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August 2011
California Eyewear Brand Comes to Gold Coast
By Bridget Maiellaro
Star Quality
Oliver Peoples (941 Rush St.; 312-266-9000, oliverpeoples.com), an eyewear company that makes high-end glasses frames and sunglasses that are often spotted on celebrities (including Madonna and Kanye West), opened its first Chicago boutique in July in the Gold Coast. It is the ninth stand-alone store for the brand, which was established in West Hollywood, California in 1986... Read more
Is Sports Architecture in Decline?
By Whet Moser
New York City goes zero for three in its newest arenas. But Midwestern sports architecture provides hope for the future... and in Chicago, you can see its storied past, where it all went wrong, and where it started to improve. Read more
What to Do This Weekend: Hit the Rocks in Indiana
By Catey Sullivan
Quick: What do the Tribune Tower, the Pentagon, and the Empire State Building have in common? That would be Indiana limestone, quarried from Lawrence County, a.k.a. “the limestone capital of the world.” But there’s more to the southern Indiana spot than attractive geological strata. Primeval forests, underground lagoons, and wineries also await... Read more
Why Did Google Buy Motorola Mobility?
By Whet Moser
Google picks up the Libertyville-based company for $12.5 billion in cash. The main reason has a lot to do with increasingly aggressive patent warfare between the nation's biggest tech companies—a legal bulwark, in short. But the purchase may have implications for your cable box, as well. Read more