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pctures in the "bridges" section

These pictures have been edited to the point of being just silly - way too much contrast and saturation. What's the best way to find replacements? Alphachimera (talk) 19:23, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:20090524 Buildings along Chicago River line the south border of the Near North Side and Streeterville and the north border of Chicago Loop, Lakeshore East and Illinois Center.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:20090524 Buildings along Chicago River line the south border of the Near North Side and Streeterville and the north border of Chicago Loop, Lakeshore East and Illinois Center.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on July 12, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-07-12. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 16:52, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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A view west along the main stem of the Chicago River, a system of rivers and canals that runs through Chicago, Illinois, US. Though not especially long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as the link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley waterways. Buildings such as Trump International Hotel and Tower in the center and Aqua (gray building with turquoise "streak") are among the prominent structures depicted. On the right is the cleared land that was awaiting redevelopment as the Chicago Spire. This photo is from the Link Bridge with the Streeterville region of the Near North Side community area to the north and the Lakeshore East and Illinois Center regions of the Loop to the south.Photo: Mindfrieze

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Chicago Public Library flag info moved

The URL referenced in reference number 6 has been replaced. The Chicago Public Library page giving the relevant information is now at http://www.chipublib.org/chicago-facts/. ~E$ (talk) 18:24, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"List of bridges in Chicago" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Bridges in Chicago" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Dave Matthews Band bus incident of 2004

In 2004, a tour bus dumped 800 gallons of waste into the Chicago River. This incident has been added and removed, but I feel that it is notable enough for this article. The incident itself even has its own article, and is also mentioned in Kinzie Street Bridge. I'm leaving this comment regarding whether or not this incident should be included in this article. Cyber the tiger (talk) 19:09, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The incident is notable but the IMO the degree of WP:Relevance and informativeness regarding the very large subject of the Chicago River is very low. Stuff dumped in Chicago by Dave Matthews band's bus through a bridge onto a boat that was floating on the river. Doesn't mean it's good to put it into all 6 of those articles. Suggest leaving it out. North8000 (talk) 19:20, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's a celebrity story, but no disrespect to their celebrity that band means virtually nothing to the subject of the river (nor does celebrity culture mean virtually anything to the subject of the river) -- it's a poor bus maintenance story, but poor bus maintenance means virtually nothing to the subject of the river -- it's a pollution story, but given the tons and tons and tons and tons and tons and tons of pollution, the river has had to handle this incident means virtually nothing to the subject of the river. (And not just that, your edit tried to put it as a whole section of the 'history of the river!?!' -- on par with massive losses of life, huge flooding, etc... -- that's just impossible or inconceivable.) Undue, does not belong here. Alanscottwalker (talk) 10:53, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]