First Class Lady Barber Shop (and Cigars): Three Views of 1890's Dearborn and Jackson - from one photograph

Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress (click images for larger view) southeast corner Dearborn and Jackson today

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The Power of Uselessness: The History - and Potential - of Chicago's massive Santa Fe Grain Elevator

Sometimes something can be so spectacularly useless that it endures.  And in enduring, it begs to be re-invented. Such is the case with the ...

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Chicago 4th Most Miserable; 1st Most Gullible. Why Top Ten Lists about Cities are Whack

click images for larger view When was the last time you heard or read "as reported by Forbes Magazine" at the lead of a major new...

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A spectacular portrait in darkness and light: Eric Hines's Cityscape Chicago

thanks to Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin for tweeting about this video  Do NOT watch this video here.  Click on it to go to Vimeo, an...

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