Robert Mann
Robert Mann (July 19, 1920 – January 1, 2018) was an American violinist, composer, and conductor. He was the founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet in 1946. He was as well a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music. Mann, the first violinist at Juilliard, served on the school's string quartet for over fifty years until his retirement in 1997.
Mann played and performed on many instruments, including those made by Antonio Stradivari and John Young. Mann was the subject of a 2014 documentary, titled "Speak the Music".
Mann died at his home in Manhattan, New York on January 1, 2018 at the age of 97.
The Conjuring 2
The Conjuring 2 is a 2016 American supernatural horror movie directed by James Wan. It is the sequel to 2013's "The Conjuring" and the third movie in "The Conjuring" series.
Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as paranormal investigators and authors Ed and Lorraine Warren from the first movie. The movie is about the Warrens as they travel to England to help the Hodgson family, who are experiencing poltergeist activity in Enfield council house in 1977. This event became referred to as the Enfield Poltergeist.
"The Conjuring 2" was released in North America on June 10, 2016. The movie received positive reviews from critics and has made over $320 million worldwide. A spin-off prequel movie, "The Nun", is scheduled to be released in 2018.
Hurricane Julia (2010)
Hurricane Julia was the easternmost Category 4 hurricane recorded in the Atlantic basin since reliable satellite observations became available. On Sept. 15, Julia and Igor had both been powerful category four hurricanes but Julia's wind speeds had continued to drop since because of wind shear from monster hurricane Igor's outflow. By 11 a.m. EDT on Sept. 20, the National Hurricane Center issued their final warning on Julia. She was 1,100 miles west of the Azores near 34.7 North and 46.4 West and maximum sustained winds were near 46 mph, but quickly weakening. Julia had later been downgraded into a low pressure system and is now in the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season history books. Meanwhile, Igor's life history is not finished as he makes a track further into the North Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Julia became a Category 4 storm in just 24 hours. She is currently out in the Atlantic with sustained winds at 135 mph. Luckily, there were no deaths. The maximum wind speed of the cyclone was 140mph. The minimum pressure created was 948/949mb. The cyclone lasted for 13 days (09/12 - 09/24) with the changing of the catergories.
American League Division Series
In Major League Baseball, the American League Division Series (ALDS) is played from the beginning to the middle of October, and decides which two teams in the American League will play in the American League Championship Series. It consists of two best series out of the five series featuring three division winners, and the winner of the wild card game. Each series is completed once a team has won three games.
The first Division Series was played in the strike shortened 1981 MLB season. Teams in first place before the strike took on teams in first place after the strike. In 1994, the Division Series was added for good. Both leagues were split in to three divisions each; and the wild card was added as well. However, a strike cancelled the rest of the 1994 season, including the playoffs. The current-day Division Series thus began the play in 1995.
Wolf Point East Tower
Wolf Point East Tower is the second tallest of three buildings being developed in the Near North Side community area on the Wolf Point property near the Chicago River in downtown Chicago.
The building is planned to be about 60 stories and tall. It will have 698 units. Although originally thought to be a mixed use building when planned in 2012 and approved in 2013, the building was reenvisioned as an apartment building in 2016. Construction began in 2017.
Rock N Roll McDonald's
The Rock N Roll McDonald's (formerly The Original Rock 'N Roll McDonald's) is a McDonald's restaurant located in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the most famous McDonald's locations in the world and was once the busiest in the United States.
The restaurant, located in the River North section of the Near North Side community area (neighborhood) of Chicago, a few city blocks west of the Magnificent Mile, had been a tourist attraction since it opened in 1983.
After the demolition of the original building, the present building opened in 2005 and originally had a seating capacity of 300. The original 1983 building and the first design of the rebuilt 2005 structure site held a rock and roll exhibit in a building next to the restaurant and a small upstairs McDonald's museum display.
The building features the first two-lane McDonald's drive-through, a café, flat panel televisions and a green roof. In 2017, a redesign of the restaurant planned to remove the Rock N Roll theme for a more modernized version set to re-open in Spring 2018.
1000M
1000M (formerly referred to as 1000 South Michigan) is a skyscraper planned for Chicago, Illinois in the Historic Michigan Boulevard District portion of Michigan Avenue in the Loop community area of Chicago.
It is designed by Helmut Jahn. It is planned as a 74-story, tall residential condominium tower located at 1000 South Michigan Avenue that is being developed by Time Equities, Inc., JK Equities and Oak Capitals. The 323-unit building will include one to four bedroom luxury condominiums.
While there is not yet a scheduled ground breaking date, 1000M is on track to be completed in 2021.
Helmut Jahn
Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect from Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Nuremberg, Germany.
Jahn was well known for designs such as the Sony Center on the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany, the One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (formerly the tallest building in Philadelphia), and the Suvarnabhumi Airport, an international airport in Bangkok, Thailand.
Recent projects include a residential tower in New York City, 50 West St in 2016 and the Thyssenkrup Test Tower in Rottweil, Germany in 2017. He was designing the 1000M, a super-tall residential complex in Chicago at the time of his death.
Jahn was riding his bicycle on May 8, 2021 and was hit by a car in Campton Hills, Illinois. He died from his injuries a few hours later, aged 81.
NEMA (Chicago)
NEMA (also 1200 South Indiana or One Grant Park and formerly 113 East Roosevelt) is a skyscraper and related development under construction for Chicago, Illinois in the Central Station neighborhood, of the Near South Side community area.
The skyscraper is planned to have 792 apartments and rise . It is designed by Rafael Viñoly as the first of a three phase development that includes an even taller 648-unit structure as the second phase and a 100-unit townhouse development with a public park as the third phase.
Gateway Tower (Chicago)
Gateway Tower is a proposed mixed-use supertall skyscraper planned on the abandoned site of the former Chicago Spire in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side of Chicago.
The building is planned to be tall. The building would include condos, apartments, a hotel, a Skylobby, a Skydeck with a restaurant, an amusement ride and sky-garden.
Vista Tower (Chicago)
Vista Tower (formerly known as 375 E. Wacker) is a 101-story, supertall skyscraper under construction in Chicago, Illinois.
Construction started in August 2016 and was completed in 2020 with the remaining portion expected to finish by the third quarter of 2021. When it was completed, the skyscraper designed by a woman architect Jeanne Gang.
Upon completion, Vista Tower became the city's third-tallest building at , passing the Aon Center. It will also be the tallest structure in the world designed by a woman.