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South Side Civil Rights Landmark Makes National List of Most Endangered Places
by Editor on September 27, 2020 at 7:02 pm
The South Side church where the 1955 funeral and visitation for Emmett Till was held has been named to a list of the most endangered places in America. The National Trust for […]
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Watching the Watchers: The Webcams on Chicago’s Skyscrapers
by Editor on September 27, 2020 at 6:31 pm
Internet cameras have been around longer than the world wide web. We installed one of the planet’s first public webcams way back during the Clinton administration. It […]
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Where Wacker Meets Field, Vista Tower Gets Complicated
by Editor on September 27, 2020 at 5:40 pm
The construction of the Vista Tower at Lakeshore East fulfills a dream long-held by locals: A sane ending to Upper East Wacker Drive. For decades, this was a dead end, right […]
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Getting All Glassy Over AMLI 808
by Editor on September 19, 2020 at 7:22 pm
One of Chicago’s newest residential buildings now has some glass on it. Near North Spy Mike sent in this photo of construction on the northwest corner of West Chicago […]
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Aqua: Before and After COVID
by Editor on September 19, 2020 at 6:51 pm
We’ve all seen, read about, or stumbled across the restrictions placed on Chicago due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s another illustration of how things have […]