Crain’s Chicago Business is the premier source of business news in print and online. Tumblr is our social media playground, where we’re less about business and more about pleasure, dabbling in all things Chicago. So, if you have any Chicago-related content — photos/videos/ stories/questions/whatever — submit it! Chances are if you like something, we will, too! You can also: Check out our From The Boss Tumblr, featuring advice from business owners and CEOs. Visit us at ChicagoBusiness.com. Follow us @crainschicago. Like us on Facebook. Add us to your circle on Google+. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-25742054-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @chicagobusiness)http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b1484b0793e5bebb30b4cdbd6e38763c/tumblr_mn3nhv1izl1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s official: Chicago’s <a href="http://grubhub.com" target="_blank"><strong>GrubHub</strong></a> will merge with New York City’s <strong><a href="http://seamless.com" target="_blank">Seamless</a></strong> to create a <strong><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130520/NEWS08/130529996/grubhub-seamless-to-merge" target="_blank">huge online food-delivery company. </a></strong></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50906069969http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50906069969Mon, 20 May 2013 08:44:19 -0500GrubHubgrubhubSeamlessfoodChicagoChicago businessesmergers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/74f65b2789a6797ed019a13665891210/tumblr_mmwl9m06WE1qgcarzo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7ba40b4c4f28792a80ecec9aae242e8a/tumblr_mmwl9m06WE1qgcarzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/10b75862cb5bba7ae5604d094924ecc9/tumblr_mmwl9m06WE1qgcarzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130516/BLOGS08/130519831/" target="_blank"><strong>Activists are trying to raise $660 million on Indiegogo</strong></a> to buy Tribune Co.’s newspapers. (Cue “You may say I’m a dreamer…”)</p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50589004848http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50589004848Thu, 16 May 2013 13:12:58 -0500ChicagoChicago TribuneIndiegogoCrowdsourcingNewspapersKoch brothers<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/afbbf7253b0d8fa4d85daeaefa4ad1a7/tumblr_mmwaedVSpV1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>floating window :: millennium park :: chicago<br/><br/><em>Photo by <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenJSerio" target="_blank">Stephen J. Serio</a></em></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50577287176http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50577287176Thu, 16 May 2013 09:18:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0313bd92305f9393a00b469d7ec8fe90/tumblr_mm6ddgtTxW1r9jzs2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re thinking this giant rubber duck that’s <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323716304578482032215544650.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet#slide/4" target="_blank"><strong>making a splash in Hong Kong</strong></a> would also look great in Lake Michigan. Thoughts?</p> <p><em><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://afp-photo.tumblr.com/post/49437785309/china-hong-kong-the-16-5-metre-tall-inflatable" target="_blank">Via afp-photo</a>.</em></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50452105300http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50452105300Tue, 14 May 2013 18:02:00 -0500Hong KongChicagoRubber Ducky<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/31e9814f7f3c852a97d0e6545672cad1/tumblr_mmslc22c3A1qgcarzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Interdisciplinary art students use diverse materials to convey meaning. Christopher Saclolo's "Colonized Through Consumerism" collection uses faux Louis Vuitton materials and antique Filipino books.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2164d2585be20a5b38f1a11b03bdf722/tumblr_mmslc22c3A1qgcarzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> The eleven artists mingled with more than a hundred guests over two hours, explaining each narrative -- such as family history, a common theme -- to shed light on the pieces. <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e05d3c20a794ad07262642fe6900f303/tumblr_mmslc22c3A1qgcarzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Pictured here: "Thrill Passengers," by Claire Sammons.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e035bf5337e6e21405f62532efe35756/tumblr_mmslc22c3A1qgcarzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> "Arbitrary Wishbone," also by Ms. Sammons. <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f794a53278d7e4e3f687b713e209038f/tumblr_mmslc22c3A1qgcarzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> Michael LaHood's "Covalence" played with lighting, texture and black space for a coins display pictured here.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/016782dca56bd08d7d17e2830fb9302f/tumblr_mmslc22c3A1qgcarzo7_500.jpg"/><br/> Hannah E. King's piece here, "Failed Archive," uses branches from home, as well as bits of earth and torn paper, to obscure family photographs and letters.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/52def23b6f95738de9b20800d7ac2c04/tumblr_mmslc22c3A1qgcarzo9_500.jpg"/><br/> Ms. King references generations of family history in "Failed Archive," with images and written keepsakes, each more distorted, faded and distant as time takes its toll.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/74e198cb70cdbe1820849299cd63cebc/tumblr_mmslc22c3A1qgcarzo8_500.jpg"/><br/> In this kinetic piece by Elizabeth Isakson-Dado, a column made of 300 pounds of ice spins in midair, suspended on 15 feet of steel cable.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ecbf03f9013df823251334869bc759ab/tumblr_mmslc22c3A1qgcarzo10_500.jpg"/><br/> Jenna Rodriguez's "Running Thoughts" captures the spirit of public transportation with a narrated soundscape and private thoughts of strangers drifting by. <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/147f6ca0b9df73b5beb4928833f8bb15/tumblr_mmslc22c3A1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> In Ms. Rodriguez' exhibit, fonts and lights chase each other across the tunnel-like walls, highlighting the ambiguous nature of human interaction on trains and buses in the city.<br/><br/> <p>Fonts, lights, branches and keepsakes: eleven students from the <a href="http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Interarts/index.php" target="_blank"><strong>Interdisciplinary Arts Department</strong></a> at <a href="http://www.colum.edu/" target="_blank"><strong>Columbia College Chicago</strong> </a>showed off their thesis exhibition last week at the <a href="http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Interarts/index.php" target="_blank"><strong>Center for Book and Paper Arts</strong></a> gallery on South<span> Wabash.</span></p> <p><span><em>Photos and captions by <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/apps/pbcs.dll/personalia?ID=aboncimino" target="_blank">Ashley Boncimino</a></em></span></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50426775100http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50426775100Tue, 14 May 2013 11:32:00 -0500ChicagoColumbia CollegeArtArt Chicago<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6ffce59a1c063b129d43b9c07f92199c/tumblr_mmqvywSorS1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More hamburger news (in case <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130510/BLOGS09/130519979" target="_blank"><strong>Shake Shack</strong></a> wasn’t enough): <strong>McDonald’s</strong> is adding <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130513/NEWS07/130519963" target="_blank"><strong>three new Quarter Pounders</strong></a> to its menu.</p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50347924802http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50347924802Mon, 13 May 2013 11:18:00 -0500ChicagoOak BrookMcDonald'sQuarter PoundersHamburgers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f54d1a75f4053aab95b283d68926fb13/tumblr_mmlpzhCVvF1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s official: Danny Meyer’s <a href="http://www.shakeshack.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Shake Shack</strong></a> is <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130510/BLOGS09/130519979/shake-shack-coming-to-chicago" target="_blank"><strong>coming to Chicago.</strong></a></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50113015871http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50113015871Fri, 10 May 2013 16:21:17 -0500ChicagoShake ShackHamburgersNew York City<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/50ac93335a77691c215d5bd200addb9f/tumblr_mmjin1K1E21qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, chair of the Congressional Hockey Caucus, <strong><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130509/BLOGS02/130509748/quigley-fast-on-ice-but-not-for-a-while" target="_blank"> completely tore his right hamstring over the weekend</a></strong> in — adding insult to injury — a charity hockey game between congressmen and lobbyists. Ouch!<span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent"></span></span></p> <p><em>Photo: Mitchell Layton/NHLI via Getty Images</em></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50020050168http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/50020050168Thu, 09 May 2013 11:47:00 -0500Chicagohockeyinjurycongress<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/872521325645d25e7200ba2f7859b793/tumblr_mme84f1Awz1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><div><strong><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130504/ISSUE01/305049963/how-goose-island-held-on-to-its-craft-beer-cred" target="_blank">How Goose Island held on to its craft beer cred</a><br/></strong></div> <div><span><br/><em>Pictured: Goose Island CEO Andrew Goeler, left, and brewmaster Brett Porter</em></span></div></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49794573696http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49794573696Mon, 06 May 2013 15:12:00 -0500GooseIslandChicagobeerbrewerycraftbeer<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fdcab1a89187ab4bc3918f72498600df/tumblr_mme4davWjW1qgcarzo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/abefa2095d56003a4213cf59d02807a2/tumblr_mme4davWjW1qgcarzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3b02a8c496da03b0bdb6a97f797b4217/tumblr_mme4davWjW1qgcarzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/958f5a38e983e10cb2c5bcf064dc78b5/tumblr_mme4davWjW1qgcarzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc60eec1484efb245cc19b2de6b509db/tumblr_mme4davWjW1qgcarzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/712914fa5396b51ac65cbe8a25094209/tumblr_mme4davWjW1qgcarzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0ab3cbfaf3ef93380bcfc10ca234683f/tumblr_mme4davWjW1qgcarzo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a06468b839910b682c4a7366274e857b/tumblr_mme4davWjW1qgcarzo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7a84c8d9903abfed5e3265b8e41eb7de/tumblr_mme4davWjW1qgcarzo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/12c3e845e7e6364ef9ece876cc082f45/tumblr_mme4davWjW1qgcarzo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span class="userContent"><strong><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130504/ISSUE02/130509966/generation-next-crains-20-in-their-20s" target="_blank">Generation Next: Crain’s 20 In Their 20s</a></strong><br/><br/> Our inaugural class of Chicago’s top professionals in their 20s (or younger!) offers a snapshot of tomorrow’s leaders. <br/></span></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49789045782http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49789045782Mon, 06 May 2013 13:51:00 -0500Chicagobusiness20intheir20sleadership<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9a1746faebe1d1243040f24655c07438/tumblr_mm8q67nyiI1qgcarzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Kevin Willer, outgoing Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center president, speaks at 1871 today.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9f9018c2d41feabe754c0f7d90d2b480/tumblr_mm8q67nyiI1qgcarzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> From left: Jim O'Connor Jr., Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center chairman; Kevin Willer, outgoing CEC president; and J.B. Pritzker.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/821bbb6428cae0c8c283dd0a89bfd7ce/tumblr_mm8q67nyiI1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130503/BLOGS11/130509908/happy-birthday-1871" target="_blank"><strong>Happy birthday, 1871:</strong></a> In just a year, the tech center at the Merchandise Mart has become the “central node” for Chicago’s tech community and a stopping point for techdom’s titans and pols alike.</p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49535642141http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49535642141Fri, 03 May 2013 15:56:00 -0500Chicago1871Merchandise MartJB Pritzker<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3c717cddd7df72a1d6f0fecc328a31f9/tumblr_mm8fw78DpK1qgcarzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0beeefe994b5000f31b5cb8d84d88971/tumblr_mm8fw78DpK1qgcarzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/73da7aa9d9c10c86dc0841a9fe7863c3/tumblr_mm8fw78DpK1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/83fc13dbfcd59eda0896aa4b49f42a32/tumblr_mm8fw78DpK1qgcarzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4aa4a08ee8ce8d35c38c2d7e0800b4ff/tumblr_mm8fw78DpK1qgcarzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The Chicago Transit Authority today formally sought bidders for what will be one of the largest projects in its history and the most expensive station job ever — <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130503/BLOGS02/130509888/cta-seeks-bidder-to-rebuild-wilson-l-stop" target="_blank"><strong>the estimated $203 million reconstruction of the Red Line’s Wilson Avenue station.</strong></a></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49521686137http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49521686137Fri, 03 May 2013 12:14:00 -0500ChicagoUptownWilson AvenueCTAEl<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e20e7a8287747eca18c4f4f66233b1e4/tumblr_mm6gmiw4vr1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Party room by Buckingham Interiors & Design<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/278aa08836f488c939e69a6a53933448/tumblr_mm6gmiw4vr1qgcarzo2_400.jpg"/><br/> A lime-green bust of Caesar in the party room<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ea89a83ef54fb423a7a9588c7cc02848/tumblr_mm6gmiw4vr1qgcarzo3_400.jpg"/><br/> Bath designed by Deutsch Parker Design Ltd. <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cf83435873d363034cc14e6a9ad6f2fe/tumblr_mm6gmiw4vr1qgcarzo4_400.jpg"/><br/> Maya Romanoff's coral-colored shell wallpaper <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2ea37c30eb135e3cbdd776cea00f5e11/tumblr_mm6gmiw4vr1qgcarzo5_400.jpg"/><br/> Entry foyer by Lichten Craig Architecture & Interiors<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/436fd8d82a336efacada325a396fc827/tumblr_mm6gmiw4vr1qgcarzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> Bath designed by Randy Heller Pure & Simple Design<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/db194de67ef25e2a13369c1a5e1b1885/tumblr_mm6gmiw4vr1qgcarzo7_400.jpg"/><br/> Silver-leaf wallpaper and an EcoSmart fireplace<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/757fb579ffb5bcc53428703263f42b49/tumblr_mm6gmiw4vr1qgcarzo8_400.jpg"/><br/> Powder room by Shelley Johnstone Paschke <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff8b1f6907a425eaad3a35d471dea490/tumblr_mm6gmiw4vr1qgcarzo9_400.jpg"/><br/> Another view of Ms. Paschke's powder room <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1516f280ef7313467b1493a0a093f704/tumblr_mm6gmiw4vr1qgcarzo10_500.jpg"/><br/> The courtyard<br/><br/> <p><span class="userContent">A 1916 David Adler lakeside mansion is the site of the Lake Forest Showhouse & Gardens. Twenty-six Chicago-area interior designers won space to showcase their talents within the 15,000-square-foot Lake Forest home.<br/><br/><strong><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130501/NEWS07/130439966/steal-the-look-lake-forest-showhouse" target="_blank">Crain’s got a preview last week. </a></strong></span></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49440874617http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49440874617Thu, 02 May 2013 10:35:06 -0500ChicagointeriordesignLakeForestShowhouse<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8ef0dd6a32889b45e0ffdf7a6f02dea/tumblr_mm3r8skF5S1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/64faea0d3fa1c6bd02846ef7a91f6fea/tumblr_mm3r8skF5S1qgcarzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/da6f3ce9d2937cb85701860b97c8e275/tumblr_mm3r8skF5S1qgcarzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/05c393d1c10ab55f0da020f7004536fd/tumblr_mm3r8skF5S1qgcarzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/96dd2c02082476b0e86d46800e049e89/tumblr_mm3r8skF5S1qgcarzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/05d4113b7d03b2c6da28d836cb41ed1b/tumblr_mm3r8skF5S1qgcarzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Two weeks after the Cubs and city officials announced a “framework agreement” on a $500 million renovation of Wrigley Field and development of its surrounding property, <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130501/BLOGS04/130439944" target="_blank"><strong>the team has released images of its plans,</strong></a> which include a 6,000 square foot jumbotron in left field and a horizontal, 1,000 square-foot advertising sign in right field as the framework outlined last month.</p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49339118002http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49339118002Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:58:02 -0500ChicagoWrigley FieldCubsChicago CubsMayor Rahm EmanuelTom TunneyWrigley rooftops<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2c19b3a6220c8eebbdfc866007c44c93/tumblr_mm34xzx78N1qgcarzo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d538e286c41d867d2bfb3c687937bb92/tumblr_mm34xzx78N1qgcarzo4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9591a3ed65249eb9fb92ea981cf1b50c/tumblr_mm34xzx78N1qgcarzo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/db9e1b7925cd46da695216f42d395c36/tumblr_mm34xzx78N1qgcarzo6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/35b782bba62b469febfbe9228cd639bb/tumblr_mm34xzx78N1qgcarzo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/35e8d8f8a73f9365496c5be6b4387b93/tumblr_mm34xzx78N1qgcarzo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Views from Wacker Drive on the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/chicago-spring-weather-ci_n_3185188.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003" target="_blank"><strong>warmest day in Chicago in nearly eight months</strong></a>.<br/><br/><em>Photos by <a href="http://twitter.com/zoegalland" target="_blank">Zoe Galland</a></em></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49294188179http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49294188179Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:32:16 -0500ChicagoWacker DriveDowntown ChicagoChicago River<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/94aed4d33f859a71bea5b96a24e06828/tumblr_mm0zjrZoQ71qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Four words: <strong>Free parking on Sundays.</strong><br/><br/><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130429/BLOGS02/130429788/sundays-free-under-new-chicago-parking-meter-deal" target="_blank"><em>“Sundays free under new Chicago parking meter deal” (Crain’s)</em></a></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49185462728http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/49185462728Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:38:15 -0500ChicagoParking MetersChicago Parking Meters<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/476cda8dc31ef64961cd3c9446baa20e/tumblr_mlrs5d5wNP1rslfxoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In today’s culinary news, this cake appears to exist.</p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/48868857807http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/48868857807Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:16:49 -0500CakePastriesSweets<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9f31c5732d28a5d4fa8d09ef855e77e4/tumblr_mltrxsv3X31qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>hard rock ::: michigan avenue ::: chicago</em></p> <p>Photo by Crain’s photographer Stephen J. Serio</p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/48868483290http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/48868483290Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:10:00 -0500ChicagoRetail<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1560d148f10b409946bbbcf3cda336dd/tumblr_mlpuwkjzlC1qgcarzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b5670804ae93cbc6bd6cd13d856aff37/tumblr_mlpuwkjzlC1qgcarzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote>Chicago is a great literary city. Not just because we have many great writers, but because a book review can stir up a real shit-storm here, as in the last few days with the brouhaha over Rachel Shteir’s “Chicago Manuals” in the New York Times… <br/><br/>Ms. Shteir hates it here, the city where she attended college (University of Chicago) and now works (De Paul University). She despises its crime, corruption, expensive parking meters, racial segregation, macho bragging and awful winters…</blockquote> <p>Read more: <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130423/OPINION/130429958/why-does-chicago-care-about-new-york-times-dope-slap" target="_blank"><strong>Why <em>does </em>Chicago care what The New York Times thinks, anyway?</strong></a></p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/48699763483http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/48699763483Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:24:20 -0500ChicagoNew YorkNew York CityRachel ShteirBookscrain's chicago businessCrain's<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f0e0af2c19430b4383f600e8610100a4/tumblr_mliimpLQWc1qgcarzo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9f8d5ad980afd98e5aa243ee67d34871/tumblr_mliimpLQWc1qgcarzo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong><a href="http://edit.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130419/BLOGS02/130419741/bus-rapid-transit-coming-to-ashland-avenue" target="_blank">Faster buses on Ashland Avenue?</a></strong> The city of Chicago says its next bus rapid transit line there will cut travel times by 80 percent.</p>http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/48365736335http://chicagobusiness.tumblr.com/post/48365736335Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:16:01 -0500ChicagoAshland Avenue