Author: Miles Cooper

If you’ve traveled along Chicago’s famous Lakeshore Drive at any point in the last few years, then you might have seen a bit of a strange sight. Right where the expressway skirting Lake Michigan crosses the Chicago River, a huge gaping hole has been just sitting there virtually unchanged for well over a decade. It was supposed to be the start of America’s first megat skyscraper designed by one of the world’s leading architects. But this giant pit is all that remains. It’s a bit of an embarrassment for a city that’s widely considered to be the birthplace of the…

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President Donald Trump’s threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago sparked strong reactions in the city, with many residents defending their community against his harsh rhetoric about violent crime. Trump described Chicago as a “killing field,” escalating tensions amid concerns over crime in the nation’s third largest city. I’ve been living here for uh 57 years and I feel very safe in Chicago. I think it’s a very safe community. You know, I travel a lot and I go to a lot of other places that are much more drug infested and than Chicago. The last 12 months, the…

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