West Loop Skyscraper Gets Tweaked for Small Dogs
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West Loop Skyscraper Gets Tweaked for Small Dogs

Written By on June 14, 2021 in Heritage Green Park, Parks, pets, Skyscrapers, West Loop, _story

The plan to replace a pair of downtown surface parking lots with a pair of pretty-good-sized skyscrapers at 601 West Monroe Street has been revised. June, 2021 rendering of the dog park at 601 West Monroe. (Via the Office of Alderman Brendan Reilly.) When we gave you the bird’s eye low down on this caper last month, we noted that adding over a thousand new homes to this block of the city was going to bring Urinetown to the West...

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Slice of Life: Motorcycle Dog

Written By on December 7, 2009 in dogs, pets, slice of life, State Street

Living on Michigan Avenue, I see a lot of small dogs traveling in bags.  Sometimes it’s a proper Louis Vuitton dog case.  Sometimes it’s a crazy homeless lady’s dirty duffle bag.  And then there’s this. It’s a little hard to see in this CrappyCameraPhone™ picture, but there’s a little brown dog inside the black backpack, hanging on the motorcyclist going down state street. It’s...

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