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Building reuse center opens

Skip the big box stores and head to the Rebuilding Exchange for construction materials.

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May O.'s Review Of Tamilla Spa - Chicago (5/5) on Yelp.com

I had a facial it was out of this world. Teresa was angelic. I feel asleep. My faced glowed. The waxing doesn't hurt. The spa was clean actually new construction so everything is new. I want to go…

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First Look: Inauguration Construction

Although Monday was President-elect Barack Obama's first full day in Washington, D.C., planning and preparation for the inauguration has been going on for at least a year. Here's a preview of the work that goes into building the infrastructure for the inauguration.There is an image gallery to this entry which you can view at Chicagoist

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This Do Gooder Issue Is Funny Yet Tragic (Jimmy The Builder)

I'm kinda torn on this issue, I like to see Hollywood stars embarrassed whenever they slap one of their ridiculous We Are The World Projects together and it flops, yet one must admit even doing anything for any cause is better than them doing absolutely nothing. On the other hand the simplest thing for these people is to write checks and show up at some charity concert singing a few drunken and stoned bars of their number one hits and tossing the change to some charity or another.This Habitat for

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Workers, pilot top 2nd-highest tower in nation

Workers, pilot top 2nd-highest tower in nation In a sky-high drama few would have anticipated after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks chilled America's enthusiasm for building tall, construction workers Saturday installed the underpinnings for the spire atop Donald Trump's Chicago skyscraper, the nation's second-tallest building after Sears Tower.

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Trump Tower Spire Installation Begins Complete

Trump Tower ChicagoThe spire atop of Donald Trump’s began the final stages of installation today, after months of weather delays. When all is finally installed, tThe Trump Tower will now stands at 1,361 feet, only 90 feet shorter than the Sears Tower. This will make the Trump Tower the second tallest building in Chicago and the nation.The helicopter installation began this morning at 9:30 a.m., and shortly after lunch, ten of the thirteen steel sections to be installed had been put in place. As

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The Dem Freeloader States Come To Sam With Hands Extended Outward

Welcome to new Obama world, skids already greased by outgoing president Bush sadly, where all the deadbeat liberal states are asking for bailouts, states that house most of our country's lazy unemployed, unintentionally layed off /unemployed union employees, and especially tens of millions of illegals now drawn into the country since these states also house sanctuary cities welcoming illegals with open arms, (Illinois included and in our case Chicago is the illegal magnet).They're all now asking

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