices
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The Loop's Great Chicago Flood
Chicago TribuneTens of thousands of office workers and store clerks streamed into the Loop as usual on this morning, only to be sent home for an unscheduled holiday. For many, that holiday lasted a week; for some, it went on for more than a month. The reason was one...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Floods, Disasters and Accidents, Disasters, Public Officials
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