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During Wildcat Welcome, my Peer Adviser told me one of the biggest regrets that Northwestern seniors have is not exploring the city of Chicago more. Between a loaded schedule of classes, extracurriculars and social activities, it may seem hard to budget time to head into the nation’s third most-populous city. However, with some good time...

Located near the Kennedy Expressway and the Chicago River, Avondale has significant Polish, Latino, Eastern European and Asian populations. And like many parts of Chicago, residents and community leaders are concerned gentrification might displace longtime neighbors.

Ban on structures higher than 500 meters is more about taming economic excess July 15, 2021 05:00 JST | China Skyscrapers including Shanghai Tower stand steadily forming a unique city skyline in November 2020: do not downplay the symbolism.   © Imaginechina/AP CopyCopied William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japans Lost Decades." The best indicator of whether President Xi Jinping really is reducing leverage ...

Jul 12, 2021 In the time capsule today… We find the beginnings of the first oil crisis, with OPEC targeting nations perceived as supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Six months later, the price of oil tripled. We find the completion of the Sears Tower in Chicago. The 108 floor structure became the tallest building in the world, a title it held for 25 years. The building could have been covered in granite. However, aluminum producers submitted a revised bid after the builders made a ...

2021 NBA Playoffs Godfather II, Jerry West retires and more: Its been 47 years since the Bucks reached The Finals Back in 1974, the NBA Finals saw Kareems Bucks battle against Celtics in a world (and NBA) that was markedly different. Jeff Case, NBA.com Ultimate Highlight: Bucks advance to NBA Finals Milwaukee defeats Atlanta in Game 6 to clinch its first trip to the NBA Finals since 1974. It’s hard to argue that any NBA expansion team was as successful as the Milwaukee Bucks were in their ear...

The Chicago area woke up to heavy downpours Thursday, with a flash flood watch in effect across most of the area as rain and storms are expected to linger for days.

CHICAGO — Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive it is. Or rather, will soon be. Two years after a South Side alderman introduced an ordinance to rebrand the landmark Chicago Lake Shore Drive to honor DuSable because he was upset he didn’t hear the Black founder of Chicago mentioned during a river boat tour, the City Council on Friday ended months of racially charged debate by adopting a ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Start thinking about your data as a capital asset. This is not an original idea. Douglas B Laney from Gartner built a strong argument around this concept in his book Infonomics: How to monetize, manage, and measure information as an asset for competitive advantage. The past decade has witnessed enormous growth of AI and ML solutions from start-ups and skunkworks teams within organizations. The economic opportunity of AI globally has ...

I thought we were safe from Bulls-related pain in the offseason.

•   Game Six of the 2010 Stanley Cup Final between the Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers went to overtime. With the Blackhawks leading the series 3-2, Patrick Kane shimmied past future teammate Kimmo Timonen and found the back of the net for the Cup-clinching goal. The first Stanley Cup championship for the Blackhawks franchise since 1961 and the first of three Stanley Cup victories in a six-year span for the organization. •   Good friggin’ times, eh? •   Fast-forwarding to this yea...