John R. Schmidt

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Best Picture breakdowns: 'Lincoln'

Jan. 12, 2013
When Steven Spielberg makes a film, you expect a lot. And once again, he delivers.

Finding your way in Chicago's present

Jan. 11, 2013
How well did you find your way around 1952 Chicago? We reveal yesterday's mystery location.

Finding your way in Chicago's past

Jan. 10, 2013
Think you know the location of this 1952 photo? It's somewhere on the South Side.

Chicago's 1901 'Super Bowl'

Jan. 8, 2013
It's winter in the Windy City, and a major sporting event has come to town--the first national bowling championships.

Emma Goldman's Chicago Hideout

Jan. 7, 2013
She was called the mastermind behind the murderous attack of September 1901.

The Stock Yards

Jan. 3, 2013
Today they are only a memory. But they helped make Chicago a major city.

Losing Bushman, a Chicago icon

Jan. 1, 2013
He may have been a gorilla, but when Bushman died on 1/1/1951 the city wept.

The Great Panic of New Year's Eve 1999

Dec. 31, 2012
Chicago prepares for the Turn of the Millennium--and a looming electronic meltdown.

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