Podcast appearances and mentions of randolph street

Attorney Charles Brinkley comes from the long line of highly respected “Brinkley” attorneys in North Alabama, to include  Allen Brinkley, John Brinkley and Becca Brinkley.  Charles has had a varied practice of law over the years to include personal injury, criminal defense and family law.  For the past decade or so, Charles has focused primarily on real estate commercial and residential transactions along with estate planning. Charles is located in a historic building on Randolph Street built in 1836.   Jonathan Lusk is a good friend of his located in the same building who practices exclusively in the area of family law.  I enjoyed getting to know Charles' story on this episode of the podcast.   

Pre-Loved Podcast is a weekly vintage fashion interview show, with guests you'll want to go thrifting with! For more Pre-Loved Podcast, subscribe to our Patreon! Today's episode is all about the Randolph Street Market in Chicago! We're starting off with an interview with the market's founder, Sally Schwartz, a 23-year veteran of special events. In this episode, you'll hear Sally's story with vintage, and how she came to lead the Randolph Street Market in the Chicago West Loop for the last 20 years.  Then, we head in to Chicago's most beloved treasure hunt to enjoy the music, food, and of course - vintage dealers! You'll get to hear from a small sampling of the 200 Randolph Street market vendors later on in this episode because I'm taking you into the market with us (me and my mom) for a day of exploring the best vintage Chicagoland has on offer, and chatting with vintage dealers about the special pieces they brought along. Let's go! *This episode is sponsored by Dirty Labs A big thank you to Dirty Labs for supporting Pre-Loved Podcast! You visit dirtylabs.com/preloved and use the promo code PRELOVED for 20% off your first order. DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE: [2:11] Sally grew up surrounded by antiques and vintage items belonging to her parents and grandparents, and she dressed up vintage even though her peers weren't into it yet. [3:25] As a party planner, Sally would decorate the corporate parties she threw with all things vintage. [6:22] How the Randolph Street Market has evolved over the last 20 years since Sally started it. [13:48] The great vintage markets of the world that inspire Sally, including Portabello Road Market in London. [20:08] How to curate a market full of variety.  [25:29] Beauty Marked Vintage on her cottagecore-inspired vintage for prairie-dreamers and die-hard romantics.  [27:33] Invyvin creates original and upcycled fashion from recycled materials, truly second-hand couture. [30:12] Third Law Goods brings Italian vintage to the US, and Made in the USA vintage to Florence, Italy. [37:24] The sister-duo from Goods and Provisions carry ‘200 years of vintage fashions!' and have great stories of sourcing together throughout the years.  [41:08] Valentine Vintage is a vintage dealer with a showroom in Wicker Park, who showed me the coolest pair of visibly mended Union Made coveralls. [44:02] Assassin's Vintage showed me a rare 70s handkerchief top and their favorite Westernwear.  [46:48] Confetti Co. Vintage showed us her Barbiecore collection, and a beaded purse that came home with my mom! EPISODE MENTIONS:  Randolph Street Market @randolphmarket Nick Cave's Soundsuits featured in Vogue Portabello Vintage Market Richard's Fabulous Finds @beautymarkedvintage @Indyvin My story for No Kill Mag about visible mending @thirdlawgoods @pimpmyvintage in Florence @goodsandprovisionsstore @valentinevintage_ Mega Doshi Assassin Vintage Assassin Vintage on Pre-Loved Podcast @confetticovintage Sylvia Nechis - piece in the Met Costume Institute LET'S CONNECT: 

Thursday's show features coverage from the Illinois FFA Convention in Springfield. We get an update from Illinois Soybean Association Chairman Steve Pitstick. And we visit with Illinois Farm Bureau Young Leader Chad Bell. He'll be participating in Friday's Taste of Randolph Street in Chicago with Illinois Farm Families.

It's street festival time in Chicago. In addition to great food and entertainment, you'll find some Illinois farmers too at the annual Taste of Randolph Street in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago. Find out why they'll be there and details on what this "taste" has to offer, with business owner Katalin Rodriguez-Ogren, board member, West Loop Community Organization, and Gracie Pierson, Illinois Farm Families Coalition and Illinois Farm Bureau.

Memorial Hospital is celebrating 1 year of Focus Fitness. The hospital took over the Focus Fitness facility one year ago this week and are celebrating that one year anniversary. Ashlyn Housewright from Memorial Hospital joined MacombNewsNow.com recently to talk about the changes and the upgrades of the last year at Focus Fitness. Memorial Hospital's Fitness Center, FOCUS Fitness, has plans to hold a health fair event in celebration of their first birthday on Wednesday, November 3rd, from 4 pm until 6 pm at FOCUS Fitness on 103 Randolph Street in Carthage.

This week’s guest is a duo from Chicago who this past year, despite a pandemic, launched one of the city’s most exciting Mexican-inspired brewery concepts: Casa Humilde Cervenceria. Chicago is perhaps uniquely focused on Mexican culture when it comes to beer. We’re the city that launched 5 Rabbit Cerveceria—the first Latin-inspired craft brewery in the U.S. who despite many early, and seemingly ongoing challenges, is still in operation on the far Southwest side. Cruz Blanca, a brewpub on Randolph Street originally launched in collaboration with Rick Bayless , the famous chef from Frontera, coco, and Topolobampo and others is known for it’s incredible food, cocktails, and increasingly getting the recognition it deserves for its beers, especially their wild and barrel-aged offerings. But even in a mix like that, Casa Humilde has a unique point of view of what it means to be Mexican-inspired, and indeed Mexican, in craft beer in 2021. They make fantastic lagers, both a corn lager and an amber. As well as beers that feature Mexican coffees, chocolate, and of course, the beers Javier and Jose themselves came of age with in the context of in Chicago, like haze pale ales and double IPAs. Javier and Jose Lopez are two young founders focused on the intersection between the American craft scene they grew up in, and their culinary experiences stemming from an early age in Mexican families from which they take so much of their inspiration to explore beer, and far beyond. There’s a big, winding conversation going on in the food world right now about what is, and isn’t considered “authentic” when it comes to the cuisine we would previously have called “ethnic” — and part of the conversation focuses on who benefits from, and who is held back by this idea of “authenticity.” Does the demand for authenticity protect those who have the primary experience with a cuisine? Or does it place an unfair burden on them as innovators, entrepreneurs, and ultimately box them in while white people are more free to explore ideas free of the tyranny of this so-called authenticity? What Javier and Jose are doing with Casa Humilde highlights this tension for me—and the answers they’re producing in terms of their beers, where and how they’re sold, even a Micheleda, speak volumes for me about what’s at stake. They’re also just really charming, ambitious, hard-working, and true to their name, humble brewers who represent the city of Chicago exceptionally well.

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: NextMove Test Model 3 with LFP Battery Tesla Model 3 Once Again World's Favourite EV Tesla Could Be Investing In BYD Battery Business Tesla reintroduces Enhanced Autopilot Rivian identifies second of 10 showroom locations Volkswagen ID.6 photos leak Italy’s EV market tripled in 2020 Lordstown Motors Electric Pickup Will Use “Tesla Batteries” From LG Fast EV Charging Network Coming to Tennessee Electrify America Add More Solar Chargers EVs will accelerate people’s energy understanding   Show #987   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 8th February. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   NEXTMOVE TEST MODEL 3 WITH LFP BATTERY "Stefan Moeller has tested the car intensively over six weeks and covered more than 1000 test kilometers. His conclusion: “No other electric car has provided us with such stark test results so far.” The video shows advantages and disadvantages of this battery technology, because it’s not just about Tesla – other manufacturers are also relying on these batteries in the future. It will be shown why lithium iron phosphate batteries are technically a special challenge for all manufacturers!"   "The car was first fully charged in two complete test cycles and then run down to 0% on the on-board computer display. The tests took place on dry roads and temperatures just above freezing on a flat freeway circuit around Leipzig. The results of both test runs were nearly identical, with a range of 230km, or 142 miles. The on-board computer showed 44 to 46 kWh withdrawal. The vehicle registration document shows 55kWh. The question of whether this value is gross or net was left unanswered by the Tesla press office when asked by nextmove."   "A cold battery means higher internal resistance. This worsens the efficiency not only when driving, but of course also when charging. And something else curious happened during charging"   "The Model 3 heats the battery first. Actually nonsensical, because in normal charging, the user approach is actually “I came to stay.” At home the charging time is not as important as at the Supercharger. But apparently Tesla does not want to charge the battery in cold status."   "In the nextmove test, the car was emptied to 0% according to the display, but the internal (not visible) value of the BMS still showed 13% power in the battery. This high reserve of course explains the low ranges of the customers and why nextmove only got 44 or 46 kWh out of the battery as shown before."   "CATL, confirmed that it took only nine months between the announcement of the Model 3 with this battery pack and the start of the delivery of LFP cells to Tesla. Normally, manufacturers take more like 2 years for something like that. So it sounds quite like the customers are in Beta Testing phase right now."   "In a Weibo post, Tesla had asked owners to fully charge at least once a week. Not only that, they were to charge to 100 percent whenever the car was on the power source. Anyone familiar with Tesla’s communication policy knows that such a clear statement to customers is not made without necessity."   https://nextmove.de/model-3-with-lfp-cells-the-big-nextmove-winter-test/   TESLA MODEL 3 ONCE AGAIN WORLD'S FAVOURITE EV 2020 Full year results for Plugin Cars: Tesla 499,535 VW 421,591 SAIC 272,210 Renailt-Nissan 226,975 BMW 195,979   "[VW] reduced its distance to the leader from 227.000 units in 2019 (368k vs 141k), to the current 78.000...Inclusively, the VW Group outsold Tesla in the last quarter of the year, by registering some 191.000 units, while the Californian maker had some 183.000 deliveries. Will this mean that VW will beat Tesla in 2021? I think it will be closer than this year, but i believe Tesla will still have the upper hand, but for 2022...All bets are on." says Jose Pontes on his EV-Sales blog; "On the final 2020 table, the Tesla Model 3 won its 3rd consecutive Best Seller award, with no real competition in sight, so it looks 2021 could be its 4th title in a row, which would equal the number of titles that the Nissan Leaf has won so far (2011, 2013, '14 and 2016)."   Model 3 - 365,240 Wuling Mini EV  - 119,255 Renault Zoe - 100,431 Model Y, Kona, ID.3, LEAF, Audi e-tron.   http://ev-sales.blogspot.com/   TESLA COULD BE INVESTING IN BYD BATTERY BUSINESS "Media reports circulate that Tesla wants to buy into the Chinese vehicle and battery manufacturer BYD. According to these reports, 20 per cent of the company’s shares are being discussed for a reported sum of 36 billion US dollars. The South Korean newspaper Chosun had picked up on corresponding reports from Chinese online portals. Among others, the BYD environment was named as the source." reports electrive; "Tesla is said to be less interested in BYD’s electric cars than in its battery production. BYD once started as a battery producer and only began building cars later. With the ‘Blade Battery’, the Chinese manufacturer has a modern LFP battery, which, unusually for LFP batteries, is said to have a higher energy density than lithium-ion batteries with NCM cathode."   https://www.electrive.com/2021/02/04/tesla-launches-supercharger-production-in-shanghai/   TESLA REINTRODUCES ENHANCED AUTOPILOT "Tesla has reintroduced the Enhanced Autopilot packaged in Europe and China with some features that were in the more expensive Full Self-Driving package. Elon said during the last earnings results that in China, [Full Self Driving[ was about 1% to 2%, which is “much lower than in other markets.”" according to electrek: "Several Europe-based Tesla customers who didn’t buy the FSD package are reporting now having the option to upgrade to “Enhanced Autopilot” in the Tesla app.   The option is 3,800 euros (~$4,500) and has the following features taken from the FSD package:   Enhanced Autopilot   Navigate on Autopilot Auto Lane Change Autopark Summon"   https://electrek.co/2021/02/05/tesla-reintroduces-enhanced-autopilot-some-fsd-features-europe/   RIVIAN IDENTIFIES SECOND OF 10 SHOWROOM LOCATIONS "Rivian, the EV startup, has announced that Chicago will be the second of its planned 10 retail locations. According to Crain's Chicago Business, the Windy City site is on W. Randolph Street in the Fulton Market neighborhood. It joins Laguna Beach, California, on the list of showroom sites the brand intends to open in 2021." says Autoblog: “The retail locations offer customers chance to check out the Rivian R1T electric pickup and R1S electric SUV in person. They won't be dealerships, however, since Rivian is planning to sell directly to customers, with deliveries slated to begin this summer"   https://www.autoblog.com/2021/02/07/rivian-ev-showroom-locations/   VOLKSWAGEN ID 6 PHOTOS LEAK "One look at this big electric SUV and you'd think you're staring at a new EV for the US, but alas, this is the Volkswagen ID 6 that's only confirmed for China at the moment. The photos of the ID 6, based on the ID Roomzz concept, made their way to Reddit from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Although it's based on the ID Roomzz, it doesn't exactly look like the concept car." says CNET: "The front face looks far more conventional than the sleek fascia designer fitted to the ID Roomzz concept"   https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/volkswagen-id-6-photos-new-ev-china/   ITALY’S EV MARKET TRIPLED IN 2020 "The ugly duckling of electric mobility among Europe’s top car markets is finally turning into a swan. We are talking about Italy, home to so many historic motor brands, where a once almost inexistent EV market is now blossoming into a noteworthy player as Europe pushes towards transport electrification" reports Opportunity Energy: "With over 32,000 full electric cars sold (see Unrae data), the Italian BEV market tripled (!) in 2020, surging to 2.3% share in a car market reduced to less than 1.4 million vehicles (-27.7% YoY) by the effects of the pandemic. PHEVs also grew on par with pure electric vehicles, totaling more than 27,000 units – a four-fold increase YoY for a 2% share. At around 60,000 registrations combined, plug-in vehicles rose to 4.3% of the market, up from 0.9% a year before."   http://www.opportunityenergy.org/?p=3220   LORDSTOWN MOTORS ELECTRIC PICKUP WILL USE “TESLA BATTERIES” FROM LG "Lordstown Motors recently revealed a new round of commercial, operational, and strategic development updates on the progress of its upcoming “Endurance” electric pickup truck. The most interesting part of that press release, though, was buried down in the fourth paragraph, which says that Lordstown Motors has signed a multi-year agreement to use batteries from LG Chem. That’s the same supplier Tesla uses — and, get this, it’s even the same battery." says CleanTechnica: "Lordstown Motors’ CEO Steve Burns had previously confirmed that the prototype Endurance made use of LG Chem’s 2170 cylindrical cell, which is the same cell used in both the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y.. The most exciting part of the latest corporate update, though, is confirmation of the rumored Lordstown Motors electric van, with plans to use hub motors to achieve all-wheel drive, a low ground clearance, and a class-leading range. All of which will have it primed to form the basis for the world’s first series production electric RV. Factor in a $49 billion RV market"   https://cleantechnica.com/2021/02/03/lordstown-motors-electric-pickup-will-use-tesla-batteries-from-lg/   FAST EV CHARGING NETWORK COMING TO TENNESSEE The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation announced Wednesday they are partnering to develop a statewide electric vehicle fast charging network to power the growth of EVs across Tennessee and reduce barriers to transportation electrification. TDEC and TVA signed an agreement to collaborate and fund a network of fast charging stations every 50 miles along Tennessee’s interstates and major highways. This initiative would add approximately 50 new charging locations, tripling the existing fast charging network. There are only 24 fast charging locations currently operating in Tennessee that are open to all consumers and support both charging standards common to EVs.   https://www.tn.gov/environment/news/2021/2/3/electric-vehicle-fast-charging-network-coming-to-tennessee.html   ELECTRIFY AMERICA ADD MORE SOLAR CHARGERS Electrify America, the nation’s largest public ultra-fast charging network, has officially added 30 solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations with two Level 2 chargers each to its network in the state of California. The off-grid, standalone chargers are strategically located throughout the Central Valley and inland areas of Southern California, intended to provide greater access to sustainable EV charging for drivers in rural parts of the state. With complimentary charging, the new solar units help combat two of the biggest barriers to EV adoption in these locations – access to public charging and affordability. The network ensured that more than half of these chargers were located in disadvantaged and low income communities, demonstrating the company’s ongoing commitment to serve these populations. Twenty of the 30 solar-powered charging stations are located at health care centers. With input from public and private stakeholders, Electrify America identified educational and health care institutions as ideal charging points due to high amounts of traffic and extended hours of access. Locations were selected after further analyzing communities with the greatest need for charging, existing charging options and local travel patterns, among other factors.   https://media.electrifyamerica.com/en-us/releases/128     EVS WILL ACCELERATE PEOPLE’S ENERGY UNDERSTANDING The changeover to electric vehicles, coupled with the national roll-out of smart meters, will put people in the driving seat when it comes to managing energy use cleanly and efficiently. Here’s why. Making the shift to an EV makes energy into something tangible and gets people interested in finding out which are the cheapest charging times. This real-time understanding makes them more aware of how to use energy more efficiently, for example by charging their EVs at night when energy is cheap and plentiful. It can also prompt them to find cleaner ways to power their cars, and homes, through solar panels or a heat pump, for example. If every home and business in Britain had a smart meter, it would make it possible to measure the amount of energy we use as a country, where we use it and when. Through regular meter readings, smart meters can paint a picture of national energy use and demand – in close to real time. Having an accurate understanding of electricity and gas, allowing for peaks and troughs of demand and supply, is vital if the country is to move to 100% renewable energy.     Transport Decarbonisation Director Graeme Cooper: “The problem with electricity is you can’t see it, smell it or touch it. Then you get a bill for it – a sheet of numbers you don’t understand and a figure for what to pay. This is probably the most fundamental change in our energy system we’ve ever seen, with electric cars as the trailblazers and smart digital as the glue connecting people to their energy.”   Graeme sees the transition to electric cars as the gear change to people understanding energy consumption first hand – and therefore beginning to explore the energy and money-saving changes they can make to their lifestyles.   https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/journey-to-net-zero-stories/net-zero-know-how-evs-will-accelerate-peoples-energy?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=journey-to-net-zero     NEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK Regardless of tech or specs, who do you think is designing the best looking EV, and why? 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Reset talks to Chef Paul Kahan about the closing of Blackbird and how the Michelin-starred restaurant helped transform Randolph Street and the West Loop into the restaurant epicenter of Chicago.

Every week on The Twilight Zone Zone,we go down Donald Liebenson’s list The 26 Episodes We Talk About When We Talk About The Twilight Zone from Vanity Fair, chronologically by release date and compare two episodes and choose which one to recommend. This week we watched “The Obsolete Man” and “A Game of Pool” “The Obsolete Man” Burgess Meredith stars as a librarian deemed obsolete by the totalitarian state and sentenced to death, though he gets to choose his manner of execution.  “A Game of Pool” A sure-bet episode featuring two stellar performances by Jack Klugman and Jonathan Winters, playing it straight and cool as the late “Fats” Brown, a champion pool player who takes Klugman’s Randolph Street pool jockey at his word when he says he would do anything for just one game against the dead legend. This episode boasts some great dialogue (“Nothing’s impossible; some things are less likely than others”), and sage observations about the risks needed to become a champion and the responsibilities of carrying on a legacy. There are many paths in life, but which one will you travel down in the Twilight Zone, Zone… Host: Nic Hoffmann Panel: Matthew, Jeremy and Daniel

Every week on The Twilight Zone Zone,we go down Donald Liebenson's list The 26 Episodes We Talk About When We Talk About The Twilight Zone from Vanity Fair, chronologically by release date and compare two episodes and choose which one to recommend. This week we watched “The Obsolete Man” and “A Game of Pool” “The Obsolete Man” Burgess Meredith stars as a librarian deemed obsolete by the totalitarian state and sentenced to death, though he gets to choose his manner of execution.  “A Game of Pool” A sure-bet episode featuring two stellar performances by Jack Klugman and Jonathan Winters, playing it straight and cool as the late “Fats” Brown, a champion pool player who takes Klugman's Randolph Street pool jockey at his word when he says he would do anything for just one game against the dead legend. This episode boasts some great dialogue (“Nothing's impossible; some things are less likely than others”), and sage observations about the risks needed to become a champion and the responsibilities of carrying on a legacy. There are many paths in life, but which one will you travel down in the Twilight Zone, Zone… Host: Nic Hoffmann Panel: Matthew, Jeremy and Daniel

This week Terry and Paul go looking for three cent wieners and meet Mr. Horrace Maxwell Ford, a toy designer that is always eager to talk about his childhood while growing up on Randolph Street. He believes everything was so much better back then that when he goes to visit the street, it is seems to be exactly how he remembers it...

The week Kevin and Paul head on over to a pool hall on Randolph Street to meet Mr. Jesse Cardiff, a man that believes he is the best billards player alive. He can't seem to escape the shadow of 'Fats' Brown, the best billards player that ever lived. Jesse would give anything to play Fats just once...

Emily Belden, author of "Hot Mess," jumps in the Madza 3 for a new episode (sponsored by Boost Mobile). We got tacos from El Potosi (Spanish for "The Potosi") this week. Spoiler warning: Not so much. We also talked about: El Potosi had some confusing items in the cooler, including not-for-sale Coronas and a sheet cake. Emily's new book, "Hot Mess": About a Chicago woman who suddenly finds herself entangled with an up-and-coming, bad boy, chef... who maybe has a drug issue. Chicago's restaurant scene, specifically in the Randolph Street area, which plays a part in "Hot Mess." The locale of El Potosi couldn't be further removed from the settings of "Hot Mess." Emily does the "basic white girl thing" when ordering tacos. The Facebook Live video of this week's recording had a variety of fascinating viewers, including punk legends Jeff Pezzati (Naked Raygun) and Denis Buckley (88 Fingers Louie/Three-time podcast guest), radio god Kevin Matthews and culinary kingpin Ben Randall (In the Weeds with Ben Randall). RC is the cousin of Diet Rite, and Diet Rite is one step above Faygo. Emily's start as a blogger. No one blogs anymore. Emily's tenacity and perseverance, which led to her becoming a published author with "Eightysixed." How does Emily know when a book is "done?" How much of Emily is reflected in the book? Writing about addiction: "That's not something you just wing." What's an amuse-bouche? Emily's literary "voice." "Hot Mess" was not the first name for the book. "Has Hollywood been sniffing around?" "... I think it's going to be a TV series." Emily's upcoming book, "Husband Material." It's not about animal husbandry.

On a warm September night, a gunman walked into a West Side restaurant, greeted the manager, and shot him three times. Hours after the murder, Chicago cops were still trying to figure out if the shooting was gang-related, the Chicago Tribune reported. This may sound a lot like Chicago in 2018. But the murder actually happened in 1936. The alleged gangs were Chinese — and the killer was after my family. That’s one of the reasons I recently took on a Curious City question about the history of Chicago’s Chinese gangs — also called tongs. The questioner didn’t leave their name, but they wanted to know how these powerful gangs got started, what they did, and what happened to them. I wanted to know the answers to these questions to help me finally understand why my family members were targeted for murder back in 1936. But as I dug into the history of Chicago’s Chinese gangs, I realized that my family’s story offers insight into the social structure and unwritten rules that defined Chicago’s Chinese-American community during much of the 20th century. How did these Chinese gangs get started in Chicago? It turns out that the tongs my family got caught up with in Chicago actually originated as secret societies in China. They were divided into two main factions: the On Leong and the Hip Sing. These rival gangs first arrived in the U.S. in the 1860s with Chinese railroad workers. They operated in cities from San Francisco to Chicago to New York, and in just about any town with a large Chinese population. Part of their role was to provide protection for members within Chinese immigrant communities. This protection was essential when low-wage Chinese workers came under attack for bringing down railway worker pay, says Gangland Chicago author Richard Lindberg. “As a means of self-protection, the Chinese community organized extensions of the tongs of Imperial China here,” he says. “And then they divided along traditional tong lines of the Hip Sing and the On Leong, which were the principal rivals of 17th-century China.” In his book, Lindberg writes extensively about the operations of Italian and Irish gangs, but says he found much less open information on Chinese gangs. “Asian crime in Chicago is not well-documented simply because it was conducted under the veil of secrecy for most of its history,” Lindberg says. Historian Huping Ling offers one of the few detailed accounts of Chicago tongs in her book, Chinese Chicago: Race, Transnational Migration, and Community Since 1870. She describes On Leong as a  “self reliant, quasi-legal and social organization of Chinese immigrants.” Ling says Chinese immigrants relied on organizations like On Leong and Hip Sing because they “received little protection from the homeland government or the host country authorities.” The On Leong Merchants Association Building on Wentworth Avenue in Chicago’s Chinatown was once the organization’s headquarters. (Today, the building is a community center.) On Leong was one of two rival Chinese gangs that first arrived in the U.S. in the late 1800s. Courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection and Chicago History Museum Not just crime, but also social services While these gangs were most closely associated with crime, Ling points out they also operated as social service agencies in the Chinese community. Among other things, they helped with translation, education, burials, business licenses, and immigrant resettlement. They also served as de-facto courts, resolving a wide range of community and family disputes. While I’m not sure if my family ever relied on the tongs for these services, Chicago arts advocate Nancy Tom says hers did. In the 1950s she married into the prominent Tom family, who served as business and civic leaders in Chinatown and beyond.  At that time, she says, the On Leong was a central force their community. “If anyone got into trouble or anything, they would go to the On Leong and they would protect them, but all of it was for a fee,” Tom, 82, recalled. “[If], say, an uncle was stealing from another uncle, they would settle all of that. So they were useful for everything.” Tom says her own mother-in-law turned to the On Leong when there was an inheritance dispute after the death of the patriarch in their family. She says the community simply had more faith in these institutions than the American courts. “They didn’t trust the outside,” Tom says. “They didn’t trust because they didn’t understand what was going on. So [they thought] it would be better to fight with your own, within your own community. They felt more secure.” The dark side: rules and violence As I learned all of these things about Chicago’s tongs and their roles in keeping order and peace, I had a hard time reconciling that image with the brutal gangs allegedly involved in gambling, drugs, and the murder of my family members — specifically my great-great uncle John and grandpa Harry Eng in 1936. But then I learned about something called the tong’s “one-mile rule.” It prohibited restaurants and laundries from opening too close to each other, and, in my family’s case, it explained a lot about how keeping order and committing murder could go hand-in-hand. Newspaper accounts of the 1936 murder say that my great-great uncle John and my grandpa Harry opened a restaurant called the Paradise Inn in West Garfield Park, right around the corner from an existing Chinese restaurant called — get this — The New Paradise restaurant. Courtesy of Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep 1936, Sat, Page 3 When I asked my 90-year-old Uncle George about the case a few years ago, before he passed away, he said that our restaurant was in flagrant violation of the one-mile rule. And when something like this happened, he said, the wronged party could go to their tong boss and complain. “They’d say, ‘Hey boss, look at that. I was making money and the other guy just came in and chopped it up. Go and kill him.’ Then a guy would go in, get an order of chop suey, and bang — it happened so often,” said Uncle George, who married my father’s sister and was an elder in the Hip Sing tong. But he also noted that tongs often gave violators warnings to close their business before they escalated matters. But Uncle George said my grandfather and his Uncle John ignored the warnings. “So they just got somebody to go and kill someone,” he alleged. “At that time the target was [grandpa] Harry Eng, but then somebody inside the store stayed there — John Eng — and they killed him instead.” So what stopped the gang from continuing to hunt down my grandpa Harry after that September night in 1936? Uncle George said that shortly after the murder, my grandpa was visited by On Leong representatives who wanted to have a “friendly discussion.” “They said, ‘Hey Harry, you better join my tong and we can protect you.’ And Harry accepted the suggestion,” he recalled. So in 1936, my grandfather joined the On Leong, the gang that allegedly authorized a hit on him and his uncle. It may seem like a weird move, but it allowed him to live another 30 years, create a successful restaurant group, and a have a family with six kids, including my dad. And, as a bonus, that meant I got to be born. According to Monica Eng’s uncle George (top left), her grandfather Harry Eng (seated second row, left) joined On Leong after his uncle John Eng was murdered. Harry Eng’s association with the tong allowed him to stay alive, bring relatives over from China, and raise his growing family. Courtesy of Monica Eng So what happened to the tongs? Uncle George said the U.S. tong wars — fueled by gambling issues, territory disputes, and revenge — continued off and on for a few more decades. But in the mid-’60s, leaders decided to hold a national peace summit in Washington, D.C. It brought together tong leaders from across the U.S., including from Chicago. “We said to each other, ‘You’re On Leong big shots and I am a Hip Sing big shot, so we should talk and not kill each other anymore,’” Uncle George remembered. “So in 1960-something, we get to Washington, D.C. to have a meeting. We talked about why we had to kill each other, and that we are coming to America to make some money and a living, and so we should settle down without all this killing.” After the peace summit, he said, the tongs also decided to stop protecting members who violated the truce. “We decided that we would let the American government take care of them and let the guy go to jail.” This summit ushered in an era of relative peace, with some notable exceptions. But generally the On Leong kept to its territory in the South Side Chinatown, and the Hip Sing operated out of its base in the North Side Chinatown at Argyle and Broadway. This would all change in 1988, when, with an informants help, the FBI raided both tongs and shut down their gambling operations. The raids led to convictions of Chinese tong leaders and investigations of Chicago cops, an alderman, and a judge who abetted their activities. Uncle George said the raids and closure of their private casinos took a toll on membership. “To be honest, those organizations depended a lot on gambling to make money,” he said. “People liked to join to enjoy that kind of life. But now the government said you cannot have the Chinese gambling shops. So it got pretty hard to get people in the On Leong and Hip Sing because there was no more gambling.” In the intervening years, other institutions in Chicago have taken on some of the tongs’ traditional roles. Organizations like the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, the Chinese American Service League, Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, and Chinese Mutual Aid Association have filled in many of the business and social service needs. Municipal courts and police now play a bigger role in the lives of Chinese-Americans, community members say. And on the gambling side, mainstream casinos have targeted Chinese consumers with Asian entertainment and food, as well as convenient buses from Chinatown to their poker tables and slot machines in Indiana. But that’s not to say the On Leong and Hip Sing tongs have completely disappeared. “They didn’t really go away, they’re both still here,” Ling says. “They’ve just become one of the many community organizations in the area.” Indeed, both still occupy buildings in their respective Chinatowns. Hip Sing offices sit next to the Argyle El stop, and the On Leong occupies a small building around the corner from its once grand headquarters on Wentworth Avenue — now a community building called the Pui Tak Center. The Hip Sing Association currently has its headquarters in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Monica Eng’s uncle George, who was a Hip Sing elder, attended meetings at this location next to the Argyle El stop. (Bashirah Mack/WBEZ) But are they still involved in the same activities? Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says his department doesn’t publicly comment on any of its ongoing gang investigations — Asian or otherwise. And when I called and stopped by the two organizations, they didn’t answer the phone or respond to my questions. As for my own family, as far as I know, our connection to the tongs ended with my Uncle George. I don’t even have any family elders left to ask. The last of that generation passed away in the last decade. And their kids, who are senior citizens themselves, don’t know much about these admittedly secret societies. After a recent lunch with my cousin Winston (Uncle George’s son) in Uptown, I asked if he’d walk over to the Hip Sing Association building with me. We rang all the buzzers, but no one answered the doors. Winston said he used to drive his dad, who was well into his 80s, to the building regularly for Hip Sing meetings. “But did you ever go up and see what was going on?” I asked. “Not really, I usually waited downstairs,” he said. “And when I went up, it was mostly just a lot of older Chinese guys smoking cigarettes and hanging out.” More about our reporter Monica Eng at the grave of her grandfather Harry Eng and grandmother Nora Sit Eng in the Chinese section of Mount Auburn Memorial Park in suburban Stickney, Illinois. (Katherine Nagasawa/WBEZ) Monica Eng is a veteran Chicago journalist and WBEZ reporter whose great-grandfather Joe Eng came to Chicago around 1920. Within a few years, he opened restaurants in West Garfield Park, including The Chicken Shop and a “dine and dance” ballroom called the Golden Pumpkin. After losing all the businesses after the stock market crash, Joe launched new restaurants in the early ’30s with his relatives, his daughters, and son Harry Eng. These included the Paradise Inn on the West Side, the ornate Hoe Sai Gai on Randolph Street, and House of Eng on Walton Street. Monica has never formally worked in restaurants, but has written about hundreds in her years as a food journalist at the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. She continues to explore food, health, and history on her Chewing podcast. Monica Eng is a WBEZ reporter. Follow her at @monicaeng or write to her at meng@wbez.org.

February 7, 2017 at 4:30pm Cider Chat at The Northman    recording chats with patrons on Cider Stories! Brian Rutzen is the Cider Director at Chicago’s first cider bar, The Northman managing 20 taps of cider, 5 craft beers and in total over a 100 options of cider to partake at this 63 seat bar. We chat how The Northman helps patrons understand cider, how it is poured, cellaring cider, cider with food, and lots of tips for attendees heading to the windy city for CiderCon (the annual cider conference for members of the United States Association of Cider Makers). Chicago is a city of neighborhoods - with many of the names reflecting the immigrant groups that settled there. Pilsen for instance got its name from the Czech immigrants and is now housing many Mexican immigrants. Brian says “Chicago is setup as a grid.” Making it fairly easy to get about Go to this page to see the ciderchat.com show notes page with photos  O'Hare Airport apple history What does the airport code ORD stand for at this mighty Chicago hub? Answer: Orchard Field Taxi to Downtown from O'Hare Airport: $50 bucks (this is not absolute, might be more) Public Transport from O'Hare to Downtown -$2 (might be a bit more but, no more than $5) What to expect for cider options in Chicago?  Brian says that most bars nowadays have at least  2 ciders on tap Transportation around Chicago? Uber - Take lake shore drive to get to The Northman from Chicago CiderCon2017 for $15 bucks. Use the promo code CIDERCHAT10 for $10 off your first Uber ride. Taking the L train from downtown to The Northman will take you 45 minutes Contact info for Brian and The Northman Brian’s Twitter handle: @ChicagoCider website The Northman address: 4337 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago telephone: 773-935-2255 Twitter @TheNorthmanChi CiderCon February 8th through 10th, 2017Mentions in this Chat Chicago Cider Summit February 11, 2017 Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap Known for wings and having cider on draft Vandermill Cider Places to stop in on Randolph Street as mentioned on this chat Girl & The Goat Little Goat Duck Duck Spin 809 W Randolph Street Chicago, Illinois Au Cheval 800 W. Randolph Street 312-929-4580 Kaiser Tiger - 1415 W. Randolph Street German Sausage, great tastes made with bacon Cider on Tap Outside in the Winter: Curling!!! Listen to the following French cider podcast episodes to prepare for the CiderCon Tastings 049: Agathe Letellier | Manior d"apreval | Normandy - France 050: Didier Bedue |President I.D.A.C., France 057 Eric Bordelet | Normandy, France Part 1 Ask for the following 4 #CiderGoingUP Campaign cider supporters - By supporting these cider makers, you in turn help Ciderville. Big Apple Hard Cider - NYC Kurant Cider - Pennsylvania Oliver’s Cider and Perry - Herefordshire/UK Santa Cruz Cider Company - California The Cider Project - California Please Help Support Cider Chat Please donate today. Help keep the chat thriving! Find this episode and all episodes at the page for Cider Chat's podcasts. Listen also at iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher (for Android), iHeartRadio and where ever you love to listen to podcasts. Follow on twitter @ciderchat  

An annual round-robin, at the festive Randolph Street Market, with promoter Sally Schwartz, Nena Ivon, Harry Rinker, Susan Klein Bagdade, Al Bagdade, and Danielle Arnet, Addressing several topics in the world of collecting …