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Tag: State Street
Posted inFood & Drink
Lamar Moore takes the kitchen at the Currency Exchange Café
Theaster Gates’s Washington Park restaurant may be setting the stage for a soul-food comeback.
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When was the last time you sent a postcard?
Picturing Illinois (and Chicago) in old-time postcards
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From Camelot to Goldman Sachs: new Reader performing arts reviews
New performing arts reviews for the week of June 7-13
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Thomas Edison Shoots State Street
The Library of Congress provides a glimpse into the pedestrian hellhole that was turn-of-the-century State Street.
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Target to replace Carson’s?
The mass-market retailer might be coming to State Street.
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Yet Another Trendy, Budget-Conscious Retailer: A’Gaci
At the opening party for the new A’Gaci store on State Street last night, I felt like I was seeing my fashion past everywhere I looked. Madonna wannabe phase circa 1983, complete with ropes of pearl necklaces and shiny bustier? Check. Be-fringed post-hippie? Check. Early 1990s flirtation with grunge in the form of plaid shirts? […]
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Monday Morning Mania
Carson’s end, the one thing teachers want most, why Judy shouldn’t like conservatives, and why Chicago shouldn’t follow northwest Indiana’s lead.
Posted inNews & Politics
Cityscape: The Plan to Save State Street
For $60 million the Greater State Street Council wants to demall it, restreet it, recar, rethink, and revive it as the heart of a new Loop. It’s a great plan—for 1985.