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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Passengers as Butterflies: Ross Barney spins Clear Cocoon on Cermak

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click images for larger view According to the history on the indispensable Chicago-L.org website, there was a station at Cermak for mo...

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Monday, July 07, 2014

The Heresy: Why Chicago Should Welcome the George Lucas Museum

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click images for larger view Seven years ago, I spent a lot of time writing in opposition to then Mayor Richard M. Daley's shameless...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

For the tired AIA Conventioneer: A Quick tour of Chicago Architecture just outside McCormick Place

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click images for larger view If you're an architect here in Chicago for the AIA Convention, odds are you're overbooked with keyn...

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Gene Summers dies at 83

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click image for larger view The Trib's Blair Kamin has a good overview of the life of architect Gene Summers, who has died at 83. S...

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Constructions, Environments and Dreams, at the Auto Show

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click images for larger view When Gene Summers was designing the 1971 McCormick Place, now known as the Lakeside Center, they fought him on...

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