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Vision for park grew over decades
Tribune staff reporter'Millennium Park was first conceived in 1997," proclaims a City of Chicago Web site, "with the original mission of creating new parkland in Grant Park to transform the unsightly railroad tracks and parking lots that had long dotted the lakefront in...Tags: Concerts, Politics, Millennium Park, Michael Bilandic, Art Institute of Chicago
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Another perspective: views around the worksites
Tribune architecture criticCarl Sandburg got it right when he penned these words about an earlier Chicago building boom: "Put the city up / tear the city down / put it up again / let us find a city." Chicago is again re-inventing itself, and the view is mesmerizing, terrifying,...Tags: Marshall Field, Road Transportation, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Metal and Mineral, Chicago Sun-Times
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One Trump reality worth all the hype
Tribune architecture criticDonald Trumps's 90-story hotel and condominium tower, which appears more real than ever after Thursday's ceremonial start of demolition on the Chicago Sun-Times Building, has more going for it than the hype associated with the reality TV show "The...Tags: Finance, Willis Tower, Taipei (Taiwan), New York, Chicago Sun-Times
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Robinson provided ray of hope
Tribune staff reporterMy parents' old black-and-white television in the late 1950s captured the essence of major-league baseball. In my 10-year-old mind, you see, baseball had no color.For that, I thank Jackie Robinson. There were enough subtle and blatant reminders...Tags: Career and Workplace, Satchel Paige, Baseball, Josh Gibson, Cincinnati Reds
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