Saturday, September 10, 2011

The 9/11 memorial that disappears after tomorrow

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  click images for larger view.  photograph courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fan...
Friday, September 09, 2011

Chicago Streetscenes: Night and Day

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Thursday, September 08, 2011

from Parking Garage to Museum of Broadcast Communications in just Eight Easy Lessons Years

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To put it in perspective, construction on the 1161-foot-tall Trump Tower was started about the same time, and they managed to finish it over...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Mies on LSD (a rare trip), John Vinci on Hyde Park, plus Hump Hair Pin and yet another Bertrand Goldberg exhibition - still more for September

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So we just put up the September Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events and we're already adding items.  On Tuesday, the 13th, John Vi...
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Monday, September 05, 2011

Tigerman, Goldberg, Botta, Cobb, Simonds, Jahn, Sobek, Pecha Kucha 19, and a billion more - it's the September calendar!

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 So what's the deal about Labor Day that turns on the chill of Fall as if by switch? I don't like the end of summer, but I'm co...

for Labor Day: The Architecture of Chicago's Unionville

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(from 2010): Chicago has always been a strong union town. The story's told that it was a wildcat bricklayer's strike that sent Will...
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Saturday, September 03, 2011

Hot Chicago Day, End of Summer

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Thursday, September 01, 2011

Today: Landmarks 2011 Preservation Excellence Awards, Okrent's Chicago from the Sky

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As usual, we're working to complete the September calendar (and it's packed), with the month really starting after the Labor Day hol...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Chicago Streetscene: Cloud Machine

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Chicago Streetscene: Fiesta Rooftop

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Sunday, August 28, 2011

How to Build a Great City for under $350 million, or Cleopatra conquers the Roman Forum in 70mm spectacle, by way of Seattle

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click images for larger view If you haven't seen a film in 70mm, even if you've taken in  various IMAX productions, you've proba...

The Birds and the BeeInsect

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