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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Under the Skin, or, How We Had to Destroy History to Replicate It

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Often, a building is most interesting, reveals its truest self, not when it's completed, but when it's under construction. Such is ...

Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Should the Republic Stand - Somewhere Else?

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Remember when they first announced Millennium Park, when it was going to be topping over the unsightly Metra tracks with a gracious new gree...

Friday, March 06, 2026

When a Museum Devours its Own: The Mortal Threat to Adler & Sullivan's Stock Exchange Trading Room

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Eric Allix Rogers photo, courtesy Preservation Chicago Here's the thing. Great art museums are both amazing treasures and amoral empire...

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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

It's Personal: Two Macabre Dances, a Half Century Apart

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Steppenwolf Theatre is in the midst of an extended run of " The Dance of Death ", August Strindberg's astringent 1900 play abo...

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