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City panel backs landmarks label for two State Street buildings

The federally-owned towers date from the early 20th century and could still be torn down, but the decision of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks could increase pressure to preserve them.

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Off-duty Chicago cop strikes, kills pedestrian near House of Blues in River North

The officer was driving an Infiniti SUV in the 300 block of North State Street about 12:30 a.m. Thursday. She told officers she dropped her phone and took her eyes off the road to grab it, according to a police report.

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Thousands flock to 89th annual Chicago Thanksgiving Parade on State Street in the Loop

The return of giant balloons after a five-year absence wows the crowds, and bright crisp weather, marching bands and Santa and Mrs. Claus kept spirits festive.

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Vox preservare: Landmarks commission hearings are a chance to speak up for Century and Consumers buildings

The U.S. General Services Administration and the federal judges pushing for demolition would do well to hear and abide by what could be a flood of testimony next week in favor of saving the buildings.

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Chicagoans celebrate Italian American heritage at annual Columbus Day Parade: ‘It’s time for everybody to be happy again’

The 71st annual parade honored the late Tony Bennett by naming his daughter, Antonia, as honorary grand marshal.

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Columbus Day parade will kick off at noon Monday

State Street will shut down for the parade, which is scheduled to step off at State Street and Wacker Drive, proceeding south from there to Van Buren Street.

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Turn State Street into a pedestrian mall

Chicago would have a nearly unbeatable one-two punch, with a pedestrianized State Street two blocks from Millennium Park.

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Can State Street get its groove back? A panel’s new proposals show real promise

But without a consistent push from Mayor Brandon Johnson, even the best-laid plans won’t go far in remaking Chicago’s iconic “great street.”

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That great street once again? State Street panel floats ideas to put the welcome mat on ‘Chicago’s front porch’

Plans would divide the corridor between Wacker and Ida B. Wells drives into three distinct districts highlighting arts, retail and education.

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Louisa Chu: Drag brunch prevails at The Walnut Room, where history and radical acceptance collide

CHICAGO — Every other weekend or so, if you head up seven floors to The Walnut Room, in the store once known as Marshall Field’s on State Street in Chicago, you’ll feel the music before you see the spotlights beaming from the show.

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U.S. firm StemCures to set up manufacturing lab in Telangana

StemCures, a medical clinic in Ohio focused on stem cell therapy, will be establishing a manufacturing lab in Telangana with around $54 million investment and employment potential for around 150 people.

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Teen killed, another wounded in shooting involving stolen car on Near South Side

The men, both 18, were in a car in the 1900 block of South State Street when a stolen white Kia approached and someone inside opened fire Thursday afternoon, Chicago police said.

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City landmarks panel backs preservation of State Street towers

The decision by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks goes to the City Council for final action is not binding on the federal government, which owns the properties. But it could generate support for preserving the early 20th century towers.

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Fight the power: City must move quickly on landmark status for fed-owned Loop skyscrapers

A preliminary designation hopefully would force the Century and Consumers buildings to be redeveloped rather than demolished.

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Federal agency to raze three-story building on State Street

The more than century-old structure is between two taller buildings that preservationists are fighting to save. The General Services Administration said the smaller building has a facade that could collapse.

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State Street sidewalk closed at Adams; feds cite pedestrian danger at buildings it wants to raze

Fences were erected days after Preservation Chicago put the buildings at 202 and 220 S. State St. on its ‘most endangered’ list, calling for efforts to save them.

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Preservation Chicago issues 2023 ‘most endangered’ list

The properties range from early State Street skyscrapers to less-prominent commercial and industrial buildings in the neighborhoods.

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As Old Navy leaves State Street, another reinvention is needed

There’s a bigger issue afoot than what will happen to the former Old Navy site: What’s next for the Great Street?

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Old Navy, a downtown mainstay, is closing its State Street store

The retailer has operated at the location since 2012. Three other Old Navy stores remain open near downtown. Analysts expect the prime corner to find a new tenant.

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The question that’s launched multiple Sun-Times investigations

One of my latest “what’s that all about?” moments began with a mass shooting in May outside the McDonald’s at State Street and Chicago Avenue.

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Man who torched CTA van in 2020 summer rioting gets 3-plus years

A judge sentences Denzal Stewart to 3 years and 9 months for conspiracy to commit arson and civil disorder. Stewart and two others set fire to a CTA van on State Street.

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In Chicago, handguns easily turned into high-capacity machine guns fuel growing violence

Increasingly, large-capacity magazines are turning up, along with ‘switches’ that convert handguns into illegal machine guns that can fire 20 shots in about a second.

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Man charged with attacking three women in the Loop — a day after he was released from custody on charges of failing to register as sex offender

Quavon Ewing, 32, tried to kidnap a woman in the West Loop and attacked two other women in the South Loop on Sunday, officials said.

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City landmarks panel backs review of State Street buildings that feds say are security risk

The members act after getting a petition from more than 22,000 people who voiced support for saving the early 20th century structures, setting up a potential show down with the federal government over security concerns for the nearby Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

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Review: 'Last Summer on State Street,' by Toya Wolfe

FICTION: A poignant look at growing up in Chicago public housing by a debut novelist who lived in one of the city's most notorious developments.

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