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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
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Images of America: Avondale and Chicago's Polish Village

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Wildcats Arena Rehab

The Kindness of Stangers: Life on the Street - Chicago - 22 Jun 2017 - 5D IV - 153

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MR 492 on Goose Island 4-17-86 101

West Loop - Chcago - 20 Aug 2017 - 80D - 144

Ramova Theater

Milwaukee Road Throop & Wabasina 5-20-86 15

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

UP M-10000 Pullman News Cover Jan34

CTA Douglas Line Marshall Blvd. 3 2001

CTA 12 fantrip Homan station 9-93 3

Pulaski Avenue near ?Jackson

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CTA Westchester Circa 1951 Al Chione dupe

Loop Elevated postcard 1906

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A. Finkl and Sons Forging, Chicago