Showing posts with label Chicago IL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago IL. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Emanuel, Gahan and the campaign finance iceberg -- can it be reformed?

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Surprisingly, Rahm Emanuel isn't running for another term as mayor of Chicago -- but he needn't leave his campaign war chest b...
Saturday, December 02, 2017

Man crush.

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One Two Three Four If I had ever been here before I would probably know just what to do Don't you? If I had ever been here before...
Sunday, July 09, 2017

Chatting on Fb about the street grid in NA: "The push to start reclaiming some of our streets and spaces for users and uses other than cars isn't a radical change."

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My friend and colleague Jeff Gillenwater posted the following to New Albany Indiana , a Facebook group that functions somewhat like the d...
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Friday, July 07, 2017

Chicago fact-finding tour, 2017: A serene Chicago Botanic Garden, a bustling Chinatown and the re-delicious Baderbräu (Friday, July 7).

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(backdated ... previously, day three ) The Chicago Botanic Garden is situated past even Evanston, roughly 23 miles north of the Loop. ...
Thursday, July 06, 2017

Chicago fact-finding tour, 2017: Destiny's appointment on Thursday, July 6, with delectable food in Greektown and a nightcap at Monk's Pub.

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(backdated; previously, there was a ballgame ) Now, for the appointment. Diana's mother was born and raised in Plymouth, England....
Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Chicago fact-finding tour, 2017: Cubs vs. Rays at Wrigley Field and the Red Lion Pub on Wednesday, July 5.

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(backdated ... previously, we drank near the Haymarket ) It was my first visit to Wrigley Field for a game since the late 1980s, and Diana...
Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Chicago fact-finding tour, 2017: One or the other Haymarkets on Tuesday, July 4.

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Greektown is right down Halsted ... (backdated) The Confidentials had an appointment in Chicago on July 6, and I'll have more to ...
Monday, May 01, 2017

THE BEER BEAT: Schaller’s Pump has closed, but why was Chicago's oldest bar called a "Pump," anyway?

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My longtime beer biz friend, John "Mr. Chicago" Freyer, brings us this story about the passing of an institution. While sad, it...
Thursday, February 09, 2017

Time to learn facts, Democrats: Myths and misperceptions about public housing ... and lessons from Chicago's reform effort.

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It doesn't come as any great surprise that Jeff Gahan would like to replace affordable housing in New Albany with various manifestati...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

1968: A mere 48 years ago, in Chicago with Mayor Daley for the Democratic National Convention.

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The video source is unknown. It's a shaky reproduction without opening or closing credits, but remains a credible overview nonetheles...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

On urban progressive visions and our area's absence of same.

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The Guardian's correspondent may or may not have the Chicago situation sussed, but he passes along a handful of astute observations as ...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

Chinatown on Charlestown Road, and a "rewind" to "On the very nature of nay-saying."

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In all sincerity, it's good that Earth Friends is relocating to Louisville , and the Exchange already is up and running at its new down...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Big money, big truncheons: For those of you with short memories.

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