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Yesterday, I was thrilled to learn that nothing bad happened, had happened, or was about to happen in the City of Chicago. I was told so by the Chicago Sun-Times. Well, unless you were 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney.
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Blagojevich Scandal
So the CTA announced Doomsday once again, and not just one Doomsday, but two of them. What luck for Chicagoland transit riders who might miss the elimination of three dozen CTA bus routes in November! Now they'll be able to enjoy the evaporation of the rest of
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Chicago Children's Museum
The title a beautifully incisive quote from New East Side resident Eric Frost, poobah of the nascent downtown discussion board WindyChat, when asked why his kids prefer to romp in the playground of Daley Bicentennial Plaza instead of in Lakeshore East Park. I interviewed him over coffee at
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Chicago Children's Museum
Of all the things I thought downtown's 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly would offer as a compromise in the ongoing controversy over the Chicago Children's Museum's proposed move from Navy Pier to Daley Bicentennial Plaza, agreeing with a reporter's suggestion to 'put the museum in a cave' wasn't one
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Blagojevich Scandal
Now I've heard a lot of creative funding schemes before, but I've sure never heard of a state lending money to its cities' transit systems to keep them running, much less yanking the same money back later. Well, unless that state is run by Governor Rod Blagojevich.
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Planning
So far this week, we've seen the Chicago Tribune and 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly go toe-to-toe with Mayor Daley and a prominent Pritzker over the Chicago Children's Museum's proposed move to the 'forever free and clear' Grant Park. Whoever is left standing in the end, no one is
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Chicago Children's Museum
Today, was a litmus test for 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly. He failed. So much for aldermanic privilege. Mayor Daley may get the Chicago Children's Museum moved to Grant Park after all.
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Politics
The Laborer's Union International of North America (LiUNA) is hosting a 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum at the Chicago Sheraton Hotel & Towers. I'll be live-blogging from the event.
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Labor
Monday, the Laborer's Union International of North America (LiUNA) is hosting a 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum at the Chicago Sheraton Hotel & Towers. I'll be live-blogging from the event.
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Architecture
I don't have an answer to the question of whether the Chicago Children's Museum should be allowed to build a new home for itself in the Daley Bicentennial Plaza section of Grant Park. But I do think the possibility deserves to be debated and not cut off at
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