Not the monster branch (near five or six other major banks) in the ground floor of the Flat Iron Building at The Crotch (the intersection of Milwaukee, Damen and North), which displaced 1990s slacker-style icons Filter and Swank Frank, among other businesses, or its symbolism as a silver-plated spike in the coffin of the former artists` `hood, but for dollars and cents: the recently announced intention to be a market-segment leader and charge $3 for the use of their ATMs.
Midway to Java: The Forgotten Javanese Village in Chicago that Once Thrilled America My first awareness of the Java Village resulted from a trip in 1989 to The Field Museum to cover the then-new exhibition, “Traveling the Pacific.” It would be wonderful to recreate the village with a modern frame, to show off what the country and its people offer today.
