The 312 - July 2011

08/01/11

Studs Terkel on How to Interview Someone

Listen; prepare, but have a conversation instead of conducting an interview. Plus: Terkel with Nelson Algren, and talking about Richard J. Daley.

Posted at 1:26 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/29/11

Chicago's Budget Deficit: Notes on the Impending Crisis

The Emanuel administration presents a bleak picture of the city budget, as sacrifice and competition for city services appear to be in our future. But one of the biggest factors in the city's expenses, employee health care, is the victim of greater national trends... and as a result, a tremendously difficult problem.

Posted at 5:55 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/29/11

RIP Donald Clinton Walls Sr, Front Man for the Sundowners

The front man for Chicago's legendary C&W bar band, "the patron saints of Chicago's insurgent country movement," passes away at 80. Plus: ten picks to get caught up on the alt-country that came in their wake.

Posted at 2:44 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/28/11

Adam Dunn's Greatest Accomplishment This Year, and My New Favorite Website

It's been a tough year for White Sox slugger Adam Dunn by almost every metric. But thanks to a fantastic website, I found one stat by which he can claim bragging rights this season.

Posted at 5:29 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/28/11

Joe Walsh, Child Support, and Other Debt Problems

A must-read Sun-Times report finds the upset 2010 winner has been sued for $100,000 in child support payments, just as the suburban rep has established himself as a voice of his caucus on television and in the House on the debt-ceiling debate. Which isn't going any better.

Posted at 4:00 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (1)

07/27/11

Historical Best of Chicago: "Dining in Chicago"

Looking back at the best food in Chicago circa 1931, with Daily News reporter John Drury... and a time when restaurants were judges as much by who ate there as what they ate.

Posted at 5:53 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/27/11

Barack Obama: The Conciliator In Chief

James Warren argues that Barack Obama will come out of the debt-ceiling negotiations as the "adult in the room." But right now the kids in the room seem to be winning the debate.

Posted at 3:20 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (2)

07/26/11

A Flickr Trove of Old Chicago Photos

Stumbling across a well-organized archive of pictures of downtown Chicago, Lawndale, Pilsen, and more throughout the decades leads me astray for an afternoon.

Posted at 4:45 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (2)

07/26/11

The Class Divide on Chicago's South and West Sides

Salim Muwakkil of In These Times takes a look at how the widening income gap manifests itself within Chicago's African-American communities, and the cultural divides it exacerbates.

Posted at 2:11 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/26/11

How the Sarah Palin Doc "The Undefeated" Is Like the Debt Ceiling Debate

The new film about the former Alaska governor surprises Roger Ebert by going after the Republican establishment. It shouldn't be a shock: that's exactly what's going on with the debt ceiling, and in American politics.

Posted at 11:36 AM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (5)

07/25/11

Historical Best of Chicago: "Chicago Confidential"

Two former Chicago newspapermen teamed up in 1950 to give you the lowdown dirt on the city if you were on the make or just making trouble. Chicago's a lot less lurid than it used to be, but some things haven't changed.

Posted at 5:03 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/25/11

Kim Kardashian's Old Navy Lawsuit: Look Out, Lookalikes

TMZ reports that Sears doesn't want Old Navy muddling the market for its upcoming Kardashian Kollection. Which raises the question: is there such a market? And if there is, wouldn't it be better off muddled?

Posted at 3:14 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (8)

07/22/11

The Debt Ceiling Debate Goes Through the Looking-Glass

The enemy of my enemy is my frenemy: the sudden, late-Friday collapse of budget and debt-ceiling talks has liberals hoping that the Tea Party will force President Obama into a progressive corner.

Posted at 7:55 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/22/11

British Developer Plans Apocalyptic Hell Tower for Chicago Post Office Site

A Chicago developer makes a compelling case that Bill Davies's plans for the Old Main Post Office are wildly impractical. But I demand the Death Spire now.

Posted at 3:23 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (1)

07/21/11

The Heat Wave from Space, On the Tracks, and By the Numbers

NOAA takes the long view of the heat wave; the CTA buckles under the heat, causing Red Line delays; and a brief discourse on heat wave denialism with regards to sabermetrics.

Posted at 6:23 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/21/11

Rep. Joe Walsh Steps Up in Budget Debate

Illinois's unlikeliest House rep has put himself front and center in the high-pressure debate over the debt ceiling and budget cuts. But by pulling his colleagues to the right, is he guaranteeing that a less conservative solution will pass?

Posted at 5:08 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (4)

07/20/11

The Heat Index as Government Conspiracy, or Media Conspiracy, or Something

According to Rush Limbaugh, the media is using lies, damn lies, and the heat index to convince you that it's even hotter than it actually is. Don't believe your lying skin and sweat-stained shirt.

Posted at 5:20 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/20/11

Why People Die During Heat Waves

Heat waves kill more people in American than any other form of natural disaster, but it's rarely remarked upon or realized. Why don't we take the heat as seriously as we do tornadoes and earthquakes?

Posted at 4:44 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/19/11

Getting Out and About in Chicagoland

Where to go when the heat wave passes, and a bit about the history of how you're getting there.

Posted at 4:37 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/19/11

Chicago Heat Wave: Blame This Spring's Floods

How the flooding that hit the Mississippi River and the Plains states this spring is responsible for this week's oppressive humidity, as was the case during the heat wave of 1995.

Posted at 3:30 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/19/11

Will the Old Garfield El Station Become a Library?

The oldest El station in Chicago has been decommissioned for a decade, lying under the tracks on a busy strip near Washington Park. But a community group wants it to become a cultural center.

Posted at 12:07 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/18/11

Multiple Thumbs Down for Chicago's Giant Marilyn Monroe Sculpture

As the legendary actresses gams rise up above Pioneer Court in downtown Chicago, the 26-foot-tall sculpture is greeted with yawns and criticism. But if J. Seward Johnson isn't a good artist, per se, he's an interesting one.

Posted at 4:15 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (46)

07/18/11

Blonde Redhead and My Gold Mask: Free Millennium Park Show

Two bands with two very different takes on dream pop promise a good free show for a hot night in downtown Chicago.

Posted at 12:38 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (1)

07/18/11

Pitchfork 2011: Best and Worst of the Festival

Heat stroke be damned: This past weekend, we sent a brave coterie of correspondents to cover Pitchfork 2011, which drew 45,000 or so to a dry and oh-so-dusty Union Park (the attendance figure is slightly down from past years). Here, our picks for best and worst of the fest.

Posted at 11:29 AM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (2)

07/18/11

Odd Future On "Best Behavior" at Pitchfork

Decoding the LA shock-rap collective's real influence after a less-than-engaging set at this weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival.

Posted at 11:03 AM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/15/11

Writings on Music for Pitchfork Holiday Weekend

Four writers from around these parts on how music changed their lives, with Nirvana as the common thread.

Posted at 6:55 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/15/11

President Obama's View On the Deficit: Not That Different From 2006

The President offers "his case to the left," "the most extensive reply to that criticism yet." Interestingly, it's identical to the views he held as a freshman Senator. Less interestingly, he's not really addressing the left.

Posted at 3:56 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (1)

07/14/11

RIP Q101

As Chicago's Alternative leaves the airwaves, fans mourn it and their own passing youth, and discuss the future of how we relate to music and the people who bring it to us.

Posted at 5:44 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/14/11

Penderecki Vs. Pitchfork

Legendary Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki leads the Grant Park Orchestra this weekend in his divisive Concerto grosso and Beethoven's Eroica symphony.

Posted at 4:32 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (1)

07/14/11

Remember When Barack Obama Voted Against Raising the Debt Limit?

One futile political gesture deserves another, apparently. Meanwhile, the bond market is not amused, and no one outside the smoke-filled rooms has any idea what the principles want to or will do. But cooler heads will likely prevail on something relatively uninteresting.

Posted at 3:23 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/14/11

Picks of the Pitchfork Afterparties

Wild Nothing, White Mystery, Austra, Syd tha Kid, and others are all worthy options after you go to the festival, or if you don't go at all.

Posted at 1:01 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/13/11

Pitchfork's Odd Future Problem

Coverage of this weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival has centered around LA hip-hop weirdos OFWGKTA. Here's why some people hate them, some people love them, and why they're both right... and right to care.

Posted at 4:46 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (2)

07/13/11

Free Azita Show at Rainbo Club

The noise-rocker turned piano balladeer returns to an old haunt for a free show of songs from her upcoming album tonight.

Posted at 1:48 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/12/11

Drinking On the Job? I'll Show You Drinking On the Job

The labor movement in turn of the century Chicago: fighting for fair pay, reasonable wages... and for brewery employees, lots and lots of beer.

Posted at 5:43 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (1)

07/12/11

The Great Next Restaurant Facebook Freakout

The restaurant's vaunted ticketing system goes down, causing an online ruckus. Having been on the other side, I can sympathize. They should consider themselves lucky no frozen dogs are involved.

Posted at 3:40 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/11/11

Unbuilt Chicago Architecture Roundup

A tour through non-existent Chicago, from the old U.S. Steel plant, temporary home of the Dave Matthews Band Caravan, to architectural fantasies on display.

Posted at 6:07 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/11/11

Chicago's Best Craft Beer: What Other People Think

A look at popular beer-ranking sites shows Chicago to be a great town for stouts and other complex beers. Plus: who wins the Anheuser-Busch InBev/Miller showdown of gargantuan, generic beers?

Posted at 4:40 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/08/11

Chicago: Home of the World's First Movie Theater

Eadweard Muybridge's Zoopraxographical Hall began the tradition of buildings dedicated to the projection of pictures on a screen. But the primitive technology was no match for the dancing girls of the White City.

Posted at 7:27 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (1)

07/07/11

Gas Stations by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe Get New Leases on Life

Frank Lloyd Wright's Lindholm Gas Station, a remnant of his Broadacre City dream, is getting a rehab. As is a Montreal gas station designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, which has been boarded up for the past three years.

Posted at 5:43 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (1)

07/07/11

The Nascent Obama 2012 Campaign Needs to Work on Its Messaging

An Obama senior adviser previews his boss's 2012 campaign for Bloomberg, indicating that they know as little about our motives as voters as we know about theirs as pols.

Posted at 1:28 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/07/11

Pacaccio Parents Blast Cook County State's Attorney's Office

As prosecutors prepared to announce charges in the 1993 murder of Tricia Pacaccio, the parents of the slain teen blasted the Cook County State’s attorney’s office for failing to act on a 2003 match between the primary suspect and DNA discovered on their daughter’s fingernails...

Posted at 10:37 AM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (2)

07/06/11

Michael Gargiulo to Be Charged with Killing Tricia Pacaccio

Chicago has learned that Cook County authorities on Thursday will charge a Los Angeles man with the 1993 murder of Glenview teenager Tricia Pacaccio, ending a nearly two-decade quest by the girl’s family to bring their daughter’s killer to justice. Michael Gargiulo, 35, was a primary suspect...

Posted at 10:30 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (4)

07/06/11

Taste of Chicago Attendance Drop: People Don't Want to Spend Money Right Now

Attendance at the Taste dropped 300,000 over last year, the lowest level since 1986 and over one million attendees off its mid-2000s highs. Which mirrors broader trends in the food industry.

Posted at 6:23 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (1)

07/06/11

Eat-Soup for the Garfield Park Conservatory

The Soup and Bread benefit series hosts a special summer version to benefit the Garfield Park Conservatory, which was damaged in last week's storm. Plus: Chicago Mixtape throws a party for the Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club.

Posted at 4:40 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/06/11

Teen Unemployment Crisis: Victims of Minimum Wage or Old People

The Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune blame a recent minimum-wage hike for spiraling teen unemployment. One econ blogger has a different theory: are old folks pushing the young out of the labor market?

Posted at 3:41 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (2)

07/05/11

Chicago Asperatus Cloud Update

Those clouds that made Chicago look so apocalyptic last week? The process to declare them a new variety of cloud, as made official by the International Cloud Atlas, continues.

Posted at 2:37 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/05/11

A Post-4th Treat: R. Kelly Sings the National Anthem

Chicago's infamous R&B genius gives "The Star-Spangled Banner" the cheeseball R. Kelly treatment. Plus: Lou Rawls shows us how it's actually done.

Posted at 10:42 AM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/01/11

Asperatus Clouds Over Chicago?

The eerie, turbulent, Ghostbusters-like clouds over the city this afternoon may be a new variety of cloud... or not.

Posted at 4:08 PM in The 312 | Permalink | Comments (1)

	08/01/11 Studs Terkel on How to Interview Someone Listen; prepare, but have a conversation instead of conducting an interview. Plus: Terkel with Nelson Algren, and talking about Richard J. Daley. Posted at 1:26 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/29/11 Chicago's Budget Deficit: Notes on the Impending Crisis The Emanuel administration presents a bleak picture of the city budget, as sacrifice and competition for city services appear to be in our future. But one of the biggest factors in the city's expenses, employee health care, is the victim of greater national trends... and as a result, a tremendously difficult problem. Posted at 5:55 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/29/11 RIP Donald Clinton Walls Sr, Front Man for the Sundowners The front man for Chicago's legendary C&W bar band, "the patron saints of Chicago's insurgent country movement," passes away at 80. Plus: ten picks to get caught up on the alt-country that came in their wake. Posted at 2:44 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/28/11 Adam Dunn's Greatest Accomplishment This Year, and My New Favorite Website It's been a tough year for White Sox slugger Adam Dunn by almost every metric. But thanks to a fantastic website, I found one stat by which he can claim bragging rights this season. Posted at 5:29 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/28/11 Joe Walsh, Child Support, and Other Debt Problems A must-read Sun-Times report finds the upset 2010 winner has been sued for $100,000 in child support payments, just as the suburban rep has established himself as a voice of his caucus on television and in the House on the debt-ceiling debate. Which isn't going any better. Posted at 4:00 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	07/27/11 Historical Best of Chicago: "Dining in Chicago" Looking back at the best food in Chicago circa 1931, with Daily News reporter John Drury... and a time when restaurants were judges as much by who ate there as what they ate. Posted at 5:53 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/27/11 Barack Obama: The Conciliator In Chief James Warren argues that Barack Obama will come out of the debt-ceiling negotiations as the "adult in the room." But right now the kids in the room seem to be winning the debate. Posted at 3:20 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	07/26/11 A Flickr Trove of Old Chicago Photos Stumbling across a well-organized archive of pictures of downtown Chicago, Lawndale, Pilsen, and more throughout the decades leads me astray for an afternoon. Posted at 4:45 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	07/26/11 The Class Divide on Chicago's South and West Sides Salim Muwakkil of In These Times takes a look at how the widening income gap manifests itself within Chicago's African-American communities, and the cultural divides it exacerbates. Posted at 2:11 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/26/11 How the Sarah Palin Doc "The Undefeated" Is Like the Debt Ceiling Debate The new film about the former Alaska governor surprises Roger Ebert by going after the Republican establishment. It shouldn't be a shock: that's exactly what's going on with the debt ceiling, and in American politics. Posted at 11:36 AM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (5)
	07/25/11 Historical Best of Chicago: "Chicago Confidential" Two former Chicago newspapermen teamed up in 1950 to give you the lowdown dirt on the city if you were on the make or just making trouble. Chicago's a lot less lurid than it used to be, but some things haven't changed. Posted at 5:03 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/25/11 Kim Kardashian's Old Navy Lawsuit: Look Out, Lookalikes TMZ reports that Sears doesn't want Old Navy muddling the market for its upcoming Kardashian Kollection. Which raises the question: is there such a market? And if there is, wouldn't it be better off muddled? Posted at 3:14 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (8)
	07/22/11 The Debt Ceiling Debate Goes Through the Looking-Glass The enemy of my enemy is my frenemy: the sudden, late-Friday collapse of budget and debt-ceiling talks has liberals hoping that the Tea Party will force President Obama into a progressive corner. Posted at 7:55 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/22/11 British Developer Plans Apocalyptic Hell Tower for Chicago Post Office Site A Chicago developer makes a compelling case that Bill Davies's plans for the Old Main Post Office are wildly impractical. But I demand the Death Spire now. Posted at 3:23 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	07/21/11 The Heat Wave from Space, On the Tracks, and By the Numbers NOAA takes the long view of the heat wave; the CTA buckles under the heat, causing Red Line delays; and a brief discourse on heat wave denialism with regards to sabermetrics. Posted at 6:23 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/21/11 Rep. Joe Walsh Steps Up in Budget Debate Illinois's unlikeliest House rep has put himself front and center in the high-pressure debate over the debt ceiling and budget cuts. But by pulling his colleagues to the right, is he guaranteeing that a less conservative solution will pass? Posted at 5:08 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (4)
	07/20/11 The Heat Index as Government Conspiracy, or Media Conspiracy, or Something According to Rush Limbaugh, the media is using lies, damn lies, and the heat index to convince you that it's even hotter than it actually is. Don't believe your lying skin and sweat-stained shirt. Posted at 5:20 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/20/11 Why People Die During Heat Waves Heat waves kill more people in American than any other form of natural disaster, but it's rarely remarked upon or realized. Why don't we take the heat as seriously as we do tornadoes and earthquakes? Posted at 4:44 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/19/11 Getting Out and About in Chicagoland Where to go when the heat wave passes, and a bit about the history of how you're getting there. Posted at 4:37 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/19/11 Chicago Heat Wave: Blame This Spring's Floods How the flooding that hit the Mississippi River and the Plains states this spring is responsible for this week's oppressive humidity, as was the case during the heat wave of 1995. Posted at 3:30 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/19/11 Will the Old Garfield El Station Become a Library? The oldest El station in Chicago has been decommissioned for a decade, lying under the tracks on a busy strip near Washington Park. But a community group wants it to become a cultural center. Posted at 12:07 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/18/11 Multiple Thumbs Down for Chicago's Giant Marilyn Monroe Sculpture As the legendary actresses gams rise up above Pioneer Court in downtown Chicago, the 26-foot-tall sculpture is greeted with yawns and criticism. But if J. Seward Johnson isn't a good artist, per se, he's an interesting one. Posted at 4:15 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (46)
	07/18/11 Blonde Redhead and My Gold Mask: Free Millennium Park Show Two bands with two very different takes on dream pop promise a good free show for a hot night in downtown Chicago. Posted at 12:38 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	07/18/11 Pitchfork 2011: Best and Worst of the Festival Heat stroke be damned: This past weekend, we sent a brave coterie of correspondents to cover Pitchfork 2011, which drew 45,000 or so to a dry and oh-so-dusty Union Park (the attendance figure is slightly down from past years). Here, our picks for best and worst of the fest. Posted at 11:29 AM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	07/18/11 Odd Future On "Best Behavior" at Pitchfork Decoding the LA shock-rap collective's real influence after a less-than-engaging set at this weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival. Posted at 11:03 AM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/15/11 Writings on Music for Pitchfork Holiday Weekend Four writers from around these parts on how music changed their lives, with Nirvana as the common thread. Posted at 6:55 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/15/11 President Obama's View On the Deficit: Not That Different From 2006 The President offers "his case to the left," "the most extensive reply to that criticism yet." Interestingly, it's identical to the views he held as a freshman Senator. Less interestingly, he's not really addressing the left. Posted at 3:56 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	07/14/11 RIP Q101 As Chicago's Alternative leaves the airwaves, fans mourn it and their own passing youth, and discuss the future of how we relate to music and the people who bring it to us. Posted at 5:44 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/14/11 Penderecki Vs. Pitchfork Legendary Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki leads the Grant Park Orchestra this weekend in his divisive Concerto grosso and Beethoven's Eroica symphony. Posted at 4:32 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	07/14/11 Remember When Barack Obama Voted Against Raising the Debt Limit? One futile political gesture deserves another, apparently. Meanwhile, the bond market is not amused, and no one outside the smoke-filled rooms has any idea what the principles want to or will do. But cooler heads will likely prevail on something relatively uninteresting. Posted at 3:23 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/14/11 Picks of the Pitchfork Afterparties Wild Nothing, White Mystery, Austra, Syd tha Kid, and others are all worthy options after you go to the festival, or if you don't go at all. Posted at 1:01 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/13/11 Pitchfork's Odd Future Problem Coverage of this weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival has centered around LA hip-hop weirdos OFWGKTA. Here's why some people hate them, some people love them, and why they're both right... and right to care. Posted at 4:46 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	07/13/11 Free Azita Show at Rainbo Club The noise-rocker turned piano balladeer returns to an old haunt for a free show of songs from her upcoming album tonight. Posted at 1:48 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/12/11 Drinking On the Job? I'll Show You Drinking On the Job The labor movement in turn of the century Chicago: fighting for fair pay, reasonable wages... and for brewery employees, lots and lots of beer. Posted at 5:43 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	07/12/11 The Great Next Restaurant Facebook Freakout The restaurant's vaunted ticketing system goes down, causing an online ruckus. Having been on the other side, I can sympathize. They should consider themselves lucky no frozen dogs are involved. Posted at 3:40 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/11/11 Unbuilt Chicago Architecture Roundup A tour through non-existent Chicago, from the old U.S. Steel plant, temporary home of the Dave Matthews Band Caravan, to architectural fantasies on display. Posted at 6:07 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/11/11 Chicago's Best Craft Beer: What Other People Think A look at popular beer-ranking sites shows Chicago to be a great town for stouts and other complex beers. Plus: who wins the Anheuser-Busch InBev/Miller showdown of gargantuan, generic beers? Posted at 4:40 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/08/11 Chicago: Home of the World's First Movie Theater Eadweard Muybridge's Zoopraxographical Hall began the tradition of buildings dedicated to the projection of pictures on a screen. But the primitive technology was no match for the dancing girls of the White City. Posted at 7:27 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	07/07/11 Gas Stations by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe Get New Leases on Life Frank Lloyd Wright's Lindholm Gas Station, a remnant of his Broadacre City dream, is getting a rehab. As is a Montreal gas station designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, which has been boarded up for the past three years. Posted at 5:43 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	07/07/11 The Nascent Obama 2012 Campaign Needs to Work on Its Messaging An Obama senior adviser previews his boss's 2012 campaign for Bloomberg, indicating that they know as little about our motives as voters as we know about theirs as pols. Posted at 1:28 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/07/11 Pacaccio Parents Blast Cook County State's Attorney's Office As prosecutors prepared to announce charges in the 1993 murder of Tricia Pacaccio, the parents of the slain teen blasted the Cook County State’s attorney’s office for failing to act on a 2003 match between the primary suspect and DNA discovered on their daughter’s fingernails... Posted at 10:37 AM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	07/06/11 Michael Gargiulo to Be Charged with Killing Tricia Pacaccio Chicago has learned that Cook County authorities on Thursday will charge a Los Angeles man with the 1993 murder of Glenview teenager Tricia Pacaccio, ending a nearly two-decade quest by the girl’s family to bring their daughter’s killer to justice. Michael Gargiulo, 35, was a primary suspect... Posted at 10:30 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (4)
	07/06/11 Taste of Chicago Attendance Drop: People Don't Want to Spend Money Right Now Attendance at the Taste dropped 300,000 over last year, the lowest level since 1986 and over one million attendees off its mid-2000s highs. Which mirrors broader trends in the food industry. Posted at 6:23 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	07/06/11 Eat-Soup for the Garfield Park Conservatory The Soup and Bread benefit series hosts a special summer version to benefit the Garfield Park Conservatory, which was damaged in last week's storm. Plus: Chicago Mixtape throws a party for the Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club. Posted at 4:40 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/06/11 Teen Unemployment Crisis: Victims of Minimum Wage or Old People The Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune blame a recent minimum-wage hike for spiraling teen unemployment. One econ blogger has a different theory: are old folks pushing the young out of the labor market? Posted at 3:41 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	07/05/11 Chicago Asperatus Cloud Update Those clouds that made Chicago look so apocalyptic last week? The process to declare them a new variety of cloud, as made official by the International Cloud Atlas, continues. Posted at 2:37 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/05/11 A Post-4th Treat: R. Kelly Sings the National Anthem Chicago's infamous R&B genius gives "The Star-Spangled Banner" the cheeseball R. Kelly treatment. Plus: Lou Rawls shows us how it's actually done. Posted at 10:42 AM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	07/01/11 Asperatus Clouds Over Chicago? The eerie, turbulent, Ghostbusters-like clouds over the city this afternoon may be a new variety of cloud... or not. Posted at 4:08 PM in The 312 \| Permalink \| Comments (1)

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