Author Archives: Ed Cohen

I can appreciate your frustration with the Tribune’s Election 2000 site [March 31]. As a 49th Ward resident, aware of some peculiar things that have happened there recently, I was a bit curious about how Joe Moore piled up his large war chest. So I tried to go to David Orr’s site, which would supposedly […]

I can appreciate your frustration with the Tribune’s Election 2000 site [March 31]. As a 49th Ward resident, aware of some peculiar things that have happened there recently, I was a bit curious about how Joe Moore piled up his large war chest. So I tried to go to David Orr’s site, which would supposedly […]

To the editors, It seems simplistic to blame the demise of Wisdom Bridge Theatre [July 30] on the reputation of its Rogers Park neighborhood, since the public perception of the area changed very little over the two decades that the theater was active. What did change was the perception of Wisdom Bridge itself, which was […]

cohen2.qxd To the editors, As a senior with a limited income, I am as much concerned with the cost and quality of medicare as anyone else and agree that there is undoubtedly room for improvement. But it does seem as though Ben Joravsky’s article on the subject [December 11] contains some confusion and misinformation. Most […]

Dear Mr. Ballowe, There is a possibility that my memory is playing tricks on me, but I would nevertheless like to suggest that there might be a significant gap in your history of the Balbo column [October 30]. My own recollection is that the column was “exiled” to storage during World War II, precisely because […]

cohen.qxd To the editors, I’ve lived near My Place For? since it was opened, and used to dine there regularly [Neighborhood News, March 6]. If the restaurant is going to survive, whatever the name, the owners had better understand that the business did not simply decline “for reasons beyond the Dorizases’ control.” There were also […]

cohen.qxd To the Editors, As a denizen of the College of Complexes almost from its inception, a longtime friend of Slim Brundage, and a sometime business associate, I enjoyed Cara Jepsen’s article in Our Town [September 19]. (For the record, I helped book speakers and ghosted some of the “ravings” and part of one of […]

To the Editors, Your News of the Weird feature sometimes runs a segment called “Unclear on the Concept.” Based on his reply to a letter about the environment (November 18), Harold Henderson may qualify for a mention. Mr. Henderson tells us that the “good news” is that life expectancies are increasing. For those of us […]

To the editors: I’m not an economics major, either, but perhaps I can be of some help to M. Vogelsburg, who seems bewildered about the price of compact discs [Letters, September 30]. He or she would probably be astonished to learn that while the price of a cantaloupe is anywhere from 50 cents to more […]

To the editors: I was startled to read your article in the latest Reader [Field & Street, October 15], as well as the bulletin of the Nature Conservancy, which arrived at the same time, about the attempts to restore the savannas. If I properly understand what a savanna consists of, then you will be as […]

To the editors: I find my eyebrows raising a bit when I read the reports in your publication about the presumed decline of Rogers Park. First there was a letter to the editor (July 23), and now the report in Neighborhood News (August 20). The theme seems to be that Rogers Park has gone to […]

To the editors: A few comments on your generally excellent article in Neighborhood News regarding the plight of the Palacio theater building [June 21]. Rabbi Solomon Goldman, for whom the structure was named when it was owned by Anshe Emet, was a major figure in the Jewish Conservative movement beginning in the 1930s. He was […]