Cedar Tower Axed

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Published July 12, 2010 at 6:17 a.m.
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The proposed hotel tower to be built at the site of the Cedar Hotel in the Gold Coast is dead ... We've been following the attempted renaissance of the Cedar Hotel/Hotel Cedar (1118 North State Street) for a while (here, and elsewhere).  The most recent plan included plopping a 20-story hotel on top of the current block right in the heart of Viagra Triangle ... Who killed it?  Alderman Reilly.  He's started the process for changing the zoning of this parcel to something more modest ... Reilly

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CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – EDISON PARK, LINCOLN PARK, LOOP, GOLD COAST, OAK PARK

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Published July 14, 2010 at 10:56 a.m.
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EDISON PARK Join local artists as they launch the 2 nd Annual Edison Park Art Walk at the Edison Park Metra Station on Thursday, July 15, from 5pm to 7pm. The art work will be displayed throughout Edison Park business districts from July 16 through July ... (read more) ...

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Summer Brings New Life to Chicago Retail

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Published June 28, 2010 at 12:29 p.m.
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It's been a while since I've written anything good about Oak Street (or, indeed anything at all), so it is with much delight that I recap some of the recent events that have been happening in the neighborhood ... The big news is, of course, the opening of the new Hermès store.  After seeing a raft of other boutiques set sail for other shores, it's great that this has finally come to fruition.  The old Barneys New York space at 25 East Oak Street was huge in comparison to its neighbors, and

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CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS - NORWOOD PARK, LAKEVIEW, SOUTH LOOP, GOLD COAST, EVANSTON

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Published May 21, 2010 at 2:36 p.m.
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NORWOOD PARK Taft High School is committed to community and raising awareness. Just recently students from the local school hosted a breast cancer awareness walk - a cause near and dear to the hearts of Dean's Team. Students came up with the slogan ... (read more) ...

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CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – NORWOOD PARK, SOUTH LOOP, LAKE VIEW, GOLD COAST, EVANSTON

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Published May 5, 2010 at 5:07 p.m.
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NORWOOD PARK It's that time of year again when spring is not only in the air but in the house. Spring cleaning is a wonderful tradition that is also a way for you to garner some extra karma points by making donations. The Norwood Park Historical Society ... (read more) ...

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Author James Shapiro @ The Newberry Library

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Published May 5, 2010 at 7:39 p.m.
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Author and Columbia University professor, James Shapiro, speaks at the Newberry Library tonight at 6pm. Shapiro's latest book Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare examines the centuries-old hypothesis of some historians and critics (including Mark Twain and Sigmund Freud) who argued multiple writers or more affluent, well-educated authors penned the Bard's works. Free and open to the public. Reservations are not required. The Newberry Library is at 60 West Walton Street in the Gold Coast

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Chicago's Love for PBR - Timeless

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Published May 3, 2010 at 3:40 p.m.
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We don't care to get into the War of Hipster Pabst Appropriation for the millionth time, but despite its (relatively) recent transformation into a social statement, the beer has long had its appreciators here in Chicago (and in the Chicagoist office). After all, it wouldn't even have that Blue Ribbon if it didn't get it awarded at the Columbian Exposition here back in 1893.So we thought we'd pass on this cool 1939 ad for PBR that's been floating around the internets today, which plants a

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One injured in Lake Shore Drive rollover

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Published April 25, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

Emergency crews are responding to a single-vehicle rollover accident that injured one person Sunday morning on Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast neighborhood ...

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Window washer rescued from Gold Coast high-rise

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Published April 27, 2010 at 8:30 p.m.
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Chicago firefighters rescued a window washer from outside the 26th floor of a Gold Coast high-rise this afternoon ... The worker was dangling from a rope and was brought to the roof of the building at 300 E. Ohio St. by firefighters at about 4 p.m., said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Quention Curtis ... He suffered minor injuries and will likely be taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital ... -- Staff report ... The window washer is taken to an ambulance after being rescued this afternoon. (

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Chicago landlord wants Milton Bradley to pay up

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Published April 21, 2010 at 9:34 p.m.
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Says former Cub owes him money for rent and damages ... Former Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley is a player many fans would just as soon forget. But that's impossible for at least one Gold Coast man — the player's former condo owner ...

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