On their website, the building is cited as “the first rehabilitated municipal building in the nation to receive the LEED Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council.” It’s an impressive accomplishment, and an extreme understatement to all the efforts that went into transforming the land. A piece of coal was turned into a diamond. […]
Chicago Times-Herald Race 1895
The Slowest Automobile Race in History: The Chicago Times-Herald Race
Okay, I’m not sure if it was the slowest, but the Times-Herald Race was definitely the first car race in the United States. The Chicago Times-Herald Race took place in Chicago in 1895, about 2 years after the first automobile was built. The initial route was to be from Chicago to Milwaukee, but the cars […]