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Abbott gets naming rights for Shedd oceanarium

From the Daily Herald | Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium said Tuesday its ocean mammal area will be called the Abbott Oceanarium. The renaming recognizes significant support provided for the Shedd Aquarium by the North Chicago-based pharmaceutical giant and its philanthropic foundation the Abbott Fund.  Get the full story>>

Frank Lloyd Wright returns to Rookery

Wright Preservation Trust offices and gift shop seen from the light court of the Rookery Building. (Handout)

Frank Lloyd Wright is headed back to Chicago’s historic Rookery building, in a manner of speaking.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust plans to open a public information center and offer free tours of the building where Wright once housed his downtown Chicago offices and later updated its light court and lobbies. The free tours, as well as the opening of a gift shop, are scheduled for early 2011. Get the full story »