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\n Join us for the first installment of a very special luncheon series looking at the past\, present and future of Northcenter! \;
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\n Patrick Butler is a lifelong Chicagoan who has covered the North Side for the past 35 years\, most of them as a reporter for Lerner Newspapers. He Currently writes for Inside Publications'\; \;
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\n Booster and News-Star. He served for more than a dozen years as the president of the Ravenswood-Lake View Historical Association and for several years anchored a cable TV news/feature magazine\, \;
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\n North Side Neighbors.
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\n Patrick will be coming to our February luncheon to explore the past of Northcenter and share his new book\, \;A Hidden History of Ravenswood and Lake View. From the neighborhood'\;s notorious '\;opium-eating women'\; to its history with Chicago'\;s first radio station\, there'\;s a lot more to Northcenter than meets the eye\, and Patrick will be your tour guide through it all. \;
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\n Following the program\, copies of the book will be available for purchase\, and an autograph from the author\, of course! \;
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