Famous Fido Dog Rescue Famous Fido Dog Rescue in Andersonville is a small shelter with big heart. Founder Gloria Lissner and her dedicated volunteer staff work tirelessly to place animals in loving homes, keeping in constant contact with overcrowded city shelters and saving animals from death row. Famous Fido knows that all animals—including seniors and others at high risk of being killed—deserve a second chance. The shelter also leads the charge for a No Kill Chicago through their rescue and adoption alliance focusing on shelter reform, protesting puppy mills, and working to stop the dumping of unwanted animals.
Fine Arts Building Act Three: Shabby Grandeur, Tom Graham to the Rescue Spoiler alert: the Fine Arts Building was not sold to a developer and demolished. On June 7, 1978, it was designated a Chicago Historic Landmark. And the following year, it fell into the hands of its next benevolent owner.
On Vacation: Guns and Butter in the Land Up North Driving back from Green Bay, on a brilliantly sunny morning, I was in a mist of nostalgia for Wisconsin, with its green fields coming alive in early summer, roadside fruit stands and small little towns…
