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Best-dressed home? Clinton Kelly's fixer-upper goes fab
Chicago Tribune newspapersThe circa 1969 fixer-upper in Connecticut's wooded Litchfield Hills never had a chance. It couldn't duck the discriminating eye of its new owner, Clinton Kelly, co-host of TLC's hit reality show "What Not To Wear." Shabby "Green Monster"-colored...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Litchfield (Litchfield, Connecticut), Homes, Long Island, Building Material
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Curiosity, humor defined doctor
Chicago Tribune reporterDr. Joel F. Sammet, a Chicago pioneer in the field of radiology, had an insatiable curiosity about how the body works—and a funny bone that colleagues, patients and friends adored. "There wasn't a person who didn't like my father," daughter Trudy...Tags: Colorado, University of Illinois at Chicago, Genetics, University of Chicago, Curiosities
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Walter A. Netsch Jr., 88; Chicago architect whose complex designs rebelled at glass-box buildings of the 1950s
From Times Wire ServicesWalter A. Netsch Jr., a prominent Chicago architect who designed the Cadet Chapel at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., has died. He was 88. Netsch died of pneumonia Sunday at his Chicago home, said his wife, Dawn Clark Netsch. Walter...Tags: Colorado, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Chicago, Walt Disney, Art Institute of Chicago
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Chief librarian inspired Skokie library renewal
Tribune reporterIn the first of her 29 years as Skokie's chief librarian, Mary Radmacher spoke loudly by removing the "SILENCE" sign that greeted visitors to what was then a storefront facility. That set the tone for her tenure—while the library would remain a...Tags: Rogers Park, Skokie, Interior Design, Lakeview, Hunting
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Higher ed embracing downtown area's appeal
DePaul University made a splash when it announced Monday it was buying the 18-story Lytton building at State Street and Jackson Boulevard, adding to the school's already large inventory of downtown offices and classrooms. But that wasn't the only news...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Roosevelt University, Chicago River, DePaul University, International Business Machines Corporation
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Readers show visitors best of Chicago
'I work near Cook County Hospital," wrote Lynda Brodsky, "and one day a few months ago I encountered a very young man with a backpack who timidly asked me which way he should walk to the United Center. I figured he must have gotten off the train at the...Tags: Northwestern University, United Center, St. Charles, Northbrook, Sears Tower
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Librarian was an innovator
Tribune reporterIn the first of her 29 years as Skokie's chief librarian, Mary Radmacher spoke loudly by removing the "SILENCE" sign that greeted visitors to what was then a storefront facility. That set the tone for her tenure—while the library would remain a...Tags: Rogers Park, Skokie, Interior Design, Lakeview, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Psychology school to expand in Merchandise Mart
Tribune staff reporterDePaul University made a splash when it announced Monday it was buying the 18-story Lytton building at State Street and Jackson Boulevard, adding to the school's already large inventory of downtown offices and classrooms. But that wasn't the only news...Tags: Roosevelt University, Chicago River, Merchandise Mart, International Business Machines Corporation, Government
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Modern design takes unlikely form
Tribune NewspapersBefore construction had wrapped on Vanessa Choy and Andrew Wong's house in Studio City, a suburb in the San Fernando Valley of California, the rumors had started swirling. The couple were building a halfway house for addicts, passersby speculated. The...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, San Fernando, Studio City, Georgia O'Keeffe, Building Material
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Modernism gains cachet
Associated PressNEW CANAAN, Conn.—If Craig Bassam lived in a graceful old Victorian or a classic Italianate home, its status as an architectural gem would be unquestioned. Bassam and others with modernist homes—boxy, low-slung structures with glass walls and...Tags: Palm Springs (Palm Beach, Florida), Homes, Long Island, Frank Lloyd Wright, Riverside County
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