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Future visitors to Willis Tower's Skydeck may be able to hang by a rope on the side of the skyscraper or take a stroll on an outdoor balcony. Crain's story:

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Pitchfork just added PJ Harvey, George Clinton, the Feelies and more to their lineup, the Chicago Tribune reports.

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Longtime business owners in Chicago’s Fulton Market district are selling their properties amid a feeding frenzy by real estate developers. The far northwest corner of the West Loop continues to see an influx of boutique hotels, national retailers and big office tenants like Google and McDonald’s.

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Developers have swarmed the Cabrini-Green area since the last of its towers came down. A Target store opened on Division Street in 2014, while a 240-unit apartment tower (left) opened across the street in 2015. And now, a Texas developer plans to build nearly 500 homes on the site. Crain’s story:

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“We get asked a lot: ‘What are you going to change as the business evolves?’ One thing we will not change is our pizza.” Here's why Mark Agnew of @loumalnatis is on our 40 Under 40 in Chicago list #ccb40s. Read his profile here.

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Chicago’s 40 Under 40: From @chancetherapper (you know, the Chicagoan nominated for 7 @grammys) to a woman at the forefront of moving robots out of the lab and into the too-real world of rehabilitative medicine, meet the builders, thinkers and leaders who make us hopeful about Chicago's future.

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Crain’s Danny Ecker (pictured in bottom image on the right as a kid) shares what it is like to be a @clevelandindians fan covering the @chicagocubs.

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Chicago's Coolest Offices: 4 judges. 103 entries. See which offices won our coolest offices contest.

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Summer in Chicago

Photo by Craig Newman

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20 In Their 20s: At 23, Ashik Desai is a standout at ContextMedia, a fast-growing tech firm brimming with young overachievers.

His sales team so far has landed 37 of the top 40 pharmaceutical companies to advertise on its video education network inside doctors’ offices.

Here’s why Desai is someone you should know.

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"I knew Chicago was a violent place. But I wasn't prepared to have my children get up-close confirmation." 

A Chicago dad deals with witnessing a murder with his children.

Illustration by Yuta Onoda 

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Before entering the finance realm, this Princeton University grad studied theater at @stellaadler in New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

With that experience in hand, she fixed the ledger at debt-ridden Hyde Park theater company Congo Square in less than a year, and raised enough money for the ensemble to stage shows again. See why 29-year-old Chanel Coney is someone you should know in Chicago. #ccb20s

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20 In Their 20s: As lead singer of @wildbellemusic, this 27-year-old commands attention. #ccb20s

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What you should be reading this week: Crain’s Chicago’s 20 In Their 20s Class of 2016! They’re innovative, eclectic, passionate and inspiring. Get to know the 20 millennials who are disrupting and making Chicago better. #ccb20s

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/20s

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Coming tomorrow... 20 Chicagoans you should know in their 20s: Meet our most eclectic and passionate class yet! #ccb20s For our project, Crain's commissioned São Paulo artist Rafael Mantesso, who was fresh off campaigns for luxury brands Jimmy Choo and Porsche. Mantesso is best known for delighting his 560,000-strong Instagram with humorous hand drawn vignettes featuring his dog, Jimmy.

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The necessities on this gorgeous and sunny (FINALLY!) Chicago day.

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University of Chicago Medicine didn't want an adult trauma center. What caused its change of heart?

In part one of our two-part series, we examine how activists and their allies upped the pressure on the prestigious university health system.