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Subletting

Subletting, or renting from a renter, is a common practice in the neighborhoods around the University of Chicago. It is often a mutually beneficial arrangement, but weigh your options before signing...

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Off the record

On June 20th, 1936, on the gravel track of the old Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, Jesse Owens ran 100 yards in 9.55 seconds, and for seventy three years, ten months and twenty eight days, no...

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Elementary Forms

In the center of the dark space a woman in black held a silver bowl. Around her stood a circle of seven women in simple dresses, three in dark purple, four in pale blue. Seated around them on the...

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CW Essay – Scraps of Paper - Chicago's print moguls address the industry

Under gold chandeliers in the basement ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Chicago, four of print media’s most influential figures spoke to several hundred members and guests of the Chicago...

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The Whittier Sit-in

At 9am on October 25, as the bell of Pilsen’s Whittier Dual Language Elementary School rings for the start of classes, a group of about a dozen mothers gather at the entrance to the school’s field...

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Long Live the Dead

The Day of the Dead is a living holiday. Rooted in a blend of meso-American traditions and Spanish Catholic rituals, the images that are today iconic– decorated candy skulls for loved ones lost, and...

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In Peace

Stop for a moment and listen to me and answer this question if you can: What will your legacy be? When you must cross that great divide into an area from which none can hide. When you, alone, with...

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The Runoff

In the Bridgeport of 2011, Maria’s Dry Goods and Community Bar is bringing politics and booze together again.Read more →

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House Plans - Theaster Gates and the odd renaissance on Dorchester

While the Dorchester Projects developed out of the the home of installation and performance artist Theaster Gates, it is now also an archive of books, records, and fine art slides, which he hopes will...

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Playing the Advantage

Juan Moreno stands at the edge of a small astroturf soccer field and motions around at the encompassing school building that his architecture firm JGMA designed. This freshly built structure at 51st...

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