Heather Morrison/Chronicle Rhapsody Restaurant, 65 E. Adams St., preps its outdoor eating area for the spring and summer months. Rhapsody is located behind the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Gas-tank blast engulfs West Side business
‘Inferno’ snuffs out area electricity, leaves an employee injured

One person was injured in a four-alarm blaze on May 6 when a gas tank exploded inside a West Side truck-repair shop.

Acorn Garage Inc., 1146 W. Hubbard St., a family business run by three generations of the Truppa family men, went up in flames following what witnesses described as a loud, popping sound, followed by intense, billowing black smoke.
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IKEA sets sights on South Loop area
Store could be a ‘traffic nightmare,’ says group

The Swedish furniture retailer IKEA is eyeing the South Loop as a possible location for its first Chicago store, the company announced last week.
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Daycare teaches kids ‘fun’damentals
‘Children learn through play’ at A Child’s Space

A new enterprise in the South Loop is making a business out of the ABCs and 123s.
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In the Loop...

It’s not as bad as “Dewey defeats Truman.” It’s a little worse than spelling “committee” wrong on the front page and nowhere near pointing out that a dean’s appointment wasn’t the result of a search committee. Close, though.
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