CHICAGO (AP) — People rescued from a trapped elevator in one of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers later learned they had dropped 84 floors. The Chicago Tribune reported Monday that six people, including a pregnant woman, got into the elevator early Friday after leaving a restaurant on the 95th floor of the 875 North Michigan Avenue building, formerly the John Hancock Center. They heard noises and experienced a faster and bumpier than expected ride. One of several cables holding the elevator broke and the car fell rapidly, landing somewhere near the 11th floor. Firefighters broke through a wall more than 10 stories above ground from a parking garage to reach the people who were trapped inside. The elevator and two others will be closed until repairs are made and officials figure out what happened. Close … [Read more...] about Elevator in Chicago skyscraper fell 84 floors before rescue
Chicago
Chicago firm acquires Schaumburg apartment complex
Chicago-based real estate investment company Draper and Kramer said Monday it has acquired North 680, a 180-unit luxury rental community in Schaumburg. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, but the firm said the deal was part of an exchange in its sale of a 318-unit rental community in suburban St. Louis. Completed in 2017, the complex at 680 E. Algonquin Road includes 176 residences in four elevator buildings and four tri-level rental townhouses in two buildings.Draper and Kramer will take over management of the complex, adding to its portfolio of more than 10,000 rental units across Chicago, St. Louis, San Antonio and Minneapolis, as well as 25,000 condominium residences throughout Chicago."North 680 presented a unique opportunity to acquire the first luxury residential community built in Schaumburg in the last three decades" said Blas Puzon, senior vice president of acquisitions for Draper and Kramer."What made this deal extremely attractive from an investment … [Read more...] about Chicago firm acquires Schaumburg apartment complex
6 people were rescued from an elevator in a Chicago skyscraper after it plummeted more than 80 floors
On Friday, 6 people were trapped in an elevator in Chicago after it fell over 80 floors. The express elevator in the John Hancock building was sent falling after a cable snapped. The group got in on the elevator on the 95th floor, but they were sent falling. At least one passenger believed they were going to die. They were ultimately rescued by firefighters. Six people became trapped in an elevator after it malfunctioned and plummeted over 80 floors just after midnight on Friday. The group boarded the express elevator at the former John Hancock Center in Chicago on the 95th floor. But shortly after, one of the cables holding it broke, sending the elevator falling, per the Chicago Tribune. Among those trapped were two Northwestern University law students, tourists from New Zealand and Mexico, a pregnant woman, per the Huffington Post. “It was really bumpy – it felt like a flight into Chicago,” one of the Northwestern students, who asked not to be identified … [Read more...] about 6 people were rescued from an elevator in a Chicago skyscraper after it plummeted more than 80 floors
Palatine’s Chicago Culinary Kitchen featured on this week’s ‘Check, Please!’
Palatine's Chicago Culinary Kitchen will be one of the restaurants reviewed Friday on the WTTW-Channel 11 show "Check, Please!" Chicago resident and "YouTuber" Sean Ely submitted Chicago Culinary Kitchen to the show, which airs at 8 p.m. Friday. The episode also will feature Chicago eateries The Madison Bar and Chiya Chai. Owners Kristina and Greg Gaardbo dish out authentic Texas-style barbecue and craft beer at Chicago Culinary Kitchen, located in the North Quentin Plaza mall, 773 N. Quentin Road. Chicago Culinary Kitchen is a hybrid business with cooking classes, catering, special gatherings and a weekend barbecue restaurant.Chicago Culinary's brisket, pulled pork, spare ribs and other items on a limited menu are served from 11 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays until they run out.Kristina Gaardbo is a certified craft beer expert and her husband is a pitmaster."Check, Please!" is in its 18th season. Longtime host Alpana Singh is back with the show after a five-year hiatus, and will lead … [Read more...] about Palatine’s Chicago Culinary Kitchen featured on this week’s ‘Check, Please!’
Feder: Emanuel wouldn’t be first Chicago mayor to turn TV pundit
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appearance on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" Sunday stirred up speculation that he's shopping around for a new job in television news when he leaves City Hall in May, Robert Feder writes. For now, the North Side Democrat, who also served as a U.S. congressman and President Barack Obama's chief of staff, isn't commenting on his plans. ("Don't worry about my future, because I'm very focused on the city's future," he told the Chicago Tribune.) But Emanuel wouldn't be the city's first former mayor to try his hand as a TV pundit. Nearly 30 years ago, Jane Byrne, the only woman to serve as mayor of Chicago, signed on as a paid political analyst for WBBM-Channel 2. In 1989 the CBS-owned station hired her for $40,000 to make up to 10 appearances on the air. Byrne was represented by Don Ephraim, the Chicago superagent, whose client list included such TV heavyweights as Bill Kurtis, John Drury, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.Get the full report and more … [Read more...] about Feder: Emanuel wouldn’t be first Chicago mayor to turn TV pundit