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Issue of
Sep 10-16, 1987
Vol. 16, No. 47
News & Politics
Feature
The World's Tallest Building, 1892
The Masonic Temple stood for an era of Chicago history. It stood for the career of one of our greatest architects. It stood for 47 years, and then it was demolished.
by Geoffrey Johnson
Letters
Burning Desire
by Juanita C.
Letters
West Side Fantasies
by Kevin Kitchen
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Judge Bogeyman
by William Ewingson
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Men
by Joan Fisher
Our Town
Bad: Day One
by Achy Obejas
Media
Our Fair Failure; Bork's Law; No Picnic
by Michael Miner
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Field & Street
by Jerry Sullivan
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The Beach People's Game
Volleyball is different in the sand. So is life.
by Peter Spevacek
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Blue collars among the blue bloods: a history of Highwood, the North Shore's island of Italian immigrants
by Ben Joravsky
The Straight Dope
by Cecil Adams
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Two Avant-Garde Masterpieces
by Fred Camper
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Food, Sex, and Death
by Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Group Efforts: Gary Larson's rain forest, not a pretty picture
by Peter Friederici
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Music Notes: Sarah Zelzer starts her own series
by Albert Williams
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September
by Holly Greenhagen
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The Parking Lot of Life
by Diana Spinrad
Theater Critic's Choice
Jasmine
by Albert Williams
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Naked Spaces--Living Is Round
by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Theater Critic's Choice
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
by Jonathan Rosenbaum
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The Silos--Cuba; Mofungo--End of the World, Part 2
by Mark Jenkins
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