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Technology catches up with elevator operators
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- On a recent weekday afternoon, Clint Zalas, a local attorney, entered the First Bank Building at Main and Jefferson downtown, passed through the Art Deco lobby and stepped into a waiting elevator. Inside, the operator, Sandra Buie, seated...Tags: Politics, Lobbying
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Lemonade stand seeks new heights for charity
Panera Bread is raising money for the Make-A-Wish foundation, so the company took its efforts to new heights. They set up a lemonade stand by The Ledge on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower. The custom-designed lemonade stand is bicycle powered and...
Tags: Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Panera Bread Company, Buckingham Fountain, Human Interest
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It's back to school season so we asked people living at Windsor Park, a Covenant Retirement Community in Carol Stream: If you could go back to school what would you study?
Richard Arnold, 84 Well, selfishly I would like to study more in the areas of art and architecture. I am trained in the field of theater and taught it in colleges and universities. My area was theater design and technology, dealing with scenery, lighting...Tags: Architecture, Engineering, Science and Technology, Back to School, Technology
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United Airlines moves HQ to Willis Tower
United Airlines is moving it's corporate headquarters to Chicago's Willis Tower. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the deal United signed is one of the largest office leases ever in the city's history. The deal extends United's lease through the year 2028. ...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Chicago, United Air Lines, Chicago Sun-Times
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Obamas leave Chicago after weekend visit
With the Willis Tower visible in the distance against a backdrop of clear blue sky, President Barack Obama set off for Mexico on Sunday aboard Air Force One at the conclusion of a weekend spent in his hometown with family and friends. The president...
Tags: G20, Mexico, Michelle Obama, Military Equipment, Valerie Jarrett
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Transit of Venus transfixes folks across Chicago area
TribLocal - Orland Park » NewsAmateur Chicago-area astronomers turned their attention skyward Tuesday evening to catch a glimpse of a pinprick-size disc — Venus floating past the sun. The planet's …... -
United Airlines to bring 1,300 jobs to Chicago
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 10:35 a.m.; last updated at 10:42 a.m. United Airlines will bring another 1,300 jobs to Chicago by the end of next year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today. The new jobs support United’s global operations, the...... -
Dining amid the clouds at Metropolitan
The popularity of Chicago Restaurant Week, which continues through Sunday, can make some restaurants very difficult to get into. But it also offers access to dining rooms that ordinarily are off-limits. The Metropolitan Club, on the 67th floor of Willis...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Chicago Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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Kerry Wood raising money for charity with cupcakes, 'Jersey Shore' star Ronnie appearing in Schaumburg, Jennifer Hudson and David Otunga visit Chicago Indoor Racing
How did the Cubs’ Kerry Wood spend the night before his team’s season opener against the Washington Nationals at Wrigley Field? By decorating cupcakes. Wood — all 6-foot-5 of him — squeezed the cream cheese frosting out of a...
Tags: Paul Pierce, Scottie Pippen, RPM Italian, Chicago Hotels, Tom Thibodeau
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Pump Room is primed & ready
The Pump Room is back, baby. The ghosts of former habitues Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart and untold others can revel in a revamped dining room that's as relevant for today's restaurant patron as the original Pump Room was for the celebrities of...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Pump Room, Dining and Drinking, Chicago Hotels, Marshall Field
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New name for Pump Room? How about the Pump Room?
Tribune criticAs you may have read a couple of weeks ago, the venerable Pump Room restaurant, and the building that houses it, are being renovated by hotelier/impresario Ian Schrager and will emerge in September as a boutique hotel, to be called Public Chicago (1301 N....Tags: Pump Room, Dining and Drinking, New York, Chicago Restaurants, Macy's, Inc.
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175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago
On March 4, 1837, exactly 175 years ago, Chicago was incorporated. Not that Flashback needed a reason, but we took this occasion to compile a very long list of events, year by year and decade by decade, that helped shape this great city.
Some events...Tags: Republican Party, Boeing Co., Oprah Winfrey, Chicago Bears, Science
Sep 29, 2012
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Jul 18, 2012
|Story| WGNTV-LTV
Aug 3, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Aug 13, 2012
|Story| WGNTV-LTV
Jun 18, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 6, 2012
| Chicago Tribune
Jun 10, 2011
| Chicago Tribune
Feb 19, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 9, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 14, 2011
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 8, 2011
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 4, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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