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Naked Ghosts, Stewardesses & Sandburg Village at Night
In the fall of 1969 my older sister Lorraine moved into her first apartment on the twenty-fifth floor of a brand new, gleaming, glass walled high-rise. It was part of the Sandburg Village housing development named after the writer who … Continue reading
Posted in Welcome to My World
Tagged 1960's Tribal Rock Musical HAIR, airline pilots, Arthur Rubloff, chicago, Chicago in the 1960's, Clark Street, HAIR, Halloween, hippies, naked ghosts, PostAweek2011, Sandburg Village, Schubert Theater, stewardesses, swingin' singles, trick-or-treaters, urban renewal
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Adventures in Public Relations
Although I was barely out of college, having never worked in a “real” office before, it didn’t take more than a day on the job for me to realize that the firm of Goldwynn, Shipp and Sullivan* had been out of the PR business for … Continue reading
Posted in Welcome to My World, Work
Tagged first job, His Girl Friday, Jane Byrne, mayor of Chicago, news, nutjob boss, old hollywood, PostAweek2011, The 1980's, the press
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Irish B & B’s, Kojak, Civil Strife and a Teen with a Camera
My family went through rough period when I was a teenager. Even though I was consumed with worry and sadness, part of my adolescent brain enjoyed the drama of it all. Luckily escape from turmoil came when I enrolled in … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Welcome to My World
Tagged 1970's Television Shows, Bay City Rollers, IRA, Ireland, Kojak, PostAweek2011, travel
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