Welcome hydrogen as mod

Hey everyone, I'd like you to all welcome a familiar face around here, hydrogen as a moderator. He's been appointed to help us out with the North American forums, focusing on the US forums but he'll also lend his services over here in working with Steely Dan on the Chicago forum as well.>

Carson Pirie Scott State St. Closing

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...wsbreaking-hed Quote:> Carson Pirie Scott will close its historic flagship store on State Street in the Loop, where it has been selling goods for more than a century, a victim of industry consolidation and changing shopping habits..... Bon-Ton Stores Inc., the department store operator that took over Carsons in March, said the giant store, which encompasses an entire downtown block and consists of nine conjoined buildings, was too expensive to operate. It doesn't make money and sales have been falling for the past two years, said Bud Bergren, president and CEO of the York, Pa.-based company.... >The greedheads will make noise about the big box ordiance but in short the revenue from the store was not enough given the land valuation. I presume they'll leave the facade inplace and gut the interior and mechanical systems.>

Chicago's party schools?

All these topics of schools has me wondering. From what you have heard or experienced what do you feel is the biggest party high school, and the biggest party college in the Chicago metro? For high school, hands down Lane Tech. When I went there, there was always a party on Friday and Saturday, if not a few for each day, and daytimes on half day Thursdays were very common. We would leave daytimes at like 4pm drunk, and these daytimes were huge too. There would be like 50 people usually. Now that I think about, where were all these kids parents? For College, that's a tough one. Chicago colleges aren't really known for party schools. From what I have seen and heard it seems like DePaul. Too bad Chicago does not allow on campus frat and sorority houses. Then again we really don't need more drunk people out on our streets.>

Nygirl is still doing chicago.. now from the top of the Jhc

Oh yea.... Went up this sucka too: Sorry for the glare guys.. Views to the South: Olympia Center ( Realllllly sleek) I love it.. Hotel Cass again and the sweet older building around it ( We'll get to that later, this aint the last thread..) Waterview's boney White butt: Looking West and Kind of west... ( Sofitel was hard to get because of the glare) See what I mean.. this is Park Hyatt.. Looking North: Looking East: >

What is the ultimate Chicago movie?

From the LA forum... Quote:> Originally Posted by Ferneynism > ...I also wanted to determine what was the ultimate Chicago movie. Maybe I should of just started a thread in the Chicago forum...> > Quote:> Originally Posted by ORDgasm > Yes you should do that. It would be an interesting discussion.> >Well then, what IS the ultimate Chicago movie? My #1 favorite is definetly The Blues Brothers, but there are no doubt countless more that could be (and should be) mentioned.>

Nygirl Does Chicago and the Cubbies +Altavista

You bet: Wrigley Field and Altavista Terrace! For sale: Cool... I wonder how much money the guy got from Budweiser.. 20 minutes or so Before the first pitch How its done! Someone from ssp was at the same game and in this area in view: I went with Celia who is a huge Yankee Fan. We both went decked out in Yankee's gear.. Me well i had the Yankee fitted, a cute yankee top,, and my giant Ny tattoo out. The crowd at Wrigley... Didn't care. Long Live Wrigley, Screw Shea, Screw Fenway.>