Chicago Cultural Center’s grand dome is falling apart
I think it was a helpful security guard who, upon my first visit to the Chicago Cultural Center, suggested: Be sure to go upstairs and see the world's largest Tiffany...
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Chicago gets new Method soap factory, glimpse of future with fewer workers
Method's state-of-the-art soap factory on the Far South Side celebrated its opening Tuesday and offers glimpses into the future of Chicago's economy. As corporations increasingly calculate that wind power, recycling...
Website targets Chicago landlords, condos skirting recycling law
A public service announcement: If you live in a Chicago apartment or condo building that DOES NOT offer recycling, please go to MyBuildingDoesntRecycle.com. You will not be alone. Since Claire...
Redbox founder Gregg Kaplan joins Pritzker Group
Redbox founder and former CEO Gregg Kaplan has joined J.B. and Tony Pritzker's investment firm as an operating partner after a two-year absence from the workforce following his wife's passing...
A Chicagoan’s take on narrative art
George Lucas is busy planning an homage to narrative art on Chicago's lakefront. Yet I have absolutely no idea what "narrative art" actually is. So when I spotted a Fast...
A real confidence gap between men and women?
Women sparsely populate America's boardrooms because a vast confidence gap exists between the sexes, a gap that stops women from leaning in. Or so one leading theory goes. But a...
Lori Healey to replace Jim Reilly as head of McPier
NATO Summit organizer Lori Healey was appointed Wednesday to succeed Jim Reilly as the head of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, or McPier, which oversees Chicago's trade show and...
Ilene Gordon named first female chair of Economic Club of Chicago
Ingredion Chief Executive Ilene Gordon has been appointed the first female chairman of the board of the Economic Club of Chicago, an 88-year-old invite-only group of area business leaders, the...
West Loop produce wholesaler: Should I stay or should I go?
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks this month is scheduled to take up a proposal to limit the redevelopment of 88 buildings in the Randolph/Fulton Market area, home to many small...
Underwriters Labs tries to protect trademark in age of 3-D printing
So far this year, Northbrook-based Underwriters Laboratories has issued four public notices against manufacturers that it says have counterfeited its "UL" label. UL certifies the safety of more than 100...