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Stadium has lost landmark look, U.S. says
Setting a flying saucer stadium inside the classical columns of Soldier Field destroyed its historic character, so the structure should be stripped of its National Historic Landmark status, federal architecture analysts said this week.
The National...Tags: Architecture, Empire State Building, National Parks, Illinois, White House
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Brains behind design of new Soldier Field
Tribune architecture criticThe firestorm of controversy over the redesign of Soldier Field, which makes its debut Sept. 29, began with a spark lit during a tennis game on Martha's Vineyard. In the 1980s, Boston architect Ben Wood found himself on the same tennis court as Michael...Tags: Architecture, Death, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Chicago Park District, Miami International Airport
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A big old fishing hole
Tribune outdoors reporterFred Mercado stood at the end of Montrose Harbor's west wall wearing a yellow rain slicker and a broad smile. Coolness was in the air, but fish were in his bucket. The sun was burning off the early-morning haze, and in the distance he could see the...Tags: Regional Authority, Local Government, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Aquaculture
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Bowled under
Tribune staff reporterThe calls already are coming in from furious Chicagoans. "It's an abomination," said one. "Daley ought to be ashamed of himself." Another couldn't restrain himself. As he drove by the steel superstructure that now looms over the historic colonnades...Tags: Politics, John Madden, Chicago Park District, Defense, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Next generation of TiVo: Bravo!
Tribune staff reporterThe next generation of TiVo-like digital video recorders will be able to record up to five shows at once while playing another and will be able to monitor home video security systems and send video to multiple rooms simultaneously. Current DVRs can handle...Tags: Academy Awards, Eric Gwinn, New York, Entertainment, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Soldier field plan: On further review, the play stinks
Tribune Architecture CriticThe more things dribble out about the Soldier Field deal -- things the Chicago Bears and the Daley administration were careful to downplay or conceal when they began their hurry-up offense to pass the plan last fall -- the more it is apparent that what is...Tags: Chicago Bears Game Tickets, Chicago Park District, Prosecution, Defense, Navy Pier
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Top tourist spots and how they rate
Chicago Tribune Friday GuideNavy Pier: What it is: A five-block-long entertainment zone, and the city's top tourist destination. What we found: It was a beautiful day to spend a few hours at Navy Pier with my 4-year-old son. After a couple of rides, a few snacks and a toy, we...Tags: Music Theater, Art Institute of Chicago, Health and Safety at School, Paul Harvey, Arts
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Tragedy feels too familiar
Tribune staff reporterThe nation has a new mantra: "Not again." Still salving wounds from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, bracing for a war against Iraq that looks increasingly likely, rocking in a switchback economy that seemed instantly to go from boom to bust, the...Tags: Death, Science and Technology, Holy Name Cathedral, Disasters, Colleges and Universities
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Part 5: The Hall of Dulah
Special to the TribuneIn the spring of 1991, Dick Cunningham went before one set of examiners while his son Jesse went before another. Jesse, a high school senior, entered an academic competition in which he fielded questions about math, science and the arts. Dick, a...Tags: Cook County, Track and Field, Clarence Darrow, Local Government, Health and Safety at School
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What's open, closed a day after tragedies
Most schools, businesses, government offices and cultural institutions in Illinois affected by the disasters Tuesday are expected to be open Wednesday. For information on possible closings: Chicago Public Schools: 773-553-1000. Roman Catholic...Tags: McHenry County, Mental Health, Family, Chicago Transit Authority, Navy Pier
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Festivals, sporting events on hold
Chicago is not in the mood for merriment. Events across the city, from Cubs games to Mexican Independence Day festivities to the Celtic Festival, have been canceled or postponed. Some heeded Mayor Richard Daley's words Wednesday that celebrations of any...Tags: Art Institute of Chicago, Death, Alison Krauss, Festive Events, Defense
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Shedd slashing its staff; other museums pinched
Tribune staff reporterThe Shedd Aquarium announced Monday it would lay off 44 full-time employees--16 percent of its staff of 267--because of declining attendance, a months-long trend that worsened after the terrorist attacks on the East Coast. "Shedd's leadership was...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Terrorism, Unemployment, Brookfield Zoo, Field Museum of Natural History
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