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Ed Samuelson walks his dog, Lola, and chats with employees Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, outside Harpo Studios in Chicago where ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' is taped. Winfrey announced Friday she was taking her show off the air following next season _ her 25th. To get a sense of what Winfrey has meant to Chicago, all anybody needs to do is step outside her studios on the city's near West Side that has been the show's home for nearly 20 years. Upscale condominiums and pricey restaurants have replaced the rundown apartments, abandoned warehouses and vacant storefronts that were once the neighborhood. Winfrey's decision is a blow to the ''Second City'' where she has remained the city's ambassador and kept the spotlight shining on it.

The West Loop neighborhood of Chicago, home to Harpo Studios and ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' is seen on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Upscale condominiums and pricey restaurants have replaced the rundown apartments, abandoned warehouses and vacant storefronts that was once the neighborhood in the early 1990s. Winfrey announced Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a 25 years on the air, a decision that has residents of the neighborhood nervous.

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2009 file photo thousands of people watch the the taping of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' on the temporary stage set up on Chicago's Michigan Avenue to kickoff Winfrey's 24th season. Winfrey's announcement Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, that she was taking her show off the air in December 2011 after 25 years is a blow to the ''Second City'' where she has remained the city's ambassador and kept the spotlight shining on it.

FILE - In this May 3, 2-007 file photo, Felicia P. Fields, left, who portrays Sofia in the Broadway musical ''The Color Purple,'' right, applauds Oprah Winfrey, who also played Sofia on the silver screen, during the curtain call after the Chicago premiere. Watching in the middle is Stu James who played Harpo. Winfrey announced Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 that she would end her show in 2011 after a 25 years on the air. It is a blow to the ''Second City'' where she has remained the city's ambassador and kept the spotlight shining on it.

In this CD cover image released by Columbia Records, Neil Diamond's, ''A Cherry Cherry Christmas'' is shown.

Copies of Andre Agassi's new autobiography ''Open'' are stacked at the Oshman Jewish Community Center in in Palo Alto, Calif., Friday Nov. 20, 2009. Agassi discussed his new book at the community center.

Retired tennis player Andre Agassi discusses his new autobiography ''Open'' at the Oshman Jewish Community Center in in Palo Alto, Calif., Friday Nov. 20, 2009.

FILE - In this Sept. 3., 2008 file photo, Oprah Winfrey, center, hugs Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin, as some of the 150 Olympians invited look on for the taping of the season premiere of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' in Chicago's Millennium Park. Winfrey's announcement Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, that she was taking her show off the air in December 2011 after 25 years is a blow to the ''Second City'' where she has remained the city's ambassador and kept the spotlight shining on it.

In this CD cover image released by Music With A Twist, Kathy Griffin's, ''Suckin It For the Holidays'' is shown.

In this CD Box set cover image released by ECM, Keith Jarrett's, ''Testament: Paris/London'' is shown.