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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Big, unbuilt plans by Max Grinnell

A civic center in River North, a concrete ribbon that split Hyde Park north from Woodlawn, and a third World’s Fair on the lakefront Before I came to Chicago,…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

A historic guidebook lover’s guide to Chicago by Max Grinnell

Which restaurant to avoid in 1857, which bar to visit in 1979, where to buy cheap carpet in 1994 The first Chicago guidebook I ever read was written by a New Yor…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

A writer surveys the transformation of Chicago’s literary landscape by Max Grinnell

“Does anyone ever enter a bookstore just to purchase a book?” When I stepped off the Loyola el station in the summer of 1992, it was oh so very hot. It was m…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Four books to guide you through explorations of the city’s built environment by Max Grinnell

Soon it’ll be warm enough to want to spend time outside again. When you read this, I have no idea what the weather will be like. Maybe it'll be snowing.…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:00AM
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