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Admittedly I had said nothing about the Chicago Bid for The Olympics. I had no real opinion on it (other than a generalized dislike for it) and little thought about it. However, as the time came up there was all this sudden rush of highly connected people who “wanted the games in Chicago,” and I [...]
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The Test Cell: Worth Saving?
Recently I read a blog about some small building on the Edge of the IIT campus. That led to another blog, where Mr. Lifson champions the keeping of said building. And since the guy was worked up about the coming destruction of the site and it was close enough for me to go up there [...]
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Did Disco Die in 1979? And Why?
Yeah, I know. Disco sucked, and the world improved when it died at the old Comisky Park that summer day in 1979 after the first game of a Chicago White Sox/Detroit Tigers Doubleheader (BTW…thanks for the win, Dahl).
But…why did Disco “die” in 1979? And Why, if it did?
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When I first moved into the Northwest Indiana area ten years ago (it’s getting near that date) I had grown used to I-80/94 backing up anywhere from near Calumet Avenue (thank goodness for the merge in/out lane) to past the Indiana Toll Road. Eventually people could make it through, if they stuck on it long [...]
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North, WSCR part ways
First, I’ll take the above news seriously.
Well, it makes sense. After five years in the morning, Mike North seems to have gotten himself out of a job. And a lot of people seem to be happy about it.
So, what happened?
Evidently it started with an attempt to remake his show into a sports [...]
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My first posting on Norman Porter/J J Jameson was a collection of thoughts. My second posting on Norman Porter/J J Jameson refined those thought.
This posting acts as a full reconsideration. More a sequel than the second posting was (that was more episode 1 1/2).
This was brought about by a quotation from NORMAN PORTER, JR. VS. [...]
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Nearly two years ago I commented on what the Internet had done with Garfield. Today I looked over it and changed the links to point to what’s now out there (and thankfully added a link to a randomizer.
Now I come across this man’s discussion on the Garfield comic, in which he describes the rise and [...]
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For the past few months I’ve been watching the CTA, Pace and Metra sweat out multiple funding crisises, only to have the final solution pushed back.
The only problem: What IS the final solution?
It could be proper funding (i.e. an actual sales tax, of about 1%, spread around the six county area), a jury-rigged answer (more [...]
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Circle Line Narrowed To Three Possibilities
Looks like they’re opting for a smaller circle line instead of the more logical, more egalitarian mid-city line (Jefferson Park to Ford City alongside Cicero, then Ford City to Red Line 89th street alongside abandoned and presently used rail lines). There’s also a couple other lines (as well as the [...]
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Megabus Starts Serving Chicago
The Megabus USA Site
Today Megabus added in their two cents to the competition between Amtrak and Greyhound, adding eight runs between Chicago and Milwaukee and three runs between Chicago and its other destinations (Saint Louis, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cleveland and Indianapolis, with Indy buses going further to Columbus (2) and Cincinnatti (1).).
What ought to be interesting [...]
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