H-E-L-P-!-! Lost my FM oldies station!!

Can anybody help me? My favorite radio station (Magic 104.3) just changed its format. I really used to enjoy the oldies it played from the 50's, 60's, and 70's (mostly rock). Are there ANY stations in town that still play the real oldies? I scanned the whole FM dial and found nothing. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm already going into withdrawl!!!>

Chicago--why no boutique hotels?

Whenever I stay in NYC I stay in boutique hotels to save money. Generally they are older graystone/brownstone buildings that have been converted to hotels (usually not a part of a chain) that have cool designer rooms and rather interesting brands of soap and lotion from London, etc. Chicago has some of the world's greatest hotels, but most of them are downtown and I generally see them as grand developments in huge highrises. Chicago doesn't really do anything small, does it? Thus the "make no small plans" But small wouldn't hurt here. There are still plenty of brownstone/graystone type buildings both in the east loop, west loop. and River North. And don't even get me started on Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Bucktown, Uptown, Edgewater, Bronzeville, Kenwood, Hyde Park, etc. A few more hotel options would be a good idea, if you ask me>

Kanye West and Chicago

My friends and I tossed around this topic over a couple of 312's the other night. Some of you may not be very familiar with Kanye, but he is the biggest hip hop star in the country - if not the world right now. 1. Is Kanye West the biggest Chicago pop icon? (besides Oprah and MJ) 2. Do you feel that he portrays Chicago in a positive light? 3. What sort of impact may he have on our community? ---------------------------- "And you say Chi city We don't stop naw we don't quit" Common / Kanye BE>

The skyline 2010 - 2015 - 2020

This thread is just a speculative project....a thought experiment if you will on how extensive the Chicago skyline will be in 2010, 2015, 2020. Please take the time to give thoughts on all three dates, though I know going out that far is dangerous and often just fanciful. How do you guys see this thing playing out. Emporis currently has listed highrises as follows: 1,045 completed 82 proposed 41 approved 29 under construction If all of this got bulit, which prob won't happen that would give us approx 1200 highrise by 2010 or so....is this accurate, too high, too low Where do you see more development ( west , south)? Do you see the "thickening" of the skyline ie making it more than one or two layers thick as it is along N. LSD what about 2015 and 2020? get to work>

Schaumburg or Hegewisch, where would you rather live?

Based on pictures in these two threads where would you rather live? Schaumburg: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=262352 or Hegewisch: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=264194 ? For me, I will take Hegewisch.>

Thread page too big...

The picture thread's last page is too big (it just took fifteen minutes to load and I have quite a fast connection and decently fast computer...). Maybe we should break up the post into smaller posts on different pages. If not that, maybe just select the really phenomenal pics out of that group to post...>

State universities & an evolving Illinois

The status and relationship of state universities in any given state change over time. It took a long time for UCLA to be thought of in the same class as Cal in Califonria (no doubt due to LA's tremendous growth). In Michigan, MSU may not be equal to U-M but it is has lost its old ag school reputation and Michigan is now viewed as a state with two outstanding flagships. How about Illinois? Will the relationship of our state universities change as the state evolves towards the future (and isn't change in that respect inevitable like all change?) UIUC is state's flagship u. always has been and I suspect always will. But how will the U of I change in the future as Illinois's growth will continue to be by far the heaviest in metro Chgo area? UIC is right downtown in one of the world's most dynamic cities. It has been able to incorporate the U of i med center into its institution. At some point there may even be pressure for a public law school in the Chgo Area (we have none) and UIC would be the likely recipient. Will UIC, arguably the state's second best public institution, close the gap with UIUC to any degree? High techn companies continue to spread west of the Fox River on I-88 towards the new fringe of Chicagoland....DeKalb. Where does that put NIU, the benificary of such growth, in relationship to the more prominent U of I (and, I hope I'm not going out on a limb here, more rominent UIC)? Where does that place NIU in relationship to its peer instiutions (SIU, ISU)? Do you expect to see a shakeup in the relationship of all these major schools (i.e. UIUC, UIC, NIU, ISU, SIU, etc.) in a changing Illinois?>

Okay, not to get picky, but I've just got to know!

This is in regards to the design of some of the newer shopping centers in Chicago--ie the ones built to the sidewalk with parking in the rear. I have learned that it is good form to have the shop entrances on the sidewalk only. In other words, to have an entrance both on the sidewalk and the parking lot is poor form because it essentially is just a strip mall that is inverted. Ideally, the only available entrance should be from the sidewalk, thus adding vitality to the sidewalk and discouraging driving (while still providing some parking). Has anybody observed how this is being done in the city?>

question about the lifting of chicago in the 1850's

i am surprised that i can't seem to find any photographic evidence - scarce even any drawings or paintings - of this most astonishing feat of nineteenth century engineering. i have tried an extensive googling of the subject, but to very little avail: the best i could come up with was the image on page 126 of this pdf. how utterly miserable; there must be better than that! could anybody help me by pointing out a good place to look? i wish i could see a search facility at this site;-)>

What's the largest group of high-rises outside of Chicago?

Could some people please post some pictures of highrises that are outside the classic "skyline" i'm tryin to show some peope that there are lots of ighrises outside pf downtown. It would be much appreciated,thanks!>

A Chicago Fire "what if...."

What if Chicago had not been able to pull itself together after the Great Chicago Fire (it's possible; the devastation was enormous): WHAT EFFECT WOULD THIS HAVE HAD ON THE MIDDLE WEST (PARTICULARLLY OTHER CITIES)? • Could St. Louis have regained its old dominance, or had the Civil War and the increasing east/west commerce pretty much ended the possiblity that that city's north/south Mississippi River dominance could have such power? • Would another Great Lakes city taken on the role of Chicago, or would the Midwest have ended up more like the South, where one major city did not dominate. If a city did arise to take Chicago's place, would it have likely been Cleveland due to its access to east-west trade from the northeast to California? • Did existing concentration of rail lines and the major commodity exchanges have created a situation that the nation would have rebuilt Chicago even if Chicago couldn't have rebuilt itself? • What might Chicago itself be like today if it lost its dominance in 1871?>

Non-Loop Chicago pictures

Hi, after being reminded of just how urban Chicago is by such threads as Chicago vs Philly density and Most Deceptive Cities, I started looking through my Chicago folder trying to find images of the miles of dense urbanity outside the loop. But out of the 150 or so images, nearly all are either skyline or street level loop pictures, so I figured I'd start a thread featuring only pictures of Chicago away from the immediate downtown areas. It seems that much of Chicago's personality and charater can be found in it's neighbourhoods, but pictures of these areas seem fairly hard to find. So, let's see what you got. (Gold Coast and aerials are okay, as long as there's a mix.) >

Woodstock, IL. Small town charm on Christmas morning

I found myself in Woodstock for a couple of hours enroute to spend the holidays with the family. I actually grew up not far from here in the neighboring suburb of Crystal Lake, so it was a pleasent visit to my old stomping grounds. Many of you may have seen this town before, which was the film location for the movie Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray (nearly all of the filming was done in Woodstock, which was the 'setting' of Puxatony PA). Another movie: Trains, Plaines and Automobiles also had a short segment filmed on the village square as well. Woodstock is the seat of McHenry County and is located about 55 miles due northwest of Chicago's Loop. Because it was Christamas morning, the place was pretty deserted, but still beautiful nonetheless. As you can see, the downtown's brick streets have been retained over the years. Cute little bar Chicago Olgilve Station ~55 miles this way The pothole Bill Murray stepped in over and over agian was just off this curb Village square and the opera house. Old McHenry County Courthouse and Jail Spot elevations on the Old Courthouse facade The square from the courthouse steps Oprea House Chicago? Europe? This building is actually infill. The square agian And now some of the beautiful housing stock... New library A Lustron House. An experiemental post WWII house which is made of steel plates covered in porcelin. It was an alternative method developed to create affordable, mass produced housing in the 1950's. There are just less than 10,000 homes just like this one spread across the country. Nice home, and part of my car's ugly sunroof. School This was the Bed and Breakfest in the movie Groundhog Day >