Author: Ben
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Logan Square (#5)
To the Library! BEN: Sam’s quest to borrow a particular book led us up to Logan Square, a neighborhood bearing the name of an actual square, the Illinois Centennial Memorial (which we didn’t know existed until after visiting – whoops!), and marking the northern terminus of the Chicago Boulevard System (which I also didn’t know…
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Back of the Yards (#4)
To the Library! BEN: Back of the Yards is one of our frequent library haunts. For the “official” Project 81 visit, we headed over for a program called The Sound of Science, where the kids each made a “Sound Sandwich” – a rubber band sandwiched between popsicle sticks, with plastic straws as spacers, resulting in…
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Clearing (#3)
To the library! SAM: Curiosity caught our attention this weekend. The Branch Manager at CPL’s Clearing Branch set up his collection of retro video games, which was quite popular among patrons, ourselves included. I felt like I was thrown back to my childhood days in the ‘90s (back when I was addicted to Super Mario on…
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Harold Washington Library Center (#2)
BEN: What pairs well with public libraries? Free museums! I’ve been trying to visit the Money Museum at the Chicago Federal Reserve building for literal years. It’s only open Monday through Friday, ruling it out for weekend excursions, and was closed for a long time during the pandemic. Friday, July 5th finally presented an opportunity…
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Budlong Woods (#1)
BEN: Welcome to our very first blog entry!Our journey begins with the Budlong Woods branch on the North side, selected by random via spinner wheel (special thanks to Daniel). But first…lunch. SAM: Our day kicked off to a later start than we had planned. While we were on our drive to the Budlong Woods neighborhood,…