Gapers Block has ceased publication.

Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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Thursday, March 28

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A Chicago River boat tour was ended prematurely on Sunday when the boat passed underneath the Kinzie Street bridge and got doused by an unwelcome rain of liquid waste from at least one of two charter buses that were passing overhead. From now on, I'm going to be packing an umbrella when I travel by boat.

 
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