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Chicago Winter

At Home in the Flyover Zone

Mike Doyle | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Comparative Urbanism, Flyover Zone, Chicago, Aggressive Ambivalence, New Yorkers, New York City, Quality of Life, Chicagoans, Chicago Winter, Chicago Living, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

As I mark my sixth anniversary as an ex-pat New Yorker living in King Daley's court, I realize this is the first New Year in Chicago that I don't want to be anywhere else.

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Yes We Can And Sometimes We Won't

Kevin Coval | Posted 02.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Holidays, Red Line, Belmont Red Line, Economic Crisis, Uptown Chicago, Recession, Barack Obama, Chicago Winter, CTA Brown Line, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Essays, Cta, Fullerton Red Line, Chicago News
Kevin Coval

This is the burden of Chicago. The great paradox: we have a president-elect and a governor to evict.

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Weather Watch: Snow Lessening, Salt Trucks Out

Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Winter, Chicago Road Closures, Chicago Snow, Chicago Weather, Chicago Winter Storm, Chicago Forecast, Weather Chicago, Chicago News

In the end, the season's first snow storm wasn't really all that bad. "Welcome to winter in Chicago--it's here," said Chicago Streets and Sanitation ...

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In Honor of Obama: A Chicago-Hawaii Exchange Program

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 12.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Transition, Hawaii, Chicago Winter, Ka'anapali, Wailea, Cta, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Hawaii, Waikiki, Chicago News
Brett Ashley McKenzie

The Chicago-Hawaii Cultural Exchange, in which citizens of the city of Big Shoulders can swap a year beside Lake Michigan for a year on the shores of Waikiki.

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