Chicago Reader, June 23, 2016 — I’m honored to be named the “Best Chicagoan to follow on Twitter” in the Chicago Reader’s 2016 poll for the Best of Chicago. My Twitter handle is @robertloerzel.
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Privatize Public Transit? Chicago’s tried it before. Here’s how that went.
Chicago Reader, June 10, 2010 — In December 1898, some Chicagoans began wearing twine—twisted into the shape of a hangman’s noose—in their buttonholes. It was their way of sending a message to the City Council about an upcoming vote. “I will not be surprised to see some hanging done in the streets of Chicago,” said Mayor… Continue reading Privatize Public Transit? Chicago’s tried it before. Here’s how that went.
A Conservatory, a Zoo, and 12,000 Corpses
Chicago Reader, May 15, 2008 — One day in the 1970s, when Pamela Bannos was a teenager, she was riding in the back of her father’s car as he turned off Lake Shore Drive onto LaSalle Street. Looking out the window, she noticed an old stone structure standing in Lincoln Park. Surrounded by a chain-link fence… Continue reading A Conservatory, a Zoo, and 12,000 Corpses