tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20703255695093769122024-03-19T06:06:22.850-07:00Chicago City of Big Shoulders 3Morgan Park Highhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13408150596764440012noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070325569509376912.post-17114100091485612282013-11-05T19:45:00.000-08:002013-11-05T10:23:07.385-08:00Video<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Morgan Park Highhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13408150596764440012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070325569509376912.post-73147582283629263922013-11-04T18:50:00.002-08:002015-02-09T09:50:44.391-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Morgan Park Highhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13408150596764440012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070325569509376912.post-71857838258157500222013-11-02T10:06:00.005-07:002013-11-04T18:50:36.117-08:00Neighborhoods - Greek Town, China Town, Little Italy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Greektown </span><a href="http://www.greektownchicago.org/" style="font-size: xx-large;">greektownchicago.org</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Four of our past seven Governors of Illinois in jail<br /><br />Governors:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Rod Blagovitch</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ryan" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">George Ryan</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Walker" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Dan Walker</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Kerner,_Jr." style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Otto Kerner </a></span></div>
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