Tag Archives: Chicagos

Ken Griffin — who needs him? Nobody at the announcement last week of Google taking over the Thompson Center uttered anything close to that sentiment, but it hung in the air of the building’s atrium as Gov. J.B. Pritzker and others paraded to a podium to heap praise on Chicago’s new BBF — best business friend. Joining the governor were… Source link

Photo: B.O’Kane/Alamy Stock Photo For years, it looked like the James R. Thompson Center, Helmut Jahn’s postmodernist government building in downtown Chicago, might be demolished. The 1.2 million-square-foot structure, completed in 1984 and known for its dizzying 17-story public atrium, racked up $326 million in deferred maintenance and cost… Source link

Hendriks vents about Sox being Chicago’s ‘second team’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago If there’s one thing White Sox closer Liam Hendriks isn’t, it’s stoic.So when a reporter asked him if he thinks the White Sox are getting the national attention they deserve for their on-field success, Hendriks gave a candid, and, quite frankly, a bit of a shady response. “Yes and no,” Hendriks said. I feel like we have to take four steps to get any sort of national recognition, while our… Source link