Slog - Comments on Today in the Slow Death of Newspapers

Comment by thickturd

thickturd — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:19:08 -0800

your last line on that is lovely

Comment by Lobot

Lobot — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:28:00 -0800

The Tribune Tower in Chicago is my favorite building ever. I believe there is a chunk of Mt. Rainier in the wall somewhere if memory serves...

Comment by Julie

Julie — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:31:30 -0800

I love the Tribune Tower too! The rocks are completely fascinating (and when will you ever hear that sentence outside of a geology convention).

Comment by Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:56:33 -0800

I'm going to see the Tribune Tower this weekend! Wheeeee.

Comment by arduous

arduous — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:04:02 -0800

I was sad when the Sun Times bldg got demolished. I mean, sure, it was a garish ugly big boat of a bldg (literally, it was designed to look like a boat.) But I still loved it.

Comment by Balt-O-Matt

Balt-O-Matt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:04:13 -0800

The Trib Tower and the Wrigley Building make an arresting duo there at the river, no?

Comment by Lobot

Lobot — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:06:00 -0800

If you can, go inside one of the lobbies off Michigan Ave, (I don't remember which.) They have old quotes and headlines inlayed on the marble walls. Not as cool as the rocks outside, but still interesting.

Comment by MvB

MvB — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:14:52 -0800

Except Sam Zell is far from poor and no one made him buy those newspapers in the first place.

Comment by Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:35:22 -0800

! I went to Chicago for a school trip in eighth grade, and I remember seeing a chunk of Mt. St. Helens pumice in the wall of some random building, and thinking it was a fun coincidence, because we were about to move here from Lexington, Kentucky....only today, a dozen years later, do I discover that that was the Tribune building. Hell, at the age of 13, I couldn't have cared less about architecture; we were trying to find the new Virgin Megastore.

Comment by Tick tock

Tick tock — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:49:41 -0800

That includes the Stranger. I'm sure you know this already. How was that last raise?

Comment by Brendan Kiley

Brendan Kiley — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:17:28 -0800

@10. I'm not gloating, you anonymous�read: cowardly�jackass. I'm commiserating. Back off.

Comment by Florida

Florida — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:32:51 -0800

"Back off"? Never. I kinda hit a nerve there with the raise thing, didn't I? Sucks to be you.

Comment by Trevor

Trevor — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:10:20 -0800

Maybe they should rent out spaces to independently wealthy bloggers who think they're journalists.

Comment by Lou

Lou — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:21:42 -0800

Ah Trib Tower; I walk by the cathedral of commerce every day. It'll probably become a Chipotle.

Comment by Brendan Kiley

Brendan Kiley — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:13:49 -0800

@12. The only nerve you hit was the one frayed by cowards sniping behind pseudonyms. Think you're a tough guy? Give me a call: 206-323-7101.

Comment by Ain't you the daisy?

Ain't you the daisy? — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:01:43 -0800

I'll give you a jingle tomorrow around 2, Brandon.