McCormick Place name honors Col Robert R McCormick
The Tribune backs naming the lakefront convention hall McCormick Place to honor Col Robert R McCormick former Tribune publisher. The piece criticizes planning decisions and urges naming the outer road Tribune Drive to highlight perceived poor planning and anticipated roadwork costs.
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Chicago
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
McCormick Place
South Side
Grant Park
Tribune
Garbage and puddles accompanied art and muddled the coverage
A reader objects to the Hyde Park Herald coverage of the 57th street art fair. The letter criticizes reporter Jan Majde for mumbling through questions and for omitting a color photo of an orange garbage can. The writer suggests the paper failed to accurately cover community events.
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Jan Majde
57Th Street
Hyde Park
Terrell Mason
Majde
Kit Schwartz
Art Institute
Art fair committee earns community praise for 57th street event
Residents commend the organizing committee and the city departments for a successful 57th street art fair. Highlights include improved layout, sanitation cooperation, police presence, and late cleanup work. Some incidents occurred but overall pride and funds for next year are anticipated.
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57Th Street
Department of Streets and Sanitation
Florence and Pisa Revisit Lights and Legacies of Renaissance
Travelers roam Florence for six days savoring the Signoria and Michelangelo library at San Lorenzo. A Pisa detour reveals Torre del Lago Puccini villa and its hunting boats. The piece notes Puccini’s fame and his taste for fast women, motorboats, and bird shooting.
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Pollak
Puccini
Signoria
David and
Ghiberti
Viareggio
Torre del Lago
Tosca
Mimi
Butterfly
Florence
Warsaw Symphony
Palazzo Vecchio
John W Dienhart critiques officials on law, art, and morals
Columnist accuses officials of complicity with gambling, porn, and “peep show” operators, arguing raids lack warrants and justice. He laments modern art and architecture, calling the Penny Arcade case a miscarriage and condemning new street light poles as uninspired.
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John Doe
Jane Roe
Calumet City
Sodom
Gomorrah
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