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Where We Started
Gapers Block went live on April 25, 2003, with a Merge post about the Berghoff adding seats in the bar. The first couple Fuel questions were kind of silly, but got down to business soon enough.
Vintage Pilsen
Chicago Voz interviews Akito Tsuda, a Japanese photographer who just published a book of photos of Pilsen in the early 1990s.
Andrew Huff — 12/31 — Photography
Best of GB: The Lies
Early on, we ran fiction in Detour, our features section. One running series was The Critic, which was an Onionesque collection of "real reviews of fake things," such as restaurants, movies, musicals, fireworks shows and music festivals. They never failed to fool a few people.
A Tale of Two Cities
In a NYTimes op-ed, Megan Stielstra juxtaposes tonight's Chi-Town Rising event, which was once free but now costs $99-150 to attend, with the protests that are bringing people together for a very different reason. Meanwhile, Rick Perlstein writes in the New Yorker about "The Sudden But Well-Deserved Fall of Rahm Emanuel."
Andrew Huff — 12/31 — City Life/Cultural
Easy Mistake to Make, Jeb
Presidential candidate Jeb Bush commented on the decision not to indict the police officers who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice yesterday, saying, "I think that Chicago's got a lot of work to do to rebuild trust. The level of violence is abhorrent." When reminded that the Rice case was in Cleveland, he said, "I'm sorry, my bad."
Andrew Huff — 12/31 — In the News
Chicago Women Who Owned 2015
I'm stealing the headline from FoGB Veronica Arreola, because it is perfect. There are so many Best of lists at this time of year, but if you want to know 15 (thankfully there are far more) women who did awesome stuff in Chicago this year, then go read about them. They're all awesome.
Cinnamon Cooper — 12/31 — City Life/Cultural
Get Home Free on New Year's Eve
As usual, the CTA will be free tonight from 10pm to 4am, courtesy of MillerCoors.
Andrew Huff — 12/31 — Transportation
Next Year's CPS Schedule Released
Parents may not be thrilled by the 2016-17 school schedule, which thanks to a quirk of the calendar has winter break starting on Christmas Eve and spring break ending on Easter.
Andrew Huff — 12/31 — Schools/Education
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