Lump of Coal in Chicago Architecture's Holiday Stocking: Verizon lands with a Thud on the Mag Mile

Words I never thought I would write: Bring back Lucien! click images for larger view This is a photograph of 840 North Michigan.  Dating fro...

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One of-a-kind: ArchiTech Gallery of Architectural Art closes in December; but last exhibition - Burnham, Sullivan and Wright - closes Saturday

 A city's character is built out of the unique things that raise it above the generic underpinnings common to all.  As of the end of De...

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Triple Fantasy: Chicago Architectural Club makes Obama Library focus of 2014 Chicago Prize competition

click images for larger view The Chicago Architectural Club , originally founded as a sketch club all the way back in 1885, continues to be ...

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New Jesse White Community Center discussed by Ghafari's Joseph Gonzalez lunchtime today at CAF

click images for larger view I had hoped to finish the story I'm doing on Ghafari's recently-opened Jesse White Community Center las...

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Urban Spectacle in Clout City: The Harriet Rees House's $8 million Move

click images for larger view  In 1888, wealthy widow Harriet F. Rees had architects Cobb and Frost build her a mansion on Prairie Avenue, Ch...

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Night Magic: Wallenda Walk Lights up Chicago's River Skyline

click for larger view (highly recommended) Today the streets will be jammed with people as daredevil aerialist Nick Wallenda's will walk...

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