With the world’s sixth-largest freshwater lake at our fingertips, Chicago’s cup runneth over with bragging rights. Climate migration is predicted for the Second City, with hordes of people from out west tapping into our water privilege: our Great, and fragile, Lake. But currently, in Middle America, there’s a city running out of water. No, it’s […]
Tag: Lake Michigan
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Taking the plunge
Early risers who wanted to greet the lake had a place to gather on Friday mornings this summer and fall. Friday Morning Swim Club, a group meetup for early morning swimmers, was created by five friends last summer and has become very popular over the past year. What started as a small gathering surpassed anything […]
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State Street, that great street?
What would it take to bring the grandeur back to the Loop?
Posted inMusic
Aweful spotlight the local rock scene’s sea-witch problem
Chicago trio Aweful’s new video for “I Never Knew” combines classic punk and zombie water creatures.
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An airport in the lake
How Mayor Richard J. Daley’s ambitious plan failed to take flight
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Rahm Emanuel on his 900-mile bike trip around Lake Michigan
The former mayor encountered ‘generosity and kindness,’ enjoyed Lake Michigan’s ‘clarity and vastness’—and popped a couple bicycle tubes.
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Archive dive: Revisiting the canal that made Chicago what it is today
A glimpse into Chicago’s history on the 200th anniversary of the state it resides in.
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Who needs summer lakefront crowds when there’s September on the beach?
No more fascistic lifeguards, just sun-loving Russians expats and triathloners in training.
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[DRAFT] Surfrider, facing opposition, says lawsuit against U.S. Steel is about more than just April spill
New information shows that U.S. Steel contaminated the groundwater at its Portage plant which is now leaking towards the Burns Waterway
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Penalty for poisoning Lake Michigan ‘unjustifiably low,’ surfers say as they seek to restart lawsuit vs. U.S. Steel
Surfrider Chicago says the penalty against the northwest Indiana steelmaker should be $5.3 million, not the proposed $600,000.
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Lake surfers say polluted waves are making them sick—but they love it too much to stop
One of the best local spots to surf is surrounded by a grimy industrial landscape in northwest Indiana.
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The Mellowest Bike Tour and more of the best bike-related events in Chicago
Credit: Tomasz Zajda – stock.adobe.com Bike to Work Challenge The annual Bike to Work event now spans two weeks, rewarding commuters for putting down the Ventra card or the car keys and picking up a helmet and U-lock. Prizes will be awarded; more information can be found at bikecommuterchallenge.org. Through-Fri 6/29, kick-off rally (date to […]
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Austin travel agent helps west siders see the world—and lists her favorite midwestern trips
Stops on the Underground Railroad, an urban cheese factory, and an eye-popping Hindu temple are among Crystal Dyer’s road-trip recommendations.
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These sculptures made of washed-up garbage are the coolest art on the lakefront right now
The “Washed Ashore” display, which shines a spotlight on all the garbage in the ocean, is now outside the Shedd Aquarium.