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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 12:25 PM
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They're tearing down the Berwyn car kabob
:cry: to make room for a Walgreens. :grr:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070710spindle,1,6317834.story?coll=chi-news-hed

I lived near Cermak Plaza for a while in the 80s, and I loved taking visitors to see the kabob and the junk sculpture. It's been years since I've been there, but they already had a Walgreens, so wtf?

Enjoy it while you can. Here's someone's Flickr account with a nice bunch of photos of the Spindle, as it is formally named.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeontheedge/tags/cermakplaza/
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-11-07 08:28 PM
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1. The sculptor was interviewed today on 848 (NPR)
He is hoping to be able to restore the cars and have it re-erected in another location. That is a truly unique sculpture and a part of Chicago-area lore.
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byronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 12:16 AM
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2. We just saw this in the book 'Americana'.
My kids loved it.

Gads. Who would be so turkified?
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