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Powerhouse High wins project of the year honors from Landmarks Illinois in statewide awards
7 Oct 2009

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

by 1893 Viking | posted in: Awards, In The Media | 0

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

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Viking ship from 1893 Chicago world’s fair begins much-needed voyage to restoration
26 Jun 2008

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

by 1893 Viking | posted in: In The Media, Stabilization | 1

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

Chicago Tribune, CityScapes, Stablization

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VIKING

From Norway to America
 

by R. E. Rasmussen,

… a personal account by one the Viking‘s crewmen of his adventures before, during and after the historic voyage from Bergen, Norway to Chicago in 1893.

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