Results tagged “penn”

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market...

What is the deal with the building off of the east side of 45 in downtown across from the post office (bounded by Franklin and Bagby)? It looks like it was constructed (or renovated) recently and yet it sits there half-finished with broken glass. — Chris Chris, the building you're wondering about is the old Tennison Hotel at the corner of Bagby and Franklin, and you're right: It was renovated in the last few years,...

We thought we'd take a stroll by Minute Maid Park to see what was going on at the site of the former William Penn Hotel, located at the corner of La Branch St. and Texas Ave. With the past exploits of Spire Realty, who chose to demolish the hotel one year ago, we were sure that perhaps something interesting was in the works. Unfortunately, the most activity that has occurred is the pouring of a...

The Ben Milam Hotel (Joseph Finger: 1925), located across from Minute Maid Park (and some may know that old place - Union Station), has been vacant for more than two decades and may soon be history. What's with all this speculation, you ask? Well, we recently witnessed the sneaky razing of its neighbor, the William Penn Hotel (which was, indeed, in much better condition), and now its windows are being removed and the interior is...

Wednesday A new twist to the whole emo-rock craze: a female vocalist. Well, it’s about time. Rosematter hails from York, Penn., while their stage partners Mile High School is from Yorktown, Va. Coincidence? We think not. 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land | tickets and info On L.A. rappers Jurassic 5’s (there are actually six of them) latest release, they team up with Dave Matthews Band. Not something you’d expect from a hip-hop...

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So here's a life lesson from today's news: If you're ever cruising through Pennsylvania carrying $500,000 in a duffel bag, don't try to enter a nuclear power plant. A couple of Houston men found that out the hard way Tuesday afternoon when they were on their way into the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport, Penn., to pick up a tool container. Security guards did a routine search of their truck and found a duffel bag, which they opened and found the half-mil in $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills.

proud, the wrecking ball almost immediately moved in on the old William Penn Hotel at 1423 Texas Ave. Take that, preservation!