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Wright's Unity Temple gets $10 million grant for face lift
Tribune reporterFrank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, a pilgrimage site for architectural buffs, will get a face lift, thanks to a $10 million grant from a Chicago-based foundation. Wednesday’s announcement about the striking Oak Park structure comes as...Tags: Politics, Arts and Culture, Frank Lloyd Wright, National Government, Government
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Oprah sells West Side store space at huge loss
Special to the TribuneOprah Winfrey's Chicago real estate foibles continue. Almost two years ago, the talk-show queen signed off on her massively popular, Chicago-based national chatfest. Soon afterward, she closed her flagship Oprah Store, which was located at 1017 W....Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Real Estate Sellers, Water Tower Place, Environmental Issues, Waste
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Emanuel campaign taking donations from hotel developers with projects in works
On his first day in office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel signed a series of executive orders banning political giving from lobbyists and contractors doing business with the city, part of his campaign pledge to move City Hall beyond the pay-to-play culture that...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lobbying, Services and Shopping, Chicago Hotels, Ethics
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Ryne Sandberg sells Streeterville co-op for $580,000
Special to the Chicago TribuneRetired Cubs star Ryne Sandberg sold his 2,500-square-foot, vintage co-op unit last week in Streeterville for $580,000. With the sale, Sandberg no longer owns any real estate in Chicago. With the exception of two years in the 1990s, he had owned...Tags: R. Kelly, Services and Shopping, Philadelphia Phillies, Gold Coast, Chicago Cubs
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Remarkable Woman: Kay Alden Nelson
Kay Alden Nelson's big break into daytime television sounds like a plot out of one of her soap opera scripts. "I was doing a dissertation for my Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on how daytime television serials can be used as mediators...
Tags: Another World (tv program), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Primetime Emmy Awards, Writers Guild of America, The Bold and the Beautiful (tv program)
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Chicago's hunger and hip-hop collide on Tumblr
RedEyeHip-hop and food are not strangers to each other--in fact the opulence and eccentricities of rap music has often lended itself well to cuisine. From Common's classic single, "The Food," to Kanye's classic snark, "What she order?/Fish filet," Chicago...Tags: Social Media, Notorious B.I.G., The Hood Internet (music group), Foods and Beverages, Music
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Lawsuit dropped over Prentice preservation
Tribune reporterTwo preservationist groups have dropped a lawsuit challenging the City of Chicago’s decision to deny landmark status to the old Prentice Women’s Hospital. Northwestern University plans to demolish the building in Chicago’s Streeterville...Tags: Arts and Culture, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Medical Research
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Pizza review: Flour & Stone
Pizza review: Flour & Stone 355 E. Ohio St. 312-822-8998 Rating: 3.5 (out of 4) When Flour & Stone opened in Streeterville last week touting "Chicago's Brooklyn-style pizza," I wasn't sure quite what to expect. I spent a few pizza-eating years as a...
Tags: Bacon, Pies and Tarts, Onions, Foods and Beverages, Manhattan (New York City)
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Downtown apartment units add up, as do rents
They're back: Construction cranes. In downtown Chicago. Lots of them, a visible sign of the more than 2,600 luxury rental units that will be added to the apartment market this year. About every downtown neighborhood has a project in the works or in...
Tags: Target, Mortgages, Apartments, Leo Burnett, Rentals
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Prentice Women's Hospital gets a temporary reprieve
Tribune reporterA judge Thursday gave at least a temporary reprieve to old Prentice Women's Hospital by stopping the city from issuing a demolition permit to Northwestern University until it can be determined whether the process by which the building was denied...Tags: Arts and Culture, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Northwestern University, Architecture
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Food truck stands to start up next week
Twenty-one Chicago food truck stands are scheduled to begin operation by the end of next week, city officials told the Tribune and the Stew. Located in Lincoln Park, the Loop, Streeterville, Lakeview, West Town and Wicker Park the stands will allow up to...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Chicago Loop, West Town, Wicker Park
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Who's who — and who's paying — in the Prentice preservation war
The clash between Northwestern University and preservationists over the fate of Bertrand Goldberg's old Prentice Women's Hospital is expected to climax as early as Oct. 4 when the Commission on Chicago Landmarks could begin weighing the merits of...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Arts and Culture, Economy, Business and Finance, Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune
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