Chicagoist: Chicagoist Historianista: What Lurks Below the Green Mill

The Curmudgeon

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:35:11 -0600

This story was great... in the RedEye... in JUNE. Tell me Chicagoist, how long did you contemplate whether or not to scan the basement diagram featured in that particular RedEye issue? I'm certain that you had that article tacked to a bulletin board marked "Stories to run in 30 days once everyone has forgotten about it already being published by someone else." What's next? An expose on Chicago's screenprinting scene? Don't lose this week's Reader - it's the cover story!

guest

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:56:15 -0600

Wow... People are not feelin' this story at all... Buck up, y'all. Here is a NEW tidbit to chew on: I used to work at Crew Bar + Grill next door, and we would find homeless people sleeping down in the tunnels. It was very creepy down there... A place you really didn't want to have to go by yourself at the end of a night...

guest

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:43:42 -0600

I loved this story in the Trib. Last month.

guest

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:33:04 -0600

Even though this was a new low for lazy blogging, at least it was a break from that damn Pitchfork. What the hell is it anyway??

guest

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:49:25 -0600

i was going to post a comment to rag on you guys, but thankfully a bunch of people beat me to it. between this an those photos of the first day of pitchfork this has not been a good weekend for chicagoist's credibility.

quint

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:10:05 -0600

Seriously, this is reaching an new low for you guys. What exactly does this story add? It isn't like it is timely as the Tribune story is 3 weeks old and it isn't like you went back after the Trib article to unearth some different angle or even get a new photo. The only thing that you have added to this story is that the tunnels are less impressive than you had hoped (based only on what they showed). Awesome insight. Thanks for that.

JoeM500

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:44:59 -0600

I saw this in a myspace bulletin about 3 weeks ago!

guest

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:55:10 -0600

Just curious -- when you say "images courtesy of..." does that mean that the sources have granted permission for you to use them? Guest thinks Chicagoist needs to brush up on copyright law.

guest

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:04:50 -0600

The Chicago Tribune -- they go places so Chicagoist doesn't have to! Come on, Guest certainly doesn't expect Chicagoist to be reporters, but this is ridiculous. I can just see the next restaurant review -- "Even though Chicagoist hasn't eaten there, Chicagoist read Phil Vettel's review, and he says it's great!"