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Brian Boyer - Friday, Aug 22, 2008

This morning's survey of Chicago River news was fun...

"Ever since the late 1800s, Chicagoans often referred to the Chicago River as a stinky, wet alley."
I've always thought of it as a wet, chocolatey alley.

"Both women had worn skirts."
Re: two ladies who are unhappy about the mosquito bites they received dining outdoors at Japonais, a fashionable sushi spot on the Chicago River at Chicago Avenue.

"The Chicago River has two sides."
'nuff said.

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The Chicago River is more than a conduit for tourists and green dye. It's an unnatural wonder. We killed it with sewage and made it bubble with decomposing pig offal. We dug it out, encased it in concrete, and reversed its flow, connecting America's two mighty water systems, the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins. The Chicago River Blog will tell the story of the river that defines our city.

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