George f. Will, a nice little place on the north side. What is the story behind this . The story is that Wrigley Field turned 100 years old in 2014. A few years ago i saw this coming. I am a writer who often writes not to say what he thinks but to find out what he thinks. I had no idea what i was going to say. I said, there has got to be a story here. It is an interesting place with an interesting subject, baseball. Also it is in a very interesting city. Radio happened there for baseball and all kinds of things happened. It turns out there was a story. I thought it was a baseball book and it is, but i got all the history out of it. I want to ask you about some of the history. First thing you did was define who the people are that all the streets are named around Wrigley Field. How long did it take you to find all those . Not long. There is a street atlas to chicago full of information like that. Addison and clark. Addison was named after the fellow associated with discovering addisons
I thought it was a baseball book and it is, but i got all the history out of it. I want to ask you about some of the history. First thing you did was define who the people are that all the streets are named around Wrigley Field. How long did it take you to find all those . Not long. There is a street atlas to chicago full of information like that. Addison and clark. Addison was named after the fellow associated with discovering addisons disease, the major affliction of john kennedy. Sheffield, a gogetter, you say. But many who made the Northwest Territories prosper. Waveland. Because the waves used to, far into chicago before they build the embankment along the lakefront. When you are up in the press box at Wrigley Field, you see the sales topping on the lake. It is about 11 blocks. Why do you care about Wrigley Field . The cubs played their, but also because it is very old. A 100yearold structure in this country is older than the lincoln memorial, the jefferson memorial, the Supreme C
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