Archive for November 2014

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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