TweetEcho: November 24-December 6, 2009

Written By on December 7, 2009

For those of you who don’t subscribe to our Twitter feed, here are the items we tweeted in the last week or so:

  1. @chiarchitecture There’s already a free geo-location architecture app for Chicago. Just go to Towrs.com in your iPhone or iPod Touch browserabout 14 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to chiarchitecture
  2. RT @LakePointTower: Coast Guard tree distribution, viewed from Lake Point Tower http://tweetphoto.com/58813168:53 AM Dec 5th from HootSuite
  3. RT @LakePointTower: Close up of Christmas trees on deck of Coast Guard boat, viewed from Lake Point Towerhttp://tweetphoto.com/58813788:52 AM Dec 5th from HootSuite
  4. That huge red Coast Guard cutter parked in front of Navy Pier is unloading Christmas trees from Michigan for Chicago’s poor.1:06 PM Dec 4th from HootSuite
  5. If you have an iPhone, please test our new web app at Towrs.com . Let me know how it works for you.8:25 AM Dec 4th from HootSuite
  6. Chicago’s oldest weather forecaster (even older than Tom Skilling!): http://ow.ly/IgUm10:33 AM Dec 3rd from HootSuite
  7. First snowflakes of the season spotted: corner of Erie and McClurg in Streeterville.9:45 AM Dec 3rd from Tweetie
  8. The new Culti boutique on the Michigan Avenue looks about ready to open: http://ow.ly/Ia3v5:18 AM Dec 3rd from HootSuite
  9. Work has begun on the new Columbia Sporting Goods store on Michigan Avenue: http://ow.ly/HXWG1:50 PM Dec 2nd from HootSuite
  10. Thanks to Trevor Young for uploading his picture of the Willis Tower to Chicago Architecture Info: http://ow.ly/HUGT12:05 PM Dec 2nd from HootSuite
  11. The New York Times is on the Block 37 story:http://ow.ly/HVcd11:12 AM Dec 2nd from HootSuite
  12. Thanks to Thomas Barrat for uploading a picture of the Northern Trust Company Building to the web site:http://ow.ly/HUEu10:47 AM Dec 2nd from HootSuite
  13. Great pictures of what may be Chicago’s craziest profession:http://ow.ly/HQbs7:06 AM Dec 2nd from HootSuite
  14. @chiarchitecture Dumping the cars was a big reason I picked Chicago to live in. Been car free for 6 years. Saving $700/month.5:11 PM Dec 1st from Tweetie in reply to chiarchitecture
  15. And…. it’s gone.2:22 PM Dec 1st from HootSuite
  16. It’s going to be a nice sunset. Try to find a way to see it.2:12 PM Dec 1st from HootSuite
  17. The Tribune’s review of Block 37: http://ow.ly/HwvM7:58 AM Dec 1st from HootSuite
  18. The MetraMarket in Chicago’s West Loop is open:http://ow.ly/HmNz7:05 AM Dec 1st from HootSuite
  19. @volgablue I guess I could. I stopped posting pics because griefers on SSP accused me of faking the Sears Tower lightning photo.7:15 PM Nov 30th from Tweetie in reply to volgablue
  20. Willis Tower is all lit up for Christmas!3:57 PM Nov 30th from Tweetie
  21. Hard to believe how long it’s been since summer. Snow’s coming on Thursday! http://ow.ly/Hds610:43 AM Nov 30th from HootSuite
  22. An update and lots of documents about the new residential skyscraper in Chicago’s West Loop: http://ow.ly/Hdrs9:30 AM Nov 30th from HootSuite
  23. Chicago Park District to Burn Lincoln Park http://ow.ly/GV9V8:45 AM Nov 30th from HootSuite
  24. The plan to warehouse dead people in Chicago”s Gold Coast is… um… dead: http://ow.ly/GV7M7:40 AM Nov 30th from HootSuite
  25. Add Zara, Puma, Godiva and Sabon to the list of stores now open at Block 37.11:58 AM Nov 27th from Tweetie
  26. Block 37: What stores are coming and when, plus photos inside the new mall: http://ow.ly/FL1l5:46 AM Nov 27th from HootSuite
  27. It’s that time of year again. Bits of ice are falling off the John Hancock Center.8:39 AM Nov 26th from HootSuite
  28. How awful: Just saw a worker at the Hancock Center P.O. antagonize a customer by pretending not to know what Christmas stamps are.11:18 AM Nov 25th from HootSuite
  29. Woo hoo! We now have over 100 Facebook fans. If you’re on Facebook, fan our page today! http://ow.ly/FDEf10:18 AM Nov 25th from HootSuite
  30. Check out the cool rendering of Roosevelt University’s skyscraper it’s going to build in the Loop: http://ow.ly/FB7t8:19 AM Nov 25th from HootSuite
  31. Our sister blog has published fantastic new aerial pix of the construction frenzy for the 2012 Olympics in London:http://ow.ly/FAUn8:11 AM Nov 25th from HootSuite
  32. @goldendragon35 I have a list. I’ll post it on the Chicago Architecture Blog when I get a chance:http://blog.chicagoarchitecture.com8:00 PM Nov 24th from Tweetie in reply to goldendragon35
  33. After losing its store to Mont Blanc expansion at 900 North Michigan, Lalique is coming back to Chicago next month:http://ow.ly/FfbM8:25 AM Nov 24th from HootSuite

Author: Editor

Editor founded the Chicago Architecture Blog in 2003, after a long career in journalism. He can be reached at chicagoarchitectureinfo@gmail.com.

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