Stunning images as storm breaks over Chicago

From the UK Times online, Pictures of lightning strikes on Willis (Sears) and Trump Towers in Chicago from the storms of the past week. They have seriously battered our city. In fact in my backyard there's still a branch from a tree that I haven't removed yet. Either way the pics depicted there are breathtaking so you should take a look!

Hawaii Five-0 is coming back, this fall!!!

I like to watch reruns of this classic show on Me-Too a local Chicago TV channel dedicated to classic shows. Me-Too is a companion channel to not only Me-TV but also Channel 26 WCIU.

Anyway new episodes of a rebooted series are to be seen next TV season on CBS. Here you will see a preview of  the new series. Changes have been made to many of the familiar characters. Some of them are of a different gender now. Other changes have the cast being seen as having more personality than in the original series.

While TV series remakes haven't always fared very well over the years this is one remake that I will look forward to seeing. Looking to this preview it looks very good!

Chicago Black Hawks 2010 Stanley Cup Champions

This video below shows the Black Hawks being presented and then hoisted the trophy over their heads to celebrate in Philadelphia earlier tonight!

This next video shows the crazy goal that was the Stanley Cup clincher for the Hawks in sudden death overtime!

Initially there was no signal, but eventually it was ruled that a goal was scored and the puck was said to be stuck in the netting. I thought it crossed along the goal line through the crease. Then all the sudden I saw the Hawks removing their gear and celebrating on the ice.

I cannot believe the Stanley Cup is coming to Chicago!!! :)

Scenes yesterday near the Federal Plaza

Not a lot of media there on Thursday afternoon after I left the downtown library, but I knew that this was the day when the Blagojevich trial started. The media trucks from ABC7, FOX 32, WGN, and even CNN were all parked along Plymouth Court between Jackson and Van Buren, right across the street from the Dirksen Federal Building.

 BTW, I posted this link in another posting, but I'll share it again today. Rich Miller rounds up the media coverage of the Blagojevich trial. He also has a round-up for jury selection in this trial. It seems like what Blagojevich doesn't want on his jury the judge will attempt to keep them on the jury.

Can't believe he may be up for almost 415 years behind bars!

What to do with unused subway entrances?

I noticed them a while back putting bricks on the stairs into the mezzanine level where one in the past would board onto the CTA Red Line at Washington/State. This entrance is on State Street between Madison and Washington.

The Washington/State section of the Red Line has been closed since 2006 as a result of well construction of a new building on the former vacant property at Block 37 located north of Washington on the west side of the street. There were also plans to build a "superstation" with the intent of running and express rail service from downtown towards the city's airports. Unfortunately that proved to be too much cost wise and that project was shut down, but at least we have a nice building at Block 37 that may not live up to expectations as another big city mall!

Oh yeah I noted that they were placing bricks at one point onto the stairs into this closed station. Another day they finally covered up the stairs. Then on this day when I took these pictures it looks like they placed a garden on top of the coverings.

How about that for going green?