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The Best Typeface Apple Ever Had
It was square, squat and inherently cute. It was friendly. It was easy to use. I’m talking about the beige box with the blue grinning face that came to live with us in 1985. But I’m also talking about the font that came with it.
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17 Works Of Art That Will Hang In George Lucas’s New Museum
There was a great disturbance in the Force this week as George Lucas announced he’s locating his new art museum in Chicago instead of San Francisco. But Lucas’s art isn’t all Millennium Falcon models: There are some seriously fascinating pieces in his collection, all themed around the concept of storytelling.
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First Video Of Chicago Airport Train Derailing And Going Up A Stairwell
On Monday a Blue Line subway train at Chicago’s O’Hare airport jumped the rails and then proceeded to plow its way up a set of stairs and escalators. And just a few days later security footage of the incident has finally been released. Not surprisingly, it looks like a real life action movie — minus…
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Why Are So Many Of China’s Tall Buildings Designed In Chicago?
Chicago has long been a global leader in an interesting export category: Maker of the world’s tallest buildings. The world’s current tallest building was designed here, as well as the one that will supplant it. Now, the city’s architects will add even more towers to their list due to a relationship with the planet’s most…