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SEARS TOWER BEING THREATENED a taller building could replace Thompson Center

SEARS TOWER BEING THREATENED a taller building could replace Thompson Center

Illinois General Assembly are renewing efforts to sell the James R. Thompson Center, that gleaming, inefficient building best known for housing a CTA station and a Taco Bell. One plan to redevelop the current site of the 1.2-million-square-foot building includes the construction of 1,7000-foot tower—the tallest in the city,

Tips To Avoid Losing Money During Restaurant Week

Tips To Avoid Losing Money During Restaurant Week

Doing math on every single Restaurant Week menu to figure out which are good deals, which are bad deals, and which are somewhere in between. But not everyone wants to do a ton of math or look at spreadsheets.

Outdoor s’mores this winter? YESSSS!!

Outdoor s’mores this winter? YESSSS!!

Winter patio hangs just doesn’t have the same ring to it as summer patio lounging. But Park & Field is giving Logan Square a reason to sit outside in frosty winter weather: s’mores.

‘Beer yoga’ is a thing, now

‘Beer yoga’ is a thing, now

Nothing like putting down an icy cold beer. Except, of course, achieving a higher state of being and eventual transcendence of the Self through the practice of yoga.