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 07:00AMWhich 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“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 07:00AMSoon 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.…
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