tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6292402707424946215..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: A question answered before it's askedNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-64388524896182737942014-07-17T20:31:45.675-05:002014-07-17T20:31:45.675-05:00Lived here forever and never even thought about it...Lived here forever and never even thought about it! And I love that kind of information. Let me know if you ever find anything on Thacker. Streets named for him (assuming it's a him) in multiple suburbs but I can find nothing on him. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366936054392129036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90576462900283387792014-07-17T15:23:26.271-05:002014-07-17T15:23:26.271-05:00I've looked up Colfax, Wentworth, even Crawfor...I've looked up Colfax, Wentworth, even Crawford (now Pulaski), but that plaque that I've seen (and even noticed) dozens of times didn't stir up the least bit of curiosity. Now the whole Steinbergian world knows.<br />Johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-74337476207538226132014-07-17T09:40:42.220-05:002014-07-17T09:40:42.220-05:00Cook petitioned the US government to move the nort...Cook petitioned the US government to move the northern border of Illinois from the southern tip of Lake Michigan to whatever latitude it's at now. His argument was that the economy of Illinois would vanquish without any economic activity from the Great Lakes. Without his leadership, the City of Chicago would be in *gasp* Wisconsin. (One of a few things I remember from a Chicago history class at UIC.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332205956749152618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3666041893238024462014-07-17T00:08:49.778-05:002014-07-17T00:08:49.778-05:00I hope you wiped your feet on that $15,000 rug wit...I hope you wiped your feet on that $15,000 rug with the county seal on it that Toddler bought & then had the nerve to put there at the east entrance, blocked off with velvet ropes, just out of the photo you took.<br />I do that & hope there's dog shit on my shoes!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com