Jul 12, 2015
Mike Stephen learns about giving dead urban trees new life with Illinois Wood Utilization Team chairperson Edith Makra and IIT College of Architecture studio associate professor Paul Pettigrew, discusses the ongoing tax increment financing district issues with the TIF Illumination Project lead organizer Tom Tresser (support their Indiegogo campaign!), and checks in with Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about late-'60s suburban rockers The Riddles for this week's edition of The Secret History of Chicago Music. This week's local music is provided by Farkus.