Word: chicago
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wrigley, nestled into a rejuvenated neighborhood on Chicago's North Side, ivy-covered brick and the absence of lights provide a setting that has been a mainstay of National League competition since the turn of the century...
...CHICAGO--Baseball fanatics know only two real ballparks in the major leagues: Boston's Fenway and Chicago's Wrigley Field...
...billboard across the street, outside the right field fence, challenges the "Cubbies" to "hit one out here," a 600-ft.-plus shot that would tax even the muscle of Chicago strongman Dave "Kong" Kingman...
...Chicago they've been dubbed the "Bleacher Bums," and they spend the game arguing about location supremacy. The rightfielders yell, "Left Field sucks," and the leftfielder retort with an equally imaginitive barb. And mixed in among the diehard scorekeepers, the beer guzzling fixtures and the cheerleading rowdies, there float the bleacher wisemen--bastions of baseball lore who are no less than bold in making their thoughts well known...
...average selling price of a Manhattan co-op has jumped to more than $30,000 a room, from $18,000 a year ago and $11,000 in 1974. In Chicago, the typical condominium price per room is $46,000, vs. $30,000 last year. Demand is strong: all 280 condos in one town-house complex in Los Angeles' Century Hills sold out even before construction began. Prices: $230,000 to $400,000 per apartment...