7 Oct 2009

Powerhouse High wins project of the year honors from Landmarks Illinois in statewide awards

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Excerpts from Chicago Tribune – CityScapes by Blair Kamin, October 7, 2009 There was so much Olympics-related news last week that this one slipped through the cracks: The transformation of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Power House, featured on this … Continued

26 Jun 2008

Viking ship from 1893 Chicago world’s fair begins much-needed voyage to restoration

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the June 26, 2008 article by Chicago Tribune reporter Gerry Smith Built in Norway in 1892, the ship was modeled after a vessel called the Gokstad that had been excavated from a Viking warrior’s grave two years earlier and was … Continued

Friends of the Viking Ship

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July 1, 1858On this day, crew member Fredrik Oscar Frantsen (1858 – 1927) was born in Sandefjord, Norway, and became a sailor at the age of 14. He was steward on the "Viking” voyage and described as “one of the most important men on board ‘Viking’ as his functions are to satisfy the hunger of all the men.”
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