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Too Late to Save Macy’s State Street?

January 14th, 2008 · 9 Comments

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(Photo: The more things change at Macy’s State Street, the more they suck the same.)

I’ve said it, and said it and I’ve said it again: Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren will go to the grave–and take the former Marshall Fields with him–before he and his team get a clue about how to treat Chicagoans.

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Tags: Shopping

Deliver Us from the Chicago Post Office

January 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments

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(Photo: Chicago’s old main post office, back in the days of postal credibility…)

To the masochists among my readership, for a good time, buy your stamps at River North’s Fort Dearborn Station post office. In my experience, no other post office in the City of Chicago mines quite the depths of suckiness that Fort Dearborn does.

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Tags: Daily Grind

Block the Vote for CHA Residents?

January 12th, 2008 · No Comments

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(Photo: Out of sight, out of the franchise. Credit: Zoe Strauss.)

I love The Chicago Reporter. No other investigative journal in Chitown makes its entire raison d’etre the scrutinization of social- and racial-justice issues.

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Tags: Planning · Politics