HeyJaredMichael Peregrine
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Michael Peregrine: Decatur’s amazing role in the history of the Chicago Bears and the NFL (opens the original)
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Cornstarch and pigskin have absolutely nothing in common, at least on the surface. The former is a gluten-free powder that adds crispness to certain foods and helps prevent clumping in baked goods. The latter is a flexible, breathable hide of pigs and has been used to make products such as shoes, purses, wallets and early forms of sports equipment. But with the help of two larger-than-life personalities, the two products came together over 100 years ago in Decatur, Illinois, to help create what
Michael Peregrine: Chicago’s rock ’n’ roll summer of 1966 was culturally transcendent (opens the original)
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Chicago is, to its core, a music city, with a heritage that extends far beyond the reputation of, say, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Many musical historians credit the city as the birthplace of gospel music and of unique forms of both the blues and jazz, and note it as home base to such influential artists as Muddy Waters and Jelly Roll Morton. But that rich legacy never fully evolved to include rock ’n’ roll music, which primarily developed in Memphis, New York City and Los Angeles. That is,
Michael Peregrine: Richard Speck brought terror to the Southeast Side. But bravery emerges even from horror. (opens the original)
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Jeffrey Manor is a small residential area in the South Deering neighborhood on the city’s Southeast Side. It’s sandwiched between rail yards and the Calumet River, with curved streets that offset the traditional grid system of blocks. Most of its homes were built after World War II, primarily to serve employees of nearby industries such as Wisconsin Steel. The community has persevered through periods of economic downturn. But it has endlessly suffered from being the site of the most gruesome mas
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