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	Beach Coats, Shoes, and Robes, Please: Shoreline Motel Ephemera by Patrick Steffes » 7.20.2017
	Chicago’s Forgotten Fountains by Greg Borzo » 6.10.2017
	2017 Event and Tour Season by Staff » 3.9.2017
	Building New: 25 Years of the Harold Washington Library Center by Patrick Steffes » 9.20.2016
	That Not-So-Great Street: State Street in Transition by Patrick Steffes » 9.13.2016
	Chicago’s Glass Block Part I – 1893, Early Glass Block, and Prism Glass by Joe Sislow » 7.17.2016
	Uncovering Forgotten Chicago Through Research and Events by Patrick Steffes » 11.6.2015
	Slow! Watch for Politicians by Jacob Kaplan » 8.4.2015
	Sharply Defined Masses: The Forgotten Work of James F. Eppenstein, Part 3 by Patrick Steffes » 3.20.2015
	Bridgeport’s Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge by Patrick McBriarty » 10.23.2014
	Chicagoland’s Million Vacant Lots, and Other Recent Research Finds by Patrick Steffes » 5.31.2014

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UP M-10000 Pullman News Cover Jan34

Union Pacific M-10000 Pullman Plant 2-12-34

CTA 12 fantrip Homan station 9-93 3

CTA Douglas Line Marshall Blvd. 3 2001

Pulaski Avenue near ?Jackson

Loop Elevated postcard 1906

CTA Westchester Circa 1951 Al Chione dupe

The Watermelon Factory

Chicago Sangamon branch 2 Jun 98

Chicago Sangamon branch 0 Jun 98

The Black Hand "Death Corner"

MR Goose Island 2-2-89 5

Milwaukee Road Lakewood Branch 8-86 6

CTA Loop 8-27-86 8

Chicago Police car Row.

Street Portrait - Millennium Park - Downtown Chicago - 04 Aug 2017 - 7D II - 159

Point of interest on this displayed @ the IRM.

Courtland Avenue Building

Chicago Street Art

Bill Clinton on a recent visit to Chicago