Project: LOOP http://www.projectloop.org/blog Mon, 14 May 2007 16:01:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en Smoking Fines http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/08/smoking-fines/ http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/08/smoking-fines/#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 17:16:07 +0000 duo http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/08/smoking-fines/ Feeling a smoke around Chicago? Be careful…
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I HATE the train whistle on the Metra trains.  It’s a haunting squeal that permeates my dreams.

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What is Flatstock? And why should you care? Well…. they define themselves as…
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]]> http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/08/flatstock-13/feed/ Why Chicago is better than New York http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/07/why-chicago-is-better-than-new-york/ http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/07/why-chicago-is-better-than-new-york/#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 04:50:18 +0000 Quango http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/07/why-chicago-is-better-than-new-york/ You may not know it, but Chicago is better than New York. (more…)

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Chicago makes history May 11, 2007, with LOOPTOPIA, America’s first dusk-to-dawn cultural and artistic spectacle showcasing the historic Loop neighborhood through musical and theatrical performances.
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]]> http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/07/looptopia-another-chicago-1st/feed/ Flossmoor, IL http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/04/flossmoor-il/ http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/04/flossmoor-il/#comments Fri, 04 May 2007 21:59:11 +0000 Count Blogula http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/04/flossmoor-il/ dsc01192.JPG

Flossmoor, Illinois is the next door neighbor to Homewood. The town has a lot more ordinances than Homewood and can be seen as uptight. Well, there are a few good things in Flossmoor.

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]]> http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/04/flossmoor-il/feed/ Homewood, IL http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/04/homewood/ http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/04/homewood/#comments Fri, 04 May 2007 21:39:00 +0000 Count Blogula http://www.projectloop.org/blog/2007/05/04/homewood/ Homewood, Illinois is a south suburb of Chicago and is located at the edge of where Lake Chicago used to be. Lake Chicago was formed by a glacier way before Lake Michigan. The Main road in running through Homewood, Ridge Road, got its name because it used to sit on the edge of where the lake used to be.

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In the summer a rooftop in Chicago can reach 140 degrees fahrenheit. However, with a rooftop garden, that same surface will never go above 80 degrees. (more…)

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“Bum” is a job for all people. No matter what ganders or age. Sometimes a bum can make more than a part time job worker.

Chicago bums have their own block, it’s like they have their own territory. If they follow people they will try not to walk out of their own block.

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