Year: 2006
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1327 S. Wabash
Permit #: 100106851 Applicant: American Demolition Owner: Piedmont Group Inc. Permit Description: Demolition of a 1-story brick building, excluding the terra cotta entrance arch and parapet to be salvaged and stored for reuse per attached scope of work dated June 21, 2006. Status (if applicable): Released 11/30/06
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Fun With Crap in the New York Times Stylesheet
I always like reading the stylesheets for websites– they are windows into the attitude and personality of the site developer. To find a stylesheet, just right-click inside the window of any site and choose "View Source". Then do a search for "css". It’s always in the head (or beginning) of the document. Here’s the head…
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Answer The Call: City of Chicago Firefighter/ EMT Exam
The Chicago Fire Department is open for applications to its entrance exam for the first time in 11 years. Go here (PDF), read the small print, and then click the link at the bottom of the PDF to register for the exam. Here’s what Mayor Daley says: The theme of this campaign is ‘answer the…
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Yahoo! Buzz Index for Insights
I like sideways ways to get information. I subscribe to the straight-news methods– Google Alerts, Yahoo! Keyword Alerts, Technorati, meme sites, etc. And they work. But the sideways stuff– original, first-hand research that tells you things that you wouldn’t know from normal sources– is the real deal. My CTA Alerts is an example. Its purpose…
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We Are All Kevin Finnerty
So, like a lot of people, I watched episode 67 of the Sopranos on Sunday night. Due to some travel obligations, I couldn’t get to the TV until the 11 o’clock showing, not the original 8 PM one. The kernel of the epsiode is Tony’s coma-induced dream-thinking wherein he is Kevin Finnerty, a regular guy…