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Article #3318Re: Triva Questions
From: Neil R. Ormos
Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 18:44
Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 18:44
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I believe the "Playboy Building" used to be the "Palmolive Building", and it used to house the world's brightest searchlight. Perhaps the light is still there, but it no longer operates, at least in part because of the nuisance it caused when the Hancock building was constructed next door.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f972c,f25d82e9e25670e7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf972c,public X-Google-Thread: 10e835,f25d82e9e25670e7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e835,public X-Google-Thread: 115109,f25d82e9e25670e7 X-Google-Attributes: gid115109,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-05-20 05:41:54 PST Newsgroups: chi.places,chi.general,alt.great-lakes Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!mips!pacbell.com!att!uchinews!iitmax!thssno From: thssno@iitmax.iit.edu (Neil R. Ormos) Subject: Re: Triva Questions Message-ID: <1992May20.184445.24410@iitmax.iit.edu> Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology References: <1992May16.081346.12394@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992May20.123623.2327@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> Distribution: il Date: Wed, 20 May 92 18:44:45 GMT Lines: 5