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A tour from the top down
Times Staff WriterADMIRE the Chicago skyline on a five-day architecture history tour with the Oceanside Museum of Art. The tour, which begins Sept. 22, will visit the Art Institute of Chicago and Oak Park, Ill., site of the home and studio of architect Frank Lloyd Wright,...Tags: Equestrian, Architecture, Tourism and Leisure, Lifestyle and Leisure, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Orbert Davis' jazz symphony looks at Chicago River's momentous reversal
It was called the “seventh engineering wonder of the world,” a herculean effort to reverse the flow of the Chicago River. Typhoid fever, cholera and other waterborne diseases were running rampant in Chicago in the late 19th century, and...
Tags: Music Industry, Music, Entertainment, Authors, Michael Williams
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Yo-Yo Ma gives musical challenge to Chicago's Civic Orchestra
The young musicians of the Civic Orchestra, as enamored as they were of the prospect of being mentored by Yo-Yo Ma, didn't see it coming. The world's most celebrated cellist, who's the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's creative consultant, was chatting...
Tags: Music Industry, Music Theater, Kennedy Center Honors, Entertainment Events, Human Interest
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Army Corps talks low Great Lakes levels
During the month of October, lakes Michigan and Huron were within an inch of kissing the all-time record low for the month, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during a press call Wednesday. The lakes are considered two lobes of one body of water,...
Tags: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Issues, Weather, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Lakes and Ponds
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Developers to present plans for controversial River North site
Tribune architecture criticWith battle lines forming over a planned three-tower development at the historic but underutilized Wolf Point site along the Chicago River, Ald. Brendan Reilly announced Tuesday that he has told the project's developers to present their plans at a May...Tags: Brendan Reilly, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Merchandise Mart, River North
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Irving Park: So much more than meets the eye
Special to the TribuneMany years ago, Paul Bertsche sized up a number of Chicago neighborhoods as prospective places to do business and raise a family. Looking over Old Irving Park, he ticked off a checklist of essentials his adoptive community would have to possess. Did it...Tags: Highway Transportation, Human Interest, Tom Allen , Irving Park, Arts and Culture
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For Daley, democracy in doses
Because I cover the conflict-ridden fields of architecture and urban planning, I've had more than my share of memorable run-ins — er, moments — with Mayor Richard Daley. None was more revealing than the interview that former Tribune reporter...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Daniel Burnham, Philosophy, Architecture, Arts and Culture
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Albany Park: A patchwork of cultures
If you're used to browsing Michigan Avenue or suburban mall stores, Albany Park's Lawrence Avenue might seem a bit like stepping into another world. Along a 12-block stretch, you can shop a Korean pharmacy, Mexican bakery, Middle Eastern dress shop and...Tags: Judaism, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Chicago Police Department, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Chinese Restaurants
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Her Sundays are for research
Elena Sotomayor pauses in front of the dairy fridge at Carniceria Guanajuato, a Mexican grocery store in Wicker Park, and scrutinizes the stacks of yogurt behind the glass doors. She whips out her BlackBerry and snaps a photo.
"My client's yogurt isn't...Tags: Bullfighting, Latin Music (genre), Salsa (genre), Culture, Criadillas
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St. Patty's Day: Fact from Fiction
KIAHGreen beer and shamrocks can only mean one thing, it's St. Patty's Day - in America. Few people realize that while the traditional St. Patrick's Day was born in Ireland, few of the traditions Americans know and love were. Furthermore, few St. Patty's...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Shamrock, Symbols and Symbolism, Holidays, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Go tag Byrne's wall!
Change of SubjectDennis Byrne explores the question, Did tagger "deserve" to die? about graffiti vandal Jason Kitchekeg, who died after jumping into the Chicago River during a police chase. The answer of course is no, defacing property is not a capital crime......
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