We all know that our economy is in a rut and that industries across the spectrum are feeling the pinch. But when you start to see some of your city's high quality institutions start to slip, it really pulls at the old heart strings. For instance, while I was taking a walk through the Uptown neighborhood in Chicago, I caught a glimpse of the following sight and froze in my tracks:
That's right, folks. The McJunkin Building is having trouble filling its office vacancies. In any well-functioning economy, it would be nearly impossible to imagine any business passing on the opportunity to have its operations associated with a name like "McJunkin", a virtual synonym for "prestige". These are truly tough times in America.
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