Monday, June 1, 2009

TweetEcho: May 17-May 31, 2009

For those of you who don't subscribe to our Twitter feed , here are the things we tweeted in the last week:

  1. The Old Colony Building gets its first bath in 200 years. Turns out it's not supposed to be black after all: http://bit.ly/3CIYI6
  2. Girghardelli Chocolate is handing out coupons by the Michigan Avenue Apple Store.
  3. USA Networks is handing out free popcicles in front of Tribune Tower.
  4. Hot crane action on Dearborn Street.http://twitpic.com/6cla5
  5. Audi photo shoot in the Loop today. A Kia TV commercial was shot nearby recently. http://twitpic.com/6cdom
  6. @VisitChicago Did a bit of shopping on State Street, now chilling outside with an iced Starbucks before heading to Saint Peter In The Loop.
  7. @aThousandFeetUp Welcome to Twitter! Good to know I'm not the only tweeter in the John Hancock Center.
  8. Don't forget: puppies and kittens on Michigan Avenue and the Oak Street shopping area today. Go get a new best friend!
  9. Some kind of free Buddhist snacks being given away in front of the Michigan Avenue Borders store.
  10. High resolution photo of this morning's helicopter lift at the Aon Center on West Randolph Street: http://bit.ly/NrE7q
  11. One fewer reasons to go to Macy's State Street store:http://bit.ly/4fzZve
  12. Another River North hotel? Change in plans may land a new hotel on State Street near Dana: http://bit.ly/F3HWc
  13. Can't wait for the Taste of Chicago? There will be a preview called Taste of the Taste at Daley Plaza 11am-2pm June 10.
  14. http://twitpic.com/606qn - Happening right now: Car crash on Oak Street. Here's another CrappyCameraPhone™ pic.
  15. http://twitpic.com/606nl - Happening right now: Car crash on Oak Street. Here's the CrappyCameraPhone™ pix.
  16. Art Institute of Chicago director Jim Cuno doesn't want the public to be notified when the museum sells art:http://bit.ly/CxAf9
  17. Ferris Beuller's best friend Cameron's cool glass house (where he killed his dad's Ferrari) is for sale: http://bit.ly/WiKAQ
  18. RT @LakePointTower: There are 986 pics of Lake Point Tower on Flickr, most the Chicago bldg? Here are our favorites:http://bit.ly/12xp2i
  19. Lifeguard chair on Ohio Street Beach and the first banner-pulling plane of the year. Yep, it must be summer in Chicago.
  20. One of President Obama's favorite Hyde Park restaurants is shutting down: http://bit.ly/kQBIp
  21. Another 385 photographs of Chicago have been added to the Chicago Architecture photo pool on Flickr:http://bit.ly/oo7Mk
  22. The Times of London is not so kind to the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago: http://bit.ly/18JhfW
  23. Time magazine praises the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago: http://bit.ly/i8snA
  24. Another taxi plows into Petterino's: http://bit.ly/33i2pv
  25. Windows smashed at Michigan Avenue Apple Store. Also at Rosebud on Rush. 61yo arrested. Pix: http://bit.ly/WXR2y
  26. America's last 24-hour post office, right here in Chicago, is shortening its hours: http://bit.ly/5ARtc
  27. Not unexpected: Lakeshore Athletic Club at McClurg Court to finally close: http://bit.ly/46lEr
  28. John Barleycorn to open a new location next to the Rock Bottom Brewery on State Street: http://bit.ly/17RZlv
  29. River Hotel squeezes onto Chicago's Michigan Avenue inside the Mather Tower: http://bit.ly/Cpi1S (Mather Tower:http://bit.ly/10q43C)
  30. C.O. Bigelow is closing its Michigan Avenue store in Water Tower Place.
  31. Nintendo reps are setting up interactive play stations in front of the John Hancock Center. http://twitpic.com/5hpur
  32. Best Buy is handing out coupons in front of the John Hancock Center. Spend $50, get a $5 gift card.
  33. Tower crane coming down at The Elysian. Rush street detoured.
  34. Tombstone giving away free hot flatbread melts at 401 N. Michigan. Line starts at Tribune Tower.
  35. Photos and review: The Nichols Bridgeway connecting Millennium Park and the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing: http://bit.ly/1fIknx
  36. Who knew? Macy's has an entire web site of videos and iPod tours featuring the architecture of the State Street store:http://bit.ly/fIzkK
  37. Overseen: Three different tourists on Michigan Avenue with Best Buy bags. This may work out after all.
  38. Brite Smile has moved from 100 W. Walton to 840 N. Michigan, inside the Pure Med Spa.
  39. Pictures from the Modern Wing member's preview are now on the Chicago Architecture photo pool on Flickr:http://bit.ly/zf7No

2 comments:

  1. The Ricardo Bofill Designed hotel planned for State and Illinois has also recently been scrapped. Word is a low rise entertainment venue is taking it's place.

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  2. Yep. We tweeted that May 20th. It's going to be a two-story John Barleycorn.

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