Nicknamed “the Palace,” Chicago Vocational High School’s regal architecture and grand size seemed to fit the buzz about the place, former students say. Alums included Bears great Dick Butkus ...

Take the design of Chicago Vocational Career Academy, for instance. The massive, 72-year-old school, located at 2100 E. 87th St., is not only the city’s second largest high school building (only ...

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