FREE Millennium Park Concert at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Edwin Outwater conductor and Savion Glover tap dancer

Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute
Ellington Selections from The River * Featuring Savion Glover
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Conductor Edwin Outwater leads Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with special guest tap dancer Savion Glover performing to Duke...

Eric Frost

In this month's edition of the Economist's Chicago City Briefing:

The City of Chicago's $5.5 billion dollar budget proposal is almost a quarter of a billion dollars in the red due to lower than expected real estate tax receipts. It is suspected that Mayor Daley may have to renege on a campaign promise not to raise property taxes. Otherwise, the city might close the gap with a combination of spending cuts, other tax increases such as cigarettes and layoffs of city employees.
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Eric Frost

The Construction Writers Association (CWA) will meet at the Hotel Allegro, Chicago, IL, from October 10 to 12, 2007.* The association's midyear meeting will feature a tour of the Lakeshore East development, an education session focusing on digital media, a session featuring construction-related topics, and an awards dinner.

CWA's Thursday morning education session will include:* Judy Schriener, formerly editor of McGraw-Hill's construction website, on writing for the web; Toni Antonetti...

Eric Frost

The summer edition of the Currents newsletter has been published. Topics include: the start of construction of the first cluster of 24 Parkhomes which will range in size from approximately three to four thousand square foot each; various property updates for Tides, The Regatta, The Chandler, and more; Chicago's win in its bid to be the Candidate to host Olympics in 2016; and potential developments along the south side of the Chicago River*- just on the other side of East Wacker from...

Eric Frost

A article this morning in the Tribune has some nice words about "340 On The Park", the latest building finished in the Lakeshore East development project. 340 On the Park makes a bold contribution to the Chicago skyline rising 64 stories dwarfing its neighbors at 300 and 360 East Randolph.

From the Tribune - "The doors give onto a wide balcony with a knock-your-eyes-out view of Frank Gehry's snaking BP Bridge, the trellis of his Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, Sears Tower,...

Eric Frost