tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post2671902353623117057..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Forgotten Hits: January 16thAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-53752033938016215802017-01-16T11:55:48.735-06:002017-01-16T11:55:48.735-06:00Another reason we need not inspect work done on pu...Another reason we need not inspect work done on public projects:<br /><br />"Much as The Titanic was deemed "unsinkable", McCormick place (built in 1960) was supposed to be fireproof. In the bitter cold early morning hours, firefighters lost time trying to thaw four of seven hydrants before realizing that they weren't frozen ... but had never been hooked up! (It was later learned that contractors building the interchange of the Stevenson Expressway and Lake Shore Drive had disconnected them.)"Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com