BQ: It looks like you are proposing privatizing 31st Street Beach as part of the Olympic Village plan?

BB: Organized around a central Main Street, the Village will include an exciting range of amenities, including a private lakefront beach, that will support competition preparation as well as celebration. (Vol. 2, page 187)

i did not know that daley's father issued a 'shoot to kill' order in 1968 one day after the assassination of MLK jr

i did not know that MLK jr led a march up kedzie in gage park, a few blocks from balzekas, my grandmas old house, and where my parents and all my aunts and uncles went to high school, and that he was hit in the head with a rock and ' ( Read more... )

avondale is a boring shit hole right ( Read more... )

i've done a ton of traversing chicago this past week or so, the best kind. completely unplanned but there i was, riding all kinds of buses and going in all kinds of stations to go places ( Read more... )

does anyone else cause massive interference in radios? i feel like a cell phone.

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in the morning, checking change for new state quarters: BUFFALO NICKEL NO JOKE
in the evening, emptying pockets of change: WHEAT PENNY FROM 1918 FO SHO

Even if the presidential race draws significant turnout in the more liberal parts of the 4th District, Republican Rep. Steve Buyer has a cushion that makes a Democratic attack difficult.

Only 20 congressional seats nationwide gave President Bush a higher total than the 69 percent he won in the 4th District in 2004. In addition, the sprawling nature ( Read more... )

when i went to german fest in lincoln square i left my bike at the western brown line stop.  3 days later and lots of joe, i forgot about it until he reminded me yesterday. so i said "after school i will take the brown line to get it ( Read more... )

it was officially the first night i was out in chicago, and said what the fuck? and laughed at the absurdity of the situation ( Read more... )