apostropher (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
As much as I think Elizabeth Dole is a bubble-headed, do-nothing, empty suit completely and totally out of her depth pretending to be a senator, I have clung to the small comfort that she is, at least, a mighty improvement...
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Lindsay Woge says she comes from a family of tinkerers.
CHICAGO CARLESS (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
( Photo: Remain seated, with your arms, hands, and legs on top of the cushion at all times. Enjoy your ride.) This entry marks the (belated) third anniversary of CHICAGO CARLESS. As is obvious, year four is getting started with a lot of changes. The most obvious are the totally re-designed layout and features of the blog. But they're only reflections of the most important change of all: my renewed...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
FilAm children in Chicago lent a hand in showing Filipino culture in the Chicago Children's Museum (CCM) "Passport of the World" series early this month, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippines was featured for the first time so the museum displayed crafts and exhibits, as well as featured interactive performances by local performers and artists during the...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Oh, sweet, sweet irony. Part of the controversial plan to move the Chicago Children's Museum to Grant Park will involve removing the playground there. A playground that's free for all to use as opposed to paying admission to a museum, currently at $32 for a family of four. For the kids that live in the surrounding high rises, that playground is their backyard and the only convenient place for them...
Ferdy on Films, etc. (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Our Backstreets #19 Corruption on Steroids By Marilyn Ferdinand It was my sincere desire to write a review of a wonderful film I saw the other day and post it today. Unfortunately, local events that perhaps have global implications...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
This embarrassing exercise in Chicago stealing from itself wasn't for the faint-hearted. In their zeal to appease Mayor Richard Daley by approving a Grant Park land grab for the Chicago Children's Museum, several members of the City Council on Wednesday offered arguments that their constituents shouldn't forget:
New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The Chicago City Council approved a plan to let the Chicago Children’s Museum build a new home in Grant Park, a downtown park that is protected from development. Much of the museum would be underground. With a 33-to-16 vote, aldermen supported Mayor Richard M. Daley, an ardent promoter of the plan, bucking the opposition of the local alderman, Brendan Reilly, and the tradition of giving aldermen power...
ILLINOIZE (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
I'm in the Chicago City Council chambers listening to the Zoning Committee meeting. Committee members are questioning the museum architect already. Alderman Allen: Were you ever asked to develop designs for any other location? Architect: "No." UPDATE 1 Alderman Vi Daley (43): Asks how the museum would expand if needed. Architect: Can't expand. The architect has left the stage. Update 2 Chicago Park...
Chicago news (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
The City Council Zoning Committee is expected to vote today on a controversial proposal to build a new facility for the Chicago Children's Museum in Grant Park.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
A Children's Museum move would leave gap If the Chicago Children's Museum pulls up stakes at Navy Pier, which is looking increasingly likely, its exit could create a significant gap in the offerings at the Midwest's busiest tourist attraction, observers say.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Alderman in site's ward can't kill deal The much-debated plan to build a new Chicago Children's Museum in Grant Park moves Thursday to the City Council's Zoning Committee, where the unwritten City Hall rule of "aldermanic prerogative" probably will be disregarded for one of the few times in recent memory.
Quomodocumque (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
CJ was entranced by the exhibit in the Chicago Children’s Museum where you could make a pizza on cardboard crusts with fabric pepperoni and mushrooms. So tonight I thought he might like helping me make a couple of pizzas for real. Now I try to be an autonomy-granting parent, so I went along with CJ’s [...]
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Critics say officials gave too little detail Chicago Children's Museum officials released a list Wednesday of 37 locations they say were evaluated before the northeast corner of Grant Park was picked for a new home.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) Case Construction Equipment has signed a two-year partnership in support of the National Science Foundation-backed Skyline exhibit which opened in November 2007 at Chicago Children's Museum located at Navy Pier.
