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Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination
TribuneHundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its third day at McCormick Place. The timing was a...Tags: Unions, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Career and Workplace, Employees, McCormick Place
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Choking is easily averted, but always a tragedy
Fred Y. Sasaki put on a red tie and his gray suit. He was not a man who typically dressed up, but tonight was special. At 80 years old, Sasaki had built a successful career as a dry cleaner. He had just spent the day with his grandson. And now he was...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Coughing, Wrigley Field, Steaks, Lobbying
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Open thread: The weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but not limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup...... -
Editorial: The 'missing piece'
Mayor Rahm Emanuel spent much of Thursday fleshing out the funding details for "Elevate Chicago," his grand plan to raise the city's profile as a tourism and convention destination. With an expanded McCormick Place and a re-imagined Navy Pier coming...
Tags: Travel, United Center, Soldier Field, Rahm Emanuel, Finance
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Subject for debate: Elevate Chicago
Change of SubjectStory: The Navy Pier remake is being rolled out this week along with other tourism-related projects, including a proposed multi-use arena at McCormick Place that would serve as the home of the DePaul Blue Demons basketball team and additional hotels...... -
Plan aims to turn Navy Pier into more of a park
Navy Pier, the highly commercial tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more parklike feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans formally announced Friday. Due to cost constraints, the initial $176 million remake does not...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Arts and Culture, DePaul Blue Demons , Architecture, Rahm Emanuel
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Get Out: A few ways to make Sunday the best day of your week
If Cher could turn back time: For a woman who turns 67 on Monday, Cher seems to be turning back time in the aging department. The Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club is throwing her a birthday brunch and bash a day early. Although Cher will not be attending,...
Tags: Travel, Transportation, Vegetarian Diet, Railway Transportation
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The tale of 'Elevate Chicago' and foreclosure blight in the neighborhoods
Thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-three. That's the number of properties in Chicago listed last week in some stage of mortgage foreclosure. This is a disaster. This is a crisis. And though you wouldn't know it from the amount of news coverage...
Tags: United Center, West Loop, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Humboldt Park, Rahm Emanuel
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Navy Pier remake would add urban park elements
Tribune staff reporterNavy Pier, the highly commercialized tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more park-like feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans to be formally announced Friday morning. The initial remake does not include some of the...Tags: Travel, Tour Operations Industry, Arts and Culture, DePaul Blue Demons , Architecture
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DePaul arena part of Emanuel's $300 million in projects
Beginning the second half of his term this week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel moved to shift the civic conversation away from questions of crime and school closings toward a roster of publicly funded tourism projects, including a DePaul basketball arena at...
Tags: Entertainment, Finance, Interior Policy, Chicago Hotels, Sports
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Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets
I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....
Tags: Basketball, Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Lifestyle and Leisure, Scott Waguespack
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