Podcasts about Tribune Tower

We often hear about the Tribune Tower, the Chicago Cultural Center and of course the once-called Sears Tower, but do you ever wonder about the buildings that aren't aesthetically pleasing to the eye? Tour guide Mike McMains from Tours with Mike designed the Ugly Buildings Tour to highlight the eyesores that hide behind and between Chicago's famous skyscrapers and structures. Mike tells host Jacoby Cochran what makes a building ugly and his favorites.  Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A few years ago, at the very start of the pandemic, Roman Mars wrote an episode of 99pi in which he simply talked about design details in his house -- realizing that he, like the audience, didn't have many other places to go.  (You should check it out. It's called "Roman Mars Describes Things As They Are"-- it's a real time capsule and a fan favorite.) Since then, he's been thinking about and wanting to record a companion episode out in the world.Over the next couple months, he's going to three cities that shaped who Roman is and how he thinks about design. We'll start in Chicago. Chicago is a design lover's paradise, from its carefully thought-out original grid to its exceptionally stellar flag design. The city is home to some of the most influential architecture in the US as well.Roman Mars Describes Chicago As It IsNote: This series is made possible by the new 2024 Lexus GX and SiriusXM. 

This week we're celebrating our THIRTIETH EPISODE! To celebrate, we're going back into The B1M archives and looking at one of last years smash-hit videos "The Secret Subway That Could Save New York". The Interborough Express would fill a huge gap in the city's transit needs. However, no project is affordable or straight forward in the Big Apple.Later in the show, we chat about a boulevard in Düsseldorf that's intended to resemble a light-filled canyon. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, "Calatrava Boulevard" will modernise the space between Königsallee Boulevard, Königstrasse, and Steinstrasse in the heart of the city. Also, we talk about Chicago's iconic Tribune Tower finding new life as a luxury residential development. Built in the early 1920s, the neo-gothic building on North Michigan Avenue was home to the Chicago Tribune newspaper between 1925 and 2018. Now Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) has worked with developers CIM Group and Golub and Company to repurpose the 34-storey structure and create 162 residential units, retaining its original lobby and the famous Chicago Tribune sign. We end the show with an email sent in by Noa from Sweden AND a lovely Apple Podcasts review that includes the question "...outside of The UK, which is your favourite European City architecturally?" - it gets spicy.Get in touch! Podcast@TheB1M.comwww.TheB1M.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blue is obsessed with architecture, but this time, it's not a dome! Plus a lightning round, Red's beyond-anime knowledge, and much much more on another edition of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast!  Our podcast, like our videos, sometimes touches on the violence, assaults, and murders your English required reading list loves (also we curse sometimes). Treat us like a TV-14 show.Monkey of the Month:https://www.doomcodesigns.com/physical/sun-wukong-golden-glitter-monkey?fbclid=IwAR2vSOzgtLftgpjKQ-GBOcxcwZ9j0l-Puiklgy03MVOhdYCD3PEwPOo8wWsOSP has new videos every Friday:https://www.youtube.com/c/OverlySarcasticProductionsChannelQuestion for the Podcast? Head to the #ask-ospod discord channel:https://discord.gg/OSPMerch:https://www.redbubble.com/people/ospyoutube/shopFollow Us:Patreon.com/OSPTwitter.com/OSPyoutubeTwitter.com/sophie_kay_ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Netflix is considering a weekly release schedule, a baseball used by the 1919 Black Sox World Series team was unearthed from a time capsule buried in the walls at Tribune Tower, and Ghostbusters with a live soundtrack is coming to the Auditorium Theatre October 8th.

She's worked for Chicago's biggest newspapers and he's worked for Chicago's most successful radio stations. And now … they do email.Joining Charlie Meyerson for this edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks: Axios Chicago newsletter authors Justin Kaufmann and Monica Eng.Listen in your favorite podcast player, via Spotify and Pandora, on Amazon's Alexa-powered speakers or on Apple Podcasts.Or if you prefer to read your podcasts, check out the transcript below.And if you're a completist, check out the behind-the-scenes raw audio and video from the recording of this podcast via Zoom on YouTube—including deleted segments like Eng and Kaufmann's answers (at 34:50) to the question, “How did Charlie most annoy you?” ■ Enjoying these podcasts? Help keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.■ And consider subscribing—free—to the daily Chicago Public Square email newsletter._____Now, here's a roughly edited transcript of the interview with Eng and Kaufmann. Corrections? Email Squerrors@ChicagoPublicSquare.com.Charlie Meyerson 0:00 She's worked for Chicago's biggest newspapers, and he's worked for Chicago's most successful radio stations. And now, they do email.Monica Eng 0:08 At WBEZ they kept saying, “Would you like to write our newsletter?” And I'm like, “Are you kidding me? I'm a reporter! Stop with the insulting questions.” And now, like, I love it.Meyerson 0:20 Monica Eng is a longtime Chicago reporter who's covered food, culture, health and the environment for the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune and, yes, also at a radio station, WBEZ. Justin Kaufmann's a former talk show host and producer in Chicago at WBEZ and WGN Radio. They've teamed up to create the Axios Chicago newsletter, rounding up the day's biggest Chicago news plus coverage of their passions, including food and sports.Justin Kaufmann 0:44 Chicago is a different place. It is going to be a different newsletter than Denver. It should be a different newsletter than San Francisco.Meyerson 0:52 Coming to you despite a cough, congestion and a mild fever that a test assures me do not signify COVID-19, I am a well-medicated Charlie Meyerson with Rivet360 and Chicago Public Square, which, yes, is also an email newsletter. And this is Chicago Media Talks. Justin, what did you want to be when you grew up? And how did that lead you into Chicago radio?Kaufmann 1:14 You know, it's funny. My dad always reminds me that I was really into DePaul Blue Demon basketball when I was a kid and I would write up stories like sports stories of the games that they would show on Channel 9 at the time, like when DePaul would pay like Creighton, or Georgetown. And I would write—he showed me when I was older—like, these write-ups. So I think I wanted to be a sports writer in some form. But to be honest, I really wanted to be in radio. I love the idea I had my own— I did the announcements in high school and a lot of things to end up where I ended up to be a talk show host. So I think that that's what I wanted to be.Meyerson 1:53 High school announcements: You and I have that in common. Monica, what did you want to be when you grew up? And how has that shaped your career?Eng 2:01 I had no idea. But by the time I was 15, and my mom was dating Roger Ebert, he said, “Hey, so do one of your kids need a job this summer?” I said, “Well, I'm not going to be doing anything but watching TV. So maybe I'll go try this thing called being a copy clerk at the Chicago Sun-Times.” And from the first day I started working in the features department at the Chicago Sun-Times in 1985, I fell in love with it, and that's all I ever wanted to do—be a newspaper woman or a newswoman. I did not envision I would be an emailer, thanks for calling me that.Meyerson 2:35 It's an honorable profession. It's honorable. Eng 2:37 There was no email at the time, which was why I had a job. You know, putting the mail in the slots at the Chicago Sun-Times.Meyerson 2:45 How and when did you two first meet?Kaufmann 2:48 Ooh.Eng 2:49 Ooh.Kaufmann 2:49 That's a good question. Monica was world-renowned, you know, in Chicago media. And I think I booked her a couple times on talk shows on WBEZ. And then, you know, when Monica was looking to make a career change, she came over to WBEZ. So we worked together at WBEZ for a couple of years, working on talk shows and reporting.Eng 3:12 Yeah, well, yeah, I remember I remember. I used to hear you on the radio. And I was always a huge fan of WBEZ, and then you know, you, you'd say, “Hey, can you come on and talk about your Tribune stories?” And I thought, “Oh, this is fun.” So when you said, “Hey, there might be a spot here,” like, “You know what? I'm gettin' a little sick of the Tribune, maybe I'll think about that.” But as you recall, hiring at public radio sometimes takes a little time. So I think we were doing that dance for a couple of years.Kaufmann 3:39 Yeah, we had a lot of lunches at Fox & Obel, which is that high-end grocery store over on …Eng 3:44 … between Tribune Tower and WBEZ.Meyerson 3:47 How did you come to be a team on the Axios Chicago newsletter?Eng 3:51 Justin had already been working with the Axios daily podcast. So he kind of knew about that world. And we both had worked with Niala Boodhoo at WBEZ. And she was already there. She was quite an evangelist for the place. And I thought, “Whatever, I've never really even heard of this thing.” And so when she told us both about it, I think we're like, “Well, let's take a look at this.” I don't think either of us were like super-sure we wanted to do a newsletter because obviously we had different skills. We didn't like who has newsletter skills? Do people like graduate college knowing how to do this?Kaufmann 4:25 Yeah, I will say, Charlie, that the one thing that grabbed our attention, I think, was looking at what Axios was doing with newsletters—not just in the local markets, but what they were doing with Mike Allen and others who do the national newsletters—is they really did feel like a written talk show. And if you look at Mike's Axios AM, that's what it is. Mike is hosting a talk show—he's doing articles instead of segments—but it really had this vibe, this energy to it. He's connecting to his readers. He's engaging, he's going back and forth. It reminded me a lot of what I was doing at WGN Radio when I was doing a WBEZ with Reset. So it was an easy opportunity when they said they wanted to do it for Chicago, you know, it was a, it was a no-brainer to say, “OK, well, you know, could you do a talk show in an email format?” And that's what we've been, that's really our ethos, our mission statement, our philosophy, Monica and I, that this is a talk show in an email format, and it seems to be working.Eng 5:19 In fact, when we are when we're over length on these newsletters, Justin's like, “Oh, we gotta cut it for time.” I'm like, “Justin, we're not doing radio.”Kaufmann 5:28 It's hard to lose the little radio things like “cut for time.” “Listeners,” I always— Our readers are listeners, I always say that.Meyerson 5:37 It's easy to get those mixed up. You know, sharing some of that same professional DNA with you guys, I know that one of the hardest things I find in creating an email newsletter is deciding what not to put in. Because, as Monica has said, there's no time restriction, there's no length restriction, and deciding what doesn't go in is harder than deciding what does go in. How do you wrestle with that?Eng 6:00 Well, we do have a length: Nothing over 950 words. But that does make it harder. I mean, Chicago is full of, you know, a million stories in the naked city. And so how do you choose, you know, four or five a day? It's a terrible Sophie's choice to make.Kaufmann 6:16 That has been an issue where I think a lot of the editors and everyone were like, “You know, you're gonna have to do this every day, you're gonna watch out— Finding content will be an issue.” For Monica and I—because we've covered the city for years, and you know, this, Charlie; I read your newsletters and same idea—you could do 50 stories, you could do 100 stories. I mean, there's— time is nothing, so you're just like, yeah, every night at 10 o'clock, after we put the thing to bed, I'm like, “Darn it, we didn't talk about this, or we didn't do this.” And that reminds me of when I worked at 'BEZ and 'GN as well, where you would be down on yourself because you missed the topic that you think Chicago wanted to talk about.Meyerson 6:52 As we record this August 22, 2022, you've been with Axios just a bit more than a year. What's been a high point of that year or so with Axios?Kaufmann 7:00 I think, to me, the highlight has been just connecting with Chicago readers. I would have never thought this would be this successful. I mean, at the time we tape this, we're over 80,000 people who are signed up for it. The open rate is way above the average. And people are engaging and sending us emails on a daily basis on every story we do. It's way more than I ever had at WGN or WBEZ. I think that that has much to do with the format—I mean, people at their computers are like I can easily respond to this. But that has been the high point to me is watching that sort of evolved engagement from some of the other things that were— I mean, you know, Charlie, talk radio is all about engaged. So by getting people on the phone, like, that's where it's supposed— you think that's ingrained in the secret sauce of an AM talk radio station like WGN, but this supersized it. We're talking hundreds and hundreds of emails and people who want to engage.Eng 7:56 They can be overwhelming at times—because, yeah, it's like, “Oh, I want to respond to all 150 people who wrote to us today sharing you know, where they like to go, you know, for a picnic in Chicago, or, you know, what they remember about Tower Records.” So, yeah, similarly, I think, you know, the engagement. Yeah, of course, I got COVID during our first or before our first retreat, so I couldn't go, and Justin just loves to rub it in about how fun it was.Kaufmann 8:25 It was such a fun time without Monica. That really I think that's the secret sauce is that Monica wasn't there.Eng 8:30 Leave that old wet blanket home.Meyerson 8:32 All right, how about the low point of your first year with Axios? Monica?Eng 8:36 Oh, jeepers, I wouldn't say low point. But, I think, you know: Breaking news. During the strike, when omicron was raging and the CPS and CTU were fighting. We were doing really long days. And it was like, “Oh, shoot, something else just happened. Let's, you know, break the thing open again.” It can kind of it's actually very exciting to cover breaking news. But it was wearing and I think, you know, and well and then the Highland Park thing, day after day, turns into a manhunt it turns into to these things. And our bosses are actually great. They're like, “Look, are you guys feeling worn down? What can we do to kind of rejuvenate you.”Kaufmann 9:20 I think because we are news media creatures at best and at heart, it becomes really difficult to shut it off. And so, if there are breaking news stories on top of breaking news stories, we're not the type to bury our head in the sand. We're the type to say it doesn't matter if it's 8 o'clock, 10 o'clock at night, 11 o'clock, we get up and we start working again. And that is just part of the pitfalls of the job. I mean that you get burnout. You don't get a chance to have any sort of renewal moment or time to rest. You just gotta keep going.Meyerson 9:53 Just six years after its founding Axios is being bought by Cox Enterprises, the cable communications and historically a newspaper company, for a little more than half a billion dollars. What's that mean for you and Axios Chicago? Are you both millionaires now?Eng 10:09 Well, I guess quasi-millionaires maybe like, multi. It's actually, you know, I've been and Justin's been at companies that have been bought before, and it's usually bad, bad news. It actually appears to be good news, in this case. And, and our bosses made sure that they got a really good deal for employees as well. As far as we can tell, they're not going to touch the journalism, they just actually want more local journalism. Cox seems to really love the local end of it. And so I think it means we get more love and, and, and our bosses are talking about this as a multi-generational thing. They want Axios to be around generations after they're gone. And I think, as far as I can tell, that's, that's really gonna help with this. Kaufmann 10:59 Yeah, they're saying all the right things.Meyerson 11:00 When you say “good deal for employees,” what does that really mean? Eng 11:03 We get to sell a third of our stock. So everyone is vested, even people who have been there a short time, and you can sell a third of your stock to Cox and then later, we can sell it for actually an even better deal—you know, depending on the valuation of the company at the time.Kaufmann 11:17 You know, Axios is a young company. And it is interesting to see the difference in philosophy and styles when a young company is bought, as opposed to an older company. And I've been on both sides of the spectrum. I was there when WGN Radio was sold to Nexstar, before that tried to be sold to Sinclair. That is a different feeling. That's a feeling of dread. And, you know, they're coming in to change formats or cut or like even work in the newspapers. That's not what this is, this is a win for Axios, they got a media company to buy the product for a pretty sizable amount of money. And they look at it as this is an indicator and also, I would think, an encouraging sign that people are interested in the future of local news.Meyerson 12:03 Between the two of you, you have by my count, more than half a century of experience in newspapers and radio. What's your take on this, this email news business? Is it a fad? Is it here for the long run? Is it the successor in any way to traditional radio and television? Or is it something that you expect is going to fade away as something else comes along?Kaufmann 12:23 Well, I will say this: I think that obviously you've been a pioneer and doing email, and you've you found your voice, and that's really what it's about. It's not that everybody can go to email and, and be like, “All right, I'm just going to transfer my product to this new format and it's gonna work.” I mean, it's the same tenets. You have to be engaging, you have to have personality, it's about the tone. Everything is the same. It's just you're using words, and I think it's very akin to maybe what we saw in the early 2000s, with the blog movement. I think that that was something that at first people were like, “What, you're gonna put your—this is in the newspaper? It's digital? What are we doing?” And you saw some that became very successful and very profitable, and some that were middle of the road and some that died off. And I think that newsletters, especially independent newsletters, are in the same ballpark. I think it's the same game. It's just evolved. And I think that advertisers are more interested in putting their money into email newsletters because it's been tried and true by now.Eng 13:26 Yeah, if you'd asked me a year ago, I would have said, “What the heck email newsletters?” I mean, actually, I'll be honest: At WBEZ they kept saying, “Would you like to write our newsletter?” And I'm like, “Are you kidding me? I'm a reporter! Stop with the insulting questions.” And now, like, I love it. And it really is meeting people where they are. People our age still open email. My daughter, she's like, “Can't you just text it to me, mom?” So maybe these will be texted in the future. But it's respecting their time. It's curating for them. And it's yeah, it's going into the box that they open every morning.Kaufmann 14:05 I think it's all about advertising. And I think that the audience has been there. Charlie, you—we did it together at 'BEZ.Meyerson 14:13 Let's be transparent. You hired me to do WBEZ's— Kaufmann 14:17 Yeah!Meyerson 14:17 Well, it wasn't even— WBEZ in 2013 was not set up to send email to readers. So I did what should have been email but was just a blog at the time.Kaufmann 14:27 Yeah, but it was a news blog. It was similar. It's similar in the way to what you do right now with Square. I mean, it was a very similar idea. But that is where this— I mean, you could see the evolution from those kinds of posts that were important—that people would go to the URL to check it out every morning to see what Charlie had to say about Chicago news. Now, they've just like podcasts, they figured out a way to take these blog posts and give them right to you in an email format. And that is that I mean, if you really think about podcasts, that's where the world changed when you were doing radio and it was appointment and I had to go to a dial. I had to actually punch the numbers in. Now they found technology that just puts it on my phone when I wake up. And that's a big difference. That's why you have … so much audience there because they're not having to do anything. It's almost like the media industry is finally figuring out, you have to go where the audience is at as opposed to trying to get them to come to you.Meyerson 15:20 A colleague in the broadcast business once talked about his organization's ability to train listeners to do certain things at certain times. That seems to be a notion that I think is going away. I don't even know when my favorite TV shows are on, they just show up on my TV when I want to watch—Kaufmann 15:34 When you're ready to watch them! Exactly! Right? I mean, I watched two or three TV shows over the weekend that were season finales from two weeks ago. And I didn't have any problem with it. I knew how to avoid the spoilers. We're not living in this collective zeitgeist anymore, where everybody's watching one episode of Lost. There's a lot going on. And I feel like that is the same with we talked about podcasts, you talking about newsletters, talking about news. And I think that what I find interesting is just the idea that Monica and I are, we get this all the time from listeners—or readers. Sorry, there you go—that say, “I get all my stuff from you.” You know that—Eng 16:11 Which is scary. Come on, guys, you shouldn't be—Kaufmann 16:13 Yeah, it is scary. You should read other stuff for sure. I mean, but I think it'd be the same with your readers, Charlie. I mean, they're coming to you, they can go get the stories from different places. But they're coming to you for that five, three to five minutes in the morning. For them to say, this is what I this is what's going on. And this is what I need to know what's going on.Meyerson 16:28 You know, “We read the news so you don't have to” is one approach to email newsletters, I think. How has the pandemic played out for you, as you create the Axios Chicago newsletter? Monica? Eng 16:40 Well, we started it like 1/3 or halfway into the pandemic. And so, I'm thrilled to be at an organization that says “We will be remote all the time.” If you're in New York, and you want to go to the New York office, or in Virginia and want to go there, that's great. But they say “Home is where your office is,” and we get a nice fat stipend every month to make our home a nicer place. And you can spend it on flowers or a dog or whatever — Meyerson 17:12 A dog? I'm impressed. Eng 17:14 I mean, anything that will make your home a nicer place to do your job. But for younger people for whom work is like the place where you're gonna meet your mate, and you can learn from older journalists, I could see how it's a problem. The world, you know, we know it all.Meyerson 17:29 You're both youngsters compared to me! Justin, how did the pandemic play out for you?Kaufmann 17:33 Well, I mean, I left—I got, you know, tossed outta WG

*Chris Placek of the Daily Herald recaps the Bears meeting last night, and shares reaction from the local residents. *ABC News Correspondent Alex Stone provides an update on the dangerous conditions in CA as harsh weather looms. *Grant DePorter of the Chicago Sports Museum tells John about a historical baseball found in the walls of the Tribune Tower. *Former IL legislator Jim Nowlan outlines the issues with a November amendment that prohibits "Right to Work" legislation. *Plus, John shares a Wendy's workplace romance story that somehow ends in a potential terrorism charge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

*Chris Placek of the Daily Herald recaps the Bears meeting last night, and shares reaction from the local residents. *ABC News Correspondent Alex Stone provides an update on the dangerous conditions in CA as harsh weather looms. *Grant DePorter of the Chicago Sports Museum tells John about a historical baseball found in the walls of the Tribune Tower. *Former IL legislator Jim Nowlan outlines the issues with a November amendment that prohibits "Right to Work" legislation. *Plus, John shares a Wendy's workplace romance story that somehow ends in a potential terrorism charge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In 1972, Camille Cook started the Film Center at the School of the Art Institute Chicago to screen auteur, independent, and international films. What started in a room at Tribune Tower, then a basement at the MCA, then an auditorium at the Art Institute is now Gene Siskel Film Center on State Street. In addition to screening films, it features director Q&As and lecture series. For its 50th anniversary, the Gene Siskel Film Center is weekly screening a film from each year it's been open. We talk to the executive director and director of programming about the history, running a theater during a pandemic, and how to narrow it down to just 50 films. Guests: Jean de St. Aubin — Executive Director, Gene Siskel Film Center Rebecca Fons — Director of Programming, Gene Siskel Film Center We are collecting your Chicago love stories! Leave us a message with your name, neighborhood, and story at (773) 780-0246. Follow us on Twitter: @CityCastChicago Sign up for our newsletter: chicago.citycast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Segment 1: Tom Gimbel, founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, joins John to talk about the importance of showing appreciation to your employees. Segment 2: Philippe Weiss, President, Seyfarth at Work, tells John about how some companies are having to keep ‘dud’ employees due to hiring and retention pains. How should businesses navigate this problem? Segment 3: Michael Edwards, […]

David Manilow is back for our weekly series on the business of food. This week, he recommends local bakeries, including Chicago classics like Dinkel's, Lutz and Roeser's, as well as new spots like Aya Pastry, La Fournette and Lost Larsen. He also shares highlights from his recent conversation with Stephanie Hart of Brown Sugar Bakery. Plus: Stellantis to lay off about 400 workers at Jeep Cherokee plant in Illinois, West Loop landmark handed over to lender, Salesforce to acquire Chicago AI pioneer and Foxtrot opening flagship store at Tribune Tower.

Crain's residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin talks with host Amy Guth about news from the local housing market, including a look inside Tribune Tower's new residential amenities, the uptick in home sales near golf courses, an abolitionist's Austin home up for landmark status and more. Plus: Chicago police union says it will fight vax mandate in court, Portillo's seeks up to $400 million in IPO, KKR's billionaire founders hand off leadership reins and PharmaCann expands to Colorado and Michigan with latest weed deal.

The ice cream museum scoops up space in Tribune Tower, a move that illustrates how experiential tenants could help solve the Mag Mile's retail woes. Crain's commercial real estate reporter Alby Gallun talks with host Amy Guth about the real estate outlook for Michigan Avenue. Plus: Grubhub's co-founder leaving new parent company, Skokie lab buildings sold for $75 million, retirement investment startup raises mega-funding round and Allstate's response to agents' lawsuit: Comply with rules or leave.

You're listening to the Westerly Sun's podcast, where we talk about the best local events, new job postings, obituaries, and more. First, a bit of Rhode Island trivia. Today's trivia is brought to you by Perennial. Perennial's new plant-based drink “Daily Gut & Brain” is a blend of easily digestible nutrients crafted for gut and brain health. A convenient mini-meal, Daily Gut & Brain” is available now at the CVS Pharmacy in Wakefield. Now for some trivia. Did you know that Rhode Island native, Raymond Hood, was an American architect who worked in the Neo-Gothic and Art Deco styles? He is best known for his designs of the Tribune Tower, American Radiator Building, and Rockefeller Center. Through a short yet highly successful career, Hood exerted an outsized influence on twentieth century architecture. Now for our feature story: A proposed ordinance aimed at regulating short-term house rentals will remain on the drawing board after the Town Council received a host of new comments from property owners engaged in the practice. On Monday, the council voted 7-0 not to move the proposed ordinance ahead for a public hearing after councilors listened to several speakers. A few of the speakers offered to work with the council in a workshop setting to offer ideas on crafting an ordinance intended to make it easier for officials to deal with noise and other complaints arising from short-term rental properties. Thomas J. Liguori Jr., a lawyer representing Randall Realtors, said real estate agencies serve as listing agents for cottages that are rented in Misquamicut during the summer. The agencies have developed rental agreements that identify the number of tenants and vehicles and if the contracts are violated, the agencies and police can be contacted to enforce the rules During a previous meeting, residents complained that short-term renters disrupt neighborhoods with parties, excessive noise, and other problems. As currently written, the proposed ordinance suggests short-term rentals will be permitted in all parts of town. A handful of property owners who rent their houses out on a short-term basis questioned aspects of the proposed ordinance and suggested it would have the effect of punishing good-faith operators and saddling them with new fees on top of property, sales  and hotel taxes. "It looks reactive and punitive," said Fred Buffum, whose family has provided long- and short-term rentals for decades in Weekapaug. One resident, Tamara Tarpinian-Jachym, encouraged the council to adopt an ordinance, saying she is frequently annoyed and bothered by renters in Misquamicut. "We want some peace and quiet and safety," Tarpinian-Jachym said. For more about the coronavirus pandemic and the latest on all things in and around Westerly, head over to westerlysun.com. There are a lot of businesses in our community that are hiring right now, so we're excited to tell you about some new job listings. Today's Job posting comes from Sea Bags in Watch Hill. They're looking for a part-time retail sales associate ideally with 2 years of retail experience and customer service. Pay depends on experience.. If you'd like to learn more or apply, you can do so at the link in our episode description: https://www.indeed.com/l-Westerly,-RI-jobs.html?vjk=2742aded61e027db&advn=8743562717035863 Today we're remembering the life of Karen McLaughlin, of Beach Street in Westerly. Born in Westerly, she was the beloved daughter of Henry "Curly" Antoch and Paula Antoch, both of Pawcatuck. Karen worked in Administrative Aide for Electric Boat in Groton. She loved the beach and enjoyed traveling and communicating with her friends on social media. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her son, her beloved fiancé, two siblings, and husband Tim, her aunts, nephews, and cousins.. Karen also leaves her beloved cat Nemo. Thank you for taking a moment today to remember and celebrate Karen's life. That's it for today, we'll be back next time with more! Also, remember to check out our sponsor Perennial, Daily Gut & Brain, available at the CVS on Main St. in Wakefield! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dean and the Crew remember the “old dump” that was the Tribune Tower. Plus, where were the WGN Walk of Fame plaques moved to? Dave Schwan delivers a Far Flung Forecast from St. Joseph, Missouri. Dr. Robert Murphy, Professor of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine talks with Dean about the ramped […]

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com CONVERSION OF CHICAGO'S TRIBUNE TOWER NEARING COMPLETION Work is close to wrapping up on the conversion of Chicago's landmark, 75-year-old Tribune Tower, the onetime home of its namesake newspaper that is about to see new life as a residential/retail high rise. According to a November 1 report by Chicago YIMBY, once open, the 34-story, 463-ft-tall tower will house 162 condominiums. Prices start at US$900,000 for a one-bedroom unit, going up to US$7.6 million for a four-bedroom residence. Homeowners will enjoy more than 55,000 ft2 of amenities, including a gym, a solarium, a billiards room, a golf simulator, a coworking lounge, 47,500 ft2 of retail space and more. Work on the conversion, at 435 North Michigan Avenue, is on track to complete within a few months, and will be followed by phase two, construction of a 1,422-ft-tall, 113-story sister tower to be Chicago's second-tallest building. Developers of the project are CIM Group and Golub & Co. The architect for the conversion is Solomon Cordwell Buenz, and the designer of the second tower is Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Image credit: by Stuart Seeger for Wikipedia To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

The investigation begins in earnest as the Green Mill Gang follow some leads to find the rocks stolen from the Tribune Tower. We meet some old friends and some ornery capitalists as the mystery unravels.   CAST Charlotte Elena:  Tex Tom Harrison: Hal Provenzano Ray Goldberg: Slim Noa Heinrich: Big Judy Matthew Marquez- GM Megan Scharlau- Amanda Levell   SOUNDTRACK  Theme music by Riley Allen, rileyallen59.wixsite.com/music,  "Harlequin" by  Kevin MacLeod Link:     https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3858-harlequin "Royal Banana)" by Kevin MacLeod Link:       https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4309-royal-banana "Thinking Music" by Kevin MacLeod Link:       https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music "Cryptic Sorrow" by Kevin MacLeod  Link:   https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow "Fun in a Bottle" by Kevin MacLeod Link:     https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3784-fun-in-a-bottle "Five Card Shuffle" by Kevin MacLeod Link:   https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3763-five-card-shuffle "Look Busy" by Kevin MacLeod Link:     https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4000-look-busy "Quiet Panic" by Kevin MacLeod Link:   https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4255-quiet-panic Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/    Learn more about Capers at  https://www.nerdburgergames.com/capers    Read this episode's transcript and learn more about Tabletop Potluck at http://www.tabletoppotluck.com  Follow us on Facebook and Twitter  

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com CHICAGO COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN FOR NEW SUPERTALL The Chicago City Council has approved developers' plans for the construction of Tribune Tower East, a 102-story skyscraper that will be the city's second-tallest building, CBS Chicago reported on May 20. The mixed-use tower, standing 1,442 ft, will bring 564 condominium units and apartments, a 200-room hotel and a 687-space parking garage to the site, currently a parking lot at Lower Michigan Avenue and Lower Illinois Street. The glass-and-steel tower just east of the iconic Tribune Tower will be the centerpiece of the US$700-million project, but other improvements to the area would include renovation of Pioneer Court Plaza to create green space, outdoor seating and a new pathway to the nearby Cityfront Plaza. Construction is expected to begin in late 2021 or early 2022, but a target date for completion was not given. Image credit: courtesy of CIM Group and Golub & Company To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

1996 was a turning point for Burning Man. It was also the last year co-founder John Law attended. Two people were run over in their tents. And another person died in a head-on collision right before the gates opened. The next year, organizers tried to tame the chaos with a bunch of new rules and a grid of streets. It was too much of a compromise for Law. So, he walked away. We talked about that and more at his office in Tribune Tower in Oakland. Hear more: www.theintersection.fm  // Twitter: @IntersectionFM // Facebook: fb.com/IntersectionFM  // Donate: paypal.me/THEINTERSECTION  -- Producer: David Boyer Engineer: Gabe Grabin Music: Erik Pearson Associate Producer: Jonathan Davis Tracking Guru: Jenee Darden Special thanks to the Pigmalions, Versed, BMIR and all the peeps who shared a moment and/or a story. Produced with the technical and emotional support of KALW, and the financial support of SF Arts Commission and California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the NEH.

Regional housing market numbers, Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford buys in the West Loop, more adjustments to the building planned next door to Tribune Tower, climbing prices in Pilsen and results for a Northbrook development proposal: Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin joins the podcast for this week’s market news. Plus: PepsiCo confirms a move to the Old Post Office, a trustee seeks $80 million in damages in a grocery bankruptcy case, Charles Schwab nears a deal to buy TD Ameritrade and WeWork is cutting 2,400 jobs. Use hashtag #CrainsDailyGist on Twitter to continue the conversation about these and other business stories.

Today is national Psychic Day! In observation of this day, psychic medium Susan Rowlen joins WGN Radio's Karen Conti. Susan has joined the WGN team on multiple shows and even did some ghost hunting in the old Tribune Tower studios! Today, Susan shares what she does and gives several lucky listeners their own psychic readings! For your own psychic readings, visit www.susanrowlen.com or email Susan at srowlen@hotmail.com.

Today, host Amy Guth talks with Crain’s Chicago Business residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin about condos at Tribune Tower and how high the deluxe market will go. And about the one time Guth rescued a bird. Plus: The U.S. drops the fight to add a census citizenship question, Ald. Tom Tunney cashes out of his Ann Sather property, Nuveen had "zero tolerance" for banks dealing with a bond rival, a Hyde Park apartment tower goes up for sale and a Chicago vegan "meat" maker sues Mississippi over new labeling law. Find host @AmyGuth on Twitter and continue the conversation with hashtag #CrainsDailyGist.

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This week Paul goes behind the curtain with a focus on Chicago’s amazing architecture with the executive director of Preservation Chicago, Ward Miller. The recent find of artifacts from the Columbian Exposition of 1893 underneath the surface of the site for the Obama Library and Education Center, the uncertain future of The Tribune Tower, Macy’s […]

We talk with real estate developer John Protopappas on the subject of creating value by building community.  Mr. Protopappas developed his first live/work project in 1985 and has developed and managed over sixty commercial and residential projects during the past twenty-eight years. During that time, Mr. Protopappas transformed many neglected properties by turning them into mixed-use live/work spaces. These projects, such as the historic Tribune Tower and the Bakery Lofts at the site of the former Remar Bakery in Emeryville, are representative of his innovative approach to revitalizing urban neighborhoods through mixed-use projects.

How much money does the Bay Area spend on corporate tax breaks?What are the colorful squares of land along the South Bay's coastline?Why is Redwood City's slogan "Climate Best by Government Test"?Did dirigibles dock on top of Oakland's Tribune Tower?Former San Francisco Chronicle comic illustrator Paul Madonna grapples with a changing city.

The skyline of beautiful downtown Oakland, California, is defined by various towers by day, but at night there is one that shines far more brightly than the rest: the neon-illuminated Tribune Tower. Each side of the tower says “Tribune” in … Continue reading →

The skyline of beautiful downtown Oakland, California, is defined by various towers by day, but at night there is one that shines far more brightly than the rest: the neon-illuminated Tribune Tower. Each side of the tower says “Tribune” in … Continue reading →

On a beautiful summer afternoon, Mary Schmich and I sat near the top of Tribune Tower and talked about her life in journalism:Mary’s discovery, at an early age, that you could have fun with words (“Fuse confusion”). Her memories of working at the LA Times, where she worked on a typewriter in the fog of cigarette smoke and learned to write for newspapers by going through copy sheets. Why she believes being a journalist is being “in the business of connecting people to each other.”We talk about returning to the South, where she grew up, as a Tribune national correspondent, her time covering Jim Bakker’s trial and Tammy Fay Bakker, and her earliest days writing a column in Orlando. “Never be afraid to look stupid.” A fun talk with a great newswoman.

Chicago Tribune Tower

Chicago Tribune Tower