I can’t decide if this unsigned op-ed is damning Daley with faint praise or simply damning him. Best line: Mr. Daley is a mayor who gets an idea in his head and makes it happen… Yeah, he did that all right.
Eyugggh. I don’t know what’s worse: Zell’s blinkered, cost-cutting measures (right though he is about the inevitability of electronic papers, he’s only doing this because he can shave off a few more dollars and tie in with the iPad rather than imagining the democratic and artistic possibilities of all-electronic dissemination) or the inevitable batch of [...]
Pictures from the “Sullivan’s Idea” show at the Chicago Cultural Center. Compact and amazing. I’ll comment further when I get time.
Post-storm/tornado warning skies in Chicago are the weirdest.
This? This is the reason you’ve been scraping away at the front of the Gage Group? Note too that the “restored” facade is nothing special. Jesus. By the way, this is one of only five Sullivan buildings left in Chicago. Also, note that they’re not calling this restaurant “Sullivan’s.” Filthy, filthy Irish.
I’ve been looking into Chamberlain’s life. Interesting guy. I’ll post more as I discover more.