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An Elegy for Chicago’s Walking Man

December 14, 2022 by anders458, posted in Chicago, Chicago stories, Illinois, Uncategorized

BY ANDREW MORKES, FOUNDER & AUTHOR OF NATURE IN CHICAGOLAND All he wanted to do was to walk the city streets in peace every day. Joseph Kromelis walked and walked the streets that sprawled below the steel and stone canyons of Chicago’s Loop, Magnificent Mile, and Streeterville, past bustling businessmen, tourists walking five abreast … Continue reading An Elegy for Chicago’s Walking Man

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