tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1333857058502673783..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Flashback 1999: "To love and not to count the cost"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21421200257406430672019-01-16T07:54:00.849-06:002019-01-16T07:54:00.849-06:00Thanks Bernie. Working at the Merc with an office ...Thanks Bernie. Working at the Merc with an office in the Field Building, I was familiar with this area. From using the undergrounds and lobbies on rainy days, or taking in the many art works inside and out around the Loop, I had an appreciation for some of our cities hidden gems. But I have no sight memory of the east side of this structure. On closer examination, what I saw as contrasting masonry is just uneven repair. Like its' cousin, the Carbide and Carbon Building, it could be another architectural treasure if fully restored. JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56038207968898320682019-01-15T20:20:54.193-06:002019-01-15T20:20:54.193-06:00That photo shows prominently the Clark Adams Build...That photo shows prominently the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Adams_Building" rel="nofollow">Clark Adams Building</a>, located at 210 South (where else but) Clark St. Behind the photographer is the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, where Ed Burke will be tried. Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69309996362580825592019-01-15T15:00:17.790-06:002019-01-15T15:00:17.790-06:00I'm not sure I want to know because it involve...I'm not sure I want to know because it involves invasion of privacy, but it makes one wonder how events transpired. I have the impression that "Baby T" turned out all right, but never heard again about the birth mother.<br /><br />Funny made up story about the French poodle reminds me of a real event related by Ben Hecht, in his Child of the Century," which I am currently wading through. In his brief Chicago newspaper career Karl Sandburg was admired in the newsroom but for his poetry, but had trouble getting the hang of reporting. Sent to Minneapolis to cover a labor convention, he neglected to phone in a major scoop when the top union boss was shot on the speakers stand.<br /><br />Tom Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67044854433806510782019-01-15T10:08:53.609-06:002019-01-15T10:08:53.609-06:00The photo of the day, Neil, a perspective of this ...The photo of the day, Neil, a perspective of this site never seen by me. Long ago, I walked past the plaza hundreds of times, mostly on the way to the Berghoff, but I never really noticed the building between Quincy and Adams, just west of the post office. It looks refurbished or just cleaned, what is it called?JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55190663120195323362019-01-15T09:59:26.254-06:002019-01-15T09:59:26.254-06:00The Burkes are not monsters and should be honored ...The Burkes are not monsters and should be honored for their good deeds equal to the scorn served up for their transgressions. Hopefully the adopted child returns and experiences the love of a good family, and can appreciate his good fortune. I can't help wondering about his reaction to the knowledge of his adopted fathers' treatment of Harold Washington.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52991010070858416652019-01-15T09:04:34.836-06:002019-01-15T09:04:34.836-06:00Thank you for this reminder of the selflessness an...Thank you for this reminder of the selflessness and grace we imperfect humans are capable of achieving. I'd only like to point out that this story involves not one, but two, equally beautiful souls. Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-35077402632573696912019-01-15T08:27:57.307-06:002019-01-15T08:27:57.307-06:00Very eloquent. And compelling.
john
Very eloquent. And compelling.<br /><br />john<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19086922511921921752019-01-15T08:00:13.417-06:002019-01-15T08:00:13.417-06:00I started as a volunteer with the Cook county juve...I started as a volunteer with the Cook county juvenile department back in 1990. I mentored two boys they were twins until their mother abandon them in their early teens. I took on the role of a foster parent. <br />Sadly one of the boys died of an overdose New year's Eve 2002 while having just been released from prison and visiting his mom for holiday festivities. His brother couldn't come to his funeral because he was in prison for carjacking. <br /><br />I heard from the surviving boy a couple of weeks ago for the first time in several years. He called to tell me that his mom had passed. <br /><br />Thankfully things turned out better with my biological children and stepson. <br /><br />Mentoring and fostering abused and neglected children is a tough row to how. <br /><br />It doesn't always turn out how you hope.FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.com