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3/10/2009 11:46 AM 

Learning from Lagrange: His new casino hotel does right by the basics--and the spectacle  

March 9, Michigan City

So your casino is getting pounded by new competition down the road. Do you call in Tony Soprano and ask him to break a few arms? No, you bring in a Chicago architect and have him transform your joint’s image from shopping-mall bland to slick “Ocean’s Eleven” glamour. That is what Chicago architect Lucien Lagrange has accomplished at the remade Blue Chip Casino Hotel in northwest Indiana, 60 miles from downtown Chicago...more

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