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Scattered new condominium buildings are priced higher than the older buildings they replaced in this Southwest Side area, but are far outnumbered by houses and flats that are 80-plus years old. Read more about Pilsen, Chicago IL
Scattered new condominium buildings are priced higher than the older buildings they replaced in this Southwest Side area, but are far outnumbered by houses and flats that are 80-plus years old. Read more about Pilsen, Chicago IL
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Family Spokesman: George McGovern dead at age 90
WALTER R. MEARS,Associated PressSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George S. McGovern, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential election history against Richard Nixon in 1972,...Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Parties and Movements, Petroleum Industry, World War II (1939-1945), R. Sargent Shriver
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Czech-Slovak hockey fans find their place on Hawks roster
At St. Simon the Apostle Catholic Church on the South Side, the only parish in the archdiocese that offers mass in Slovak, Laura Zbella occasionally sees Slovak and Chicago Blackhawks pride converge. It's in the apparel kids wear around the parish. If...
Tags: Marian Hossa, National Hockey League, Boston Bruins, Judy Baar Topinka, Michael Frolik
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Deep Tunnel, shallow thinking?
Heavy rains in April quickly swamped Chicago's underground labyrinth of sewers, forcing a stomach-churning surge of waste and runoff back into basements and flooding neighborhoods across the city. The deluge so overloaded the city's aging infrastructure...
Tags: Local Government, Public Officials, Albany Park, Natural Resource Industry, McCook
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Roommates from hell
For RedEyeSharing a room on the road for five years with teammate Patrick Kane was more than enough for Jonathan Toews. One of the provisions in the NHL's new collective bargaining allows veteran players to stay in their own hotel rooms, meaning that longtime...Tags: National Hockey League, Craigslist, Inc., Colleges and Universities
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Chicago's Argyle enclave works to find identity
Years ago, Nam Pham, 70, and Paul Tsang, 56, left their Asian homelands and ultimately settled on the same street in Uptown's Argyle enclave. Pham, a Vietnamese national, started a pharmacy on one side of Argyle Street; Tsang, a Chinese national,...
Tags: Chinese Restaurants, Near South Side, Immigration, Boystown (Chicago, Illinois), Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois)
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Pilsen couple places 2nd in bus design contest
RedEyeGoi Artetxe and Elise Renwick moved to Pilsen two months ago and already they've made their mark on Chicago. The husband-and-wife team placed second in a contest by the Chicago Architectural Club and Chicago Architecture Foundation to design shelters...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Architecture, Chicago Loop, Public Transportation, Arts and Culture
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10 things everyone thinks about Chicago but no one will admit
RedEyeAfter living in Chicago for a while, you come to notice patterns. You see the same people on your daily commutes, you frequent the same bars and you find yourself talking about the weather 80 percent of the time. What about the stuff we see every day...Tags: Jennifer Hudson, Media Industry, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Transit Authority, Jay Cutler
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Protests at Obama events continue after arrests
Tribune reporterMore than 100 demonstrators over various subjects waved signs and chanted outside the Chicago Hilton hotel where President Obama will attend a fundraiser tonight, hours after arrests were made there. About half had gathered to express their...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Deportation, Michigan Avenue, Migration, Political Fundraising
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Celebrating a century of 'The Rite of Spring'
One hundred years ago on Wednesday, the score that revolutionized music in the 20th century had its premiere at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. The first performance of the ballet "Le Sacre du Printemps" – or "The Rite of Spring," as most...
Tags: Sony Corp., Dance, Music Industry, Igor Stravinsky, Entertainment Events
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Meet Enoch Simpson, Chicago's doughnut whisperer
For RedEyeEnoch Simpson may have created a monster. Since the days when his homemade doughnuts became a surprise brunch sensation at Nightwood, gourmet twists on the classic breakfast pastry have swept the city, threatening to make the trend go stale. With the...Tags: Restaurants, Roscoe Village, Nightwood, Doughnuts, Dining and Drinking
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Summer 2013: 10 theater shows for a sunny Chicago
Two components of many a Chicago summer of live entertainment are absent this year — there's no Cirque du Soleil tent at the United Center and no Riverfront Theater at the Tribune Company's Freedom Center. So you'll have to go camping for fun...
Tags: Tribune Company, Nora Dunn, Boeing Co., Theater, Music Theater
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Q&A: Scheme
RedEye Sound BoardAs Chicago continues to get strong looks from the national music industry, there is a noticeable dearth of material from the city's large and vibrant Latino community. Rafael Navarro aims to change that. Rapping under the moniker Scheme, he maintains...Tags: Humboldt Park, Nas, Music, Entertainment
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