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Buddy Guy's Legends is moving


Buddy GuyThe Chicago Sun-Times reports that Buddy Guy's Legends is moving up the block from its present South Loop location at 754 S. Wabash to 700 S. Wabash, a building that housed the jazz and world music club HotHouse until mid-2007. Renovation is under way on the two-story building.


News that the famous blues club is moving comes a decade after reports first surfaced that Legends would have to close or relocate when the property was donated to Columbia College. The bad economy, which cooled plans for new construction projects at Columbia, allowed Legends management to bide its time in the club's 20-year home until a suitable replacement site could be found. Click to read the full story at the Sun-Times