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Vintage Chicago Tribune: How piping plovers have captured our hearts through the years
An adorable pair of the migratory birds known as piping plovers captured Chicago's collective heart during the summer of 2019. Named Monty and Rose in honor of their nesting location...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: The 40-year saga of State of Illinois Center
The center, designed to house thousands of government workers from dozens of agencies, was initially touted as, "A building for the year 2000." Not long after the dawn of the...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions — a Thanksgiving tradition
The Bears and Detroit Lions met on Thanksgiving for the first time in 1934, and this week marks their 20th matchup on the holiday.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Paul Durica’s September 1924 finds
September isn't quite over, but we're ready to see what the Chicago History Museum's Paul Durica found in his continuing search of the Tribune's archives from a century ago.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Tradition of acceptance speeches at political conventions began in Chicago
The tradition of a nominee appearing in person at their party's convention to receive this honor began in Chicago in 1932. Here's a look back at what these candidates said...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Summer Olympians from the area who won gold
Here's a look back at 10 who have been at the top of their games — and on top of the world — during the modern era.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Millennium Park — ‘the best thing former Mayor Richard M. Daley ever did’ — 20 years later
Millennium Park turns 20 years old on July 16. Former Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin called the project, "the best thing former Mayor Richard M. Daley ever did."
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Koala-crazy — A look back at when Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed the marsupials in 1988
Chicagoans were fascinated with the Land Down Under during the 1980s. And it didn't hurt that Australia's creatures were adorable too. Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed a pair of koalas 36...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Metra — ‘The way to really fly’ — turns 40
After the Regional Transportation Authority reorganized in 1983, the Commuter Rail Service Board was created. Here's how the transit agency now known as Metra has changed since its inception.