• Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy campaigned on the University of Illinois Quad in the Fall of 1960.

The Salt Shed R2 Companies receives 2024 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for Adaptive Use! Once a factory, now a vibrant music & events venue. Come congratulate them at our Preservation Awards on Oct 18: ow.ly/tofW50TzvFt

This is Joe Overton The famous "Overton Window" is named after him It's the best mental model for understanding how political change ACTUALLY happens A thread...

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Target requires employees to be in office 1 week per quarter and CEO lives in Florida. Results not surprising, market giving its opinion. Stock down 20% on earnings miss. cnbc.com/2024/11/20/tar…

May contain a premium within the opex for owner operator capturing some fees internally to their operating business. May also just be overpriced.

User experience wins. That is the thesis for our investment in Innovation Park, which delivers the best employee quality of life in the Northern Suburbs of Chicago. If you walk it with us, you will love it. chicagobusiness.com/commercial-rea…

The Loop's Rector Building, located at 79 W. Monroe St., received a final landmark recommendation from the Landmarks Commission today. The 1905 building is planned to undergo a $64 million renovation to convert office space into residences and restore key architectural features.

As emperor, while renovating his palace, he thought the craftsmen were charging too much for the ivory handles on the bell ropes. He cut one off and had a boy go see how much they cost in the market. When he found out it was a third cheaper, he cut the bill by that amount.

The 1980s Wendy’s restaurant dining room was 1/3rd sunroom and it was iconic and actually brought in staying customer who spent more per visit than any other fast food restaurant, especially with the soup and potato bar. New management made sure they conformed to mediocrity.

Founder of Renaissance Technologies, Jim Simons.

I met Josh Waitzkin 15 years ago. His book The Art of Learning was a game changer for me. In his book he shared his own approach to excellence based on incorporating ideas around process over outcome, mindset and deliberate practice. He’s gone from Chess prodigy to Competitve

“And that down there is the site of Ceres Cafe! Very important landmark.”

Brick removal on downtown Cincinnati building reveals 19th century facade.

This is one of the great business leaders leading in real time unscripted on the topic of work from home. He is entirely right. We can all learn from him. A must listen.

An investment in the Loop is an investment in Chicago’s future. I’m thrilled to support the office-to-residential conversion at 79 W. Monroe, a project that will revitalize downtown with added jobs and affordable housing. blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/27/on-…

On June 6th, 1944 American hero's landed on the beaches of Normandy under heavy fire. The son of a president fought side by side brave men from all across the country. Privilege didn't mean you could take more, it meant you owed more.

THE UNIVERSE IS WAY BIGGER THAN YOUR BRAIN CAN HANDLE Every star you see at night? That’s just our galaxy, the Milky Way. A single neighborhood with 100,000 light-years of real estate and over 100 billion stars. Some are so big they’d make our Sun look like a flashlight.