Model Chicago Engulfed by Water at CAF, plus AIC, Maggie Daley Park: Thursday Updates Edition

Smokefall production still, courtesy Goodman Theatre As we continue to work on the November calendar, and just in general take a breather (i...

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Rare! Greenway Self-Park Turbines Actually Spinning!

The usually decorative-only wind turbines at the Greenway Self-Park actually spinning in the fall wind.  Do you think they're actually g...

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A New Performance Space for Pianoforte Foundation; A Great Recital by Kimiko Ishizaka Tonight at 7:30

click images for larger view This afternoon (Saturday, October 26) I stopped by to take a look at the handsome new home for the Pianoforte F...

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As he receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from AIA Chicago, A Stanley Tigerman Miscellany

click images for larger view A Confession: I've been working on a piece on Stanley Tigerman's Illinois Holocaust Museum ever since ...

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As Jeanne Gang is honored by National Design Museum, a walk through the seasons at the Lincoln Park Nature Boardwalk

click images for larger view At a gala in New York City last Thursday, October 17th,  Jeanne Gang of Studio/Gang was recognized in the Arc...

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Cue the Gondoliers: Henry Ives Cobb's lavish Venetian Gothic Palace revisits 1893 grandeur

click images for larger view “The Chicago Athletic Club stands on the lake front a rival in grace and symmetry to the great palace of the Do...

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Gray Ghost: Dead Architectural Souls on Milwaukee Share a Ghastly Shroud

click images for larger view [Update: September 7, 2014] The Gray Ghost continues to haunt the intersection, perhaps hoping to hang on at l...

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From St. James Chapel to Elks National Memorial, with a boathouse in between - Photos from Day One of Open House Chicago 2013

click images for larger view (recommended) Stop One:  the over-the-top House of Blues , built in the theatre  buildingof Bertrand Goldberg...

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