Also snatching the opportunity to remind you that Edward Steinborn designed not only the Music Box Theatre & a ton of other bangers, but also one of my favorite little guys in the entire city -- this tiny but potent explosion of Art Deco awesomeness in Wicker Park.

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The tallest known tree in Illinois is a 130-foot eastern cottonwood in Ogle County. But what about Chicago? Hard to say, but I've identified some candidates that are upwards of 110 ft with a cool LiDAR dataset from 2021. Most of these are also cottonwoods, but a few may be sycamores.

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Well, that’s just the escutcheon. The knob is always held on my only one screw. It’s either pressing it against the spindle or is threaded into the spindle.

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I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

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Any mention of the Club DeLisa gets reposted with these souvenir photos of my grandparents hanging out there. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

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