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Why does Chicago have so little love for the ‘Watchdog’ of the lakefront?

Curious City by WBEZ Chicago

Jul 1, 202600:25:39Arts

The name Aaron Montgomery Ward might sound familiar, either from the chain of now-defunct department stores that once bore his name or as the catalog guy who revolutionized mail-order shopping over 150 years ago. His les...

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