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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Robert Herguth

How do we find the great murals we feature? Often, just by driving around

A mural at North and Springfield avenues in Humboldt Park, done more than 40 years ago. (Robert Herguth / Sun-Times)

When I taught journalism years ago at Loyola University Chicago, I’d sometimes have the students do a little exercise, literally and figuratively.

With classes in the North Loop, I’d have them go on a walk near the Water Tower Campus, putting them in groups of three or four and sending them out after informing them there’s “news” on this block and telling them they need to figure out what it is.

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