Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The Car of Tomorrow - Yesterday!

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Wednesday afternoon, the towers of Marina City were like a giant Christmas tree, one beneath which the most marvelous toy had been placed - ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Gas, Food, Lodging, CBS2, plus Uptown gets into Jam

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On-street video gets no respect at the Chicago Tribune, In 2006, art critic Alan Artner dumped on the 40-foot-high "sculpture"/s...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

And you thought those early back-to-school ads were scary . . . .

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Tickets for Goodman Theater 's annual production of A Christmas Carol begin to go on sale Friday (internet pre-sale for special people...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

Big Air's Solvency Plan: Gouge the Rubes!

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BIZARRE PREFATORY POSTSCRIPT : We include no link to this story because, despite being the front page lead in the Trib's Sunday business...

Primo Promen-Ades

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I've written before about the joys of being to listen on-line to concerts from the Proms , the massive music festival occupying London...
Friday, July 25, 2008

VA DOA

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In 1955, it represented "Excellence in Architecture" according to that year's AIA Chicago design awards. Today, it's coag...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Chicago Streetscene - Popsicle Bride

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Chicago Streetscene - Young woman with cell phone and rose

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Friday deadline for ULI Community Vision Awards, 'til 9/15 for Driehaus Prize

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Friday is the last day on which nominations will be accepted for the 5th annual Community Vision Awards, "recognizing projects and com...
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Exquisite Corpses?

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Duke Miglin Hotel I can't believe that they'll be left this way, but right now there are an increasing number of skeletons piling up...
Monday, July 21, 2008

The Old Dark (antique ware)House

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A stretch of Kinzie street has gone dark recently as the Jay Roberts Antique Warehouse has suddenly disappeared, leaving behind an empty bui...
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Friday, July 18, 2008

Proms!

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BBC photograph So that you may not be the martyred slaves of Time, be drunk, be drunk without ceasing. With wine, with poetry, or with virt...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

CTA unveils plan to Quadruple capacity on Blue Line Subway

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At a Wednesday press conference in the CTA's Blue Line subway just north of Randolph, CTA President Ron Huberman led a press demonstrati...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

Grant Park Updates tonight - Polycarbonates axed - calendar updates

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A late addition to the July calendar of architectural events. Grant Park Updates: At 6:30 P.M. tonight (Tuesday, July 15th) at Daley Bicent...
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Skycaper: Colbert Report Uncovers U.S. Skyscraper Gap

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A great Steven Colbert rant on why the other guys's are bigger, in which New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger actually gets in...

Lullaby of Broadway (Boulevard)

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Mayor Bloomberg , call Jane Byrne (our thanks to John Hill's archidose)
Saturday, July 12, 2008

Sunday at the Beach with Gustav

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Sunday looks to be a beautiful day, and what spells out "perfect beach day" better than immersing yourself in the life and music o...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Louis Sullivan's last testament

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Keith Dinehart of Goldberg General Contracting has brought to our attention an extended piece by Joann Gonchar in the July Architectural Rec...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Walter Netsch remembered at SOM and in new book

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After his death on June 16th, the home page to Skidmore, Owings and Merrill's website became a memorial to Walter Netsch, who spent his ...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

What's the Point?

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So, which makes you want to stop and linger a while? This: . . . or this? The first photo is of the lakefront south of Diversey. The secon...
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