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Burnham Plan's centennial celebration begins in June with exhibits, concerts
Chicago Tribune criticThe celebration of the regional plan that remade the face of Chicago and its suburbs will formally begin next June, highlighted by the unveiling of two temporary pavilions in Millennium Park designed by internationally acclaimed architects Zaha Hadid...Tags: Navy Pier, Millennium Park, Grant Park
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Jump on the nostalgia train
/The Associated PressLess than 30 years ago, Union Station, the grand gateway to the nation's capital, seemed to be going the way of the steam engine. Like passenger rail itself, the Beaux Arts building was in decline, with chunks of ceiling falling off and mushrooms growing...Tags: Transportation, Dwight David Eisenhower, Government, National Government, Passenger Cars
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Union Station, capital's 'monumental gateway,' marks 100 years since birth, 20 since rebirth
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Less than 30 years ago, Union Station, the grand gateway to the nation's capital, seemed to be going the way of the steam engine. Like passenger rail itself, the Beaux Arts building was in decline, with chunks of the ceiling falling off...Tags: Transportation, Dwight David Eisenhower, National Government, Government, Ceremonies
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If you love animals, in sandwich form, this is your store
God help the deer, raccoon or smallmouth that wanders into a Bass Pro Shop. These cathedrals of carrion, these PETA-baiting palaces are fun houses for hunters, anglers and those—like me—who simply enjoy bizarre gear. My brood stopped at the... -
Historic Glenview homes could be torn down
Chicago Tribune reporterThe future of two historic homes in Glenview is uncertain as the church that owns them says it can no longer afford the property taxes and would like to build condominiums and expand its school facilities on the land. Leaders of the Glenview New Church...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Church and State Relations, Property, Glenview, Government
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How to make Chicago better
Chicago Tribune reportersWhen Richard Daley, mayor of Chicago, bicycles northward on the lakeshore pathway, he finds frustration when the trail dead-ends. "At Hollywood," he said in an interview in his City Hall office, "it just stops." Forty miles to the west, Jeff and Cathy...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Edgewater, Energy Saving, Rogers Park, Evanston
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On Sept. 4, 1609, British explorer Henry Hudson discovered the island of Manhattan. In 1781 Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers. In 1846 architect Daniel Burnham, who gained fame through his Chicago buildings, was born in Henderson, Mass. In...Tags: Ford Motor Co., Popular Music, Government, National Government, Satellite and Cable Service
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Boiler-room fire damages Cicero school
Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire at a Cicero elementary school Wednesday morning. Firefighters were called about 10:30 a.m. to Daniel Burnham Elementary School, 1630 S. 59th Ave., for a blaze that started in the school's boiler room,...Tags: Fires, Elementary Schools, Cicero
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KBS sells Wacker Drive building for $30 million
Chicago Tribune ReporterThe office tower once known as the Engineering Building at Wacker Drive and Wells Street, designed by the Burnham Brothers architecture firm, has sold for about $30 million, said a source familiar with the matter. KBS Realty Advisors, which declined to...Tags: Technology, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Architecture, Engineering
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Respected urban planner is new Landmarks leader
Chicago Tribune criticThe statewide advocacy group that strives to preserve Illinois' architectural past has named a new leader: Jim Peters, a widely respected urban planner and academic who used to run the City of Chicago's landmarks commission. Peters, 56, takes over...Tags: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Loop, Mies van der Rohe, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Humanities Festival
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After 111 years, Chicago does right by a Louis Tiffany masterpiece
It took some detective work--and a little urban archaeology--but the results should dispel one of the enduring myths of Chicago architecture. At the same time, they will reveal the bejeweled Tiffany dome of the Chicago Cultural Center not as many...Tags: Renovation, Evanston, Harold Washington, Metal and Mineral, Wedding Services
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Community's promise attracting money, faith
Tribune reportersCraig Huffman comes to the private-equity world with a multifaceted set of credentials: two master's degrees from the University of Chicago, stints in the non-profit world, and a stretch as a rehabber of distressed properties. Now Huffman is ready to...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Homes, University of Chicago, Deerfield, Jackson Park
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