Y Crane? Truss Me, Block 37 is Rising Again!

click images for larger view It's a story a  quarter-century in the making, but could well be the fastest start of any Chicago skyscrape...

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Saturday News: What Would You put under Block 37? Crain's opens up the Hole, and Wants to Know

photograph courtesy Crain's Chicago Business           My money lies under pedway        My money lies under the mall       My money lie...

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Arets, Gang, Gamper, Ghost Facades, Airports, Crosstowns and Engineers Running Amuck - it's the February Calendar!

Oh, yeah, grab your Valentine (hey! - not there ) - it's the February Calendar of Chicago Architecture Events . click images for larger ...

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Time to Kick 2012 Down the Stairs: Our Top Ten Stories of the Year

I really wasn't planning to do this, but I just got a stern letter from the U.S. Department of Blogs, Memes and Spam reminding me that a...

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Can Signage Save Block 37?

click images for larger view In his email newsletter to his constituents Monday, 42nd ward alderman Brendan Reilly released renderings of p...

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