Sending Pegasus Aflight : Preliminary bKL design revealed for Buck Tower at 200 North Michigan

rendering: bKL Architecture Chris Bentley of The Architects Newspaper today gave us the first look at a preliminary design by bKL Architec...

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McPlazas? Privatizing Chicago's Orphan Public Spaces

click images for larger view [Update: January 2, 2014]  Our worst fears realized?  John Byrne of the Chicago Tribune is reporting that two ...

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Chicago Under Construction: The Park at River Point Makes Train Tracks Disappear

click images for larger view For the better part of the past century, north from Lake Street was where the Chicago River began to again show...

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Enter the Blob, Hammock on the Lawn - Activate Union Station, only through Monday

click images for larger view Chicago was built by the railroads, but Union Station is the last survivor among what was once six great rail t...

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And the Oscar Goes to . . . Divergent - Production Design: Walter Netsch and Helmut Jahn

Get More: 2013 VMA , Artists.MTV , Music If you were watching the VMA awards this weekend, you probably saw this early trailer for the Shai...

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Bell & Howell: Where Arts and Crafts meet International Style

click images for larger view It's still there, the Brown Line trains still speeding by.  It's one of a number of old factories along...

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