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Suspicious object closes Mag Mile: 'It's just a prank'
Tribune reportersPolice closed off North Michigan Avenue for more than an hour this morning while a Bomb and Arson officer in a blast suit dismantled a suspicious object attached to a flagpole along North Michigan Avenue. The object -- a 6-inch-long piece of steel rebar...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Science and Technology, Explosions, Michigan Avenue, Chicago Transit Authority
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A history of bomb attacks
Chicago Tribune reporterChicago is no stranger to bombs. We live in a relatively bomb-free era, the first such respite Chicagoans have enjoyed since at least the middle of the 19th century. The city that gave the world the mother of all explosive devices and ushered in the...Tags: IBM, Woodfield Mall, Washington, DC, Bombings, Willis Tower
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Wrigley Building: Star of the skyline
Chicago Tribune reporterHoliday shoppers on Michigan Avenue this month can get a unique gift: Viewing parts of the Wrigley Building that haven't been visible to the public since the "fraternal twin" towers were completed in 1921 and 1924. The ongoing renovations, which have...Tags: Chicago Loop, Chicago Restaurants, World War II (1939-1945), Thomas Edison, Michigan Avenue
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Forgotten Chicago keeps city's bygone parts alive
A building is not, of course, a living thing, and so, unless it's the one you work in, live in or visit with some regularity, you probably take most of the city's thousands of other buildings for granted. There are, of course, the stars, those...
Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Services and Shopping, Arts and Culture, Water Tower, Museum of Science and Industry
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Scaling the heights
Can a four-star meal begin with fried smelts and end with a Butterfinger bar? My last dinner at Sixteen says yes. These are uncertain times for four-star dining in Chicago. Since last September, four previous top-rated restaurants have closed up shop...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Mushrooms, Avenues, Chicago Hotels, Alinea
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Pictures and thank yous from the Tribune authors book signing Tuesday
We had a great time Tuesday night visiting with readers and celebrating our Chicago Tribune colleagues with books on the shelves. About 60 folks came to talk with us, eat cheese and crackers, and shoot the breeze with Tribune authors Mark Jacob, Jeff...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Media Industry
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Reader wants to put a stop to red-light ticket
The photo on the $100 ticket isn't all that's fuzzy regarding red-light camera violations, one driver complains, while another wants to ban trucks from using the Circle Interchange or make them pay a hefty toll. Q: Jon, I feel disgusted. I received a...
Tags: Streeterville, Highway Transportation, Travel, Transportation, Road Transportation
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Flawed Ritz-Carlton Residences is Mag Mile's first high-rise in more than a decade
Battered by the recession and the downturn in the housing market, Chicago architect Lucien Lagrange liquidated his namesake firm in 2010. Yet Lagrange and his tradition-tinged buildings are still with us. The latest, the 40-story Ritz-Carlton Residences...
Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture, Politics, Chicago Hotels, Government
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Walking this 'route' will change the way you see this city - and yourself
Good theater can make the strange familiar. Great theater usually makes the familiar strange.
And for someone like me who has worked on Michigan Avenue for years, what is more familiar than the city of Chicago? A city one thinks one knows, having lived...Tags: Services and Shopping, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Music Industry, Cell Phones
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Source: Groupon among those in talks to acquire Wrigley Building
The owners of the Wrigley Building confirmed today they are talking to a number of outside parties about the future of the Michigan Avenue landmark -- conversations that reportedly include two co-founders of Groupon.
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Groupon, Inc., Computer Networking and Internet, File Sharing
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Lights go out for Earth Hour
Lights blinked off in Chicago and around the world tonight to mark Earth Hour, an international effort to raise awareness about climate change. From 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time around the globe lights were turned off in landmarks, businesses and...
Tags: World Wildlife Fund, Conservation, Willis Tower, Chicago City Hall, Energy Saving
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