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Chicago's Argyle enclave works to find identity
Years ago, Nam Pham, 70, and Paul Tsang, 56, left their Asian homelands and ultimately settled on the same street in Uptown's Argyle enclave. Pham, a Vietnamese national, started a pharmacy on one side of Argyle Street; Tsang, a Chinese national,...
Tags: Asia, Greektown, Pilsen, Uptown, Chinese Restaurants
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Exchange operator Direct Edge to open Chicago data center Sept. 3
Tribune reporterDirect Edge, the nation’s third-largest exchange operator, is preparing to open disaster recovery facilities in Chicago on Sept. 3, the latest in a long-running, industrywide effort to get backup centers further away from trading centers on the East...Tags: Stock Market, Finance, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Sears, Economy, Business and Finance
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A rich holiday weekend for jazz in Chicago
Though Memorial Day obviously stands as a solemn occasion, the holiday weekend surely offer listeners a chance to catch up on concert-going. Among the highlights: Orbert Davis' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic: The nearly ubiquitous Chicago trumpeter leads his...
Tags: Plymouth, Mayne Stage, Science and Technology, Green Mill (club), Music
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Falling in love? Get it in writing
David and Kimberley Rudd got to know each other as journalism students at Northwestern University in the fall of 1984. And it was a strictly platonic relationship. "We were two of about 13 African-American freshman journalism students at...
Tags: Journalism, Students, Tribune Tower, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Obama library, casino among options for former Reese site
A casino-entertainment complex, a major convention hotel and a Barack Obama presidential library are being floated as possible anchors for a mixed-use development of the former Michael Reese Hospital site on the Near South Side. The scenarios were...Tags: Richard M. Daley, William D. Burns, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Homes
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Espresso martini
Espresso martini: Mixing caffeine with alcohol can be a tricky exercise, as many a vodka Red Bull drinker can attest. Luckily, the mixologists at M Lounge — a classy, candlelit sanctuary on the Near South Side — have perfected the art of...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City)
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University of Chicago Medicine's top official faces a challenging 2013
Nearly every morning, before 7 a.m., Dr. Kenneth Polonsky is dropped off near the Lakefront Trail on Chicago's South Side, a few steps from Lake Michigan. He carries no briefcase, wears no suit and has no cup of coffee, the standard trappings of his...
Tags: Health Insurance, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, South Africa, Internists, Chicago Sun-Times
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Families of E2 victims pray for closure 10 years later
Tribune reporterFamilies of men and women who died in the E2 nightclub stampede on the Near South Side 10 years ago today gathered for a prayer vigil outside the vacant building. Stuffed animals, roses, Valentine's Day candy and a picture of each victim adorned the 21...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Family secrets live on in film
It is an arduous task to make a movie — how many of you are tired of waiting for "The Devil in the White City" to hit the big screen almost 10 years after the book's publication? — so it is not hard to understand why it took Wisconsin-based...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Movies, Entertainment, Prostitution, Music
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Hemingway daiquiri
Hemingway daiquiri: History shows that Ernest Hemingway had a fondness for booze, and one of his favorite beverages to order in Cuban bars was the papa doble: a double-size frozen cherry-lime daiquiri since dubbed the Hemingway daiquiri in his honor....Tags: Limes, Restaurants, Ernest Hemingway, Dining and Drinking, Acadia
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Man shot, critically wounded on Near South Side
A possible suspect is in custody in the shooting of a man in the South Loop this afternoon, police said. The man, 30, was shot in the chest and leg in the 2100 block of South Michigan Avenue about 1:18 p.m., said Chicago Police Department News Affairs...
Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Shootings, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Loop, Michigan Avenue
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Mediums on the loose in Chicago, scaring few
In the Chicago of the 1870s, the fashionable drawing rooms of Prairie Avenue were frequently host to spiritualists, mediums and charlatans, often folks playing all three of those roles at once. With lowered gas lights and a bit of hocus-pocus and table...Tags: Steppenwolf Theatre, Arts and Culture, Halloween, The Spirit (movie)
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