Monday, September 01, 2008

Osud, again

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Over the past week or so, I've been listening, and re-listening, to what, to me, has been one of the highlights of the London Proms seas...
Saturday, August 30, 2008

Jyoti boat

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Friday, August 29, 2008

83rd Birthday Party for the Uptown

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"Not For Today, But For all Time," is how Balaban & Katz described their $4,000,000 Uptown Theater when it opened in 1925. Em...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

This Is Your Underpass. This is Your Underpass on LSD

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Underpasses stink. And I'm not sure I really want to know what that smell is. Is there a more destructive - and more ignored -bit of ...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Seats still available: Pomo at Moto for Archeworks 8/27

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Hungry? No? How about two days from now? There are still spots available for this Wednesday night, August 27th's benefit for Archework...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Dead Mall Walking

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This Saturday, economy be damned, throngs of shoppers still surged like a teeming river along the sidewalks of North Michigan Avenue, Chicag...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

5 Days Left to Meet Your Fate

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Czech composer Leos Janáček is the patron saint of late bloomers. As Pierre Boulez noted in a recent BBC interview, if Janáček had died a...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Chicago Streetscene - Let's Just Hope They Got All the Occupants Out Before the Big Move

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

At Calatrava's Milwaukee Art Museum, It's "If it's not broke - break it."

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Mary Louise Schumacher, the Milwaukee Journal arts writer who took over the architecture beat from the inestimable Whitney Gould, has a disp...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

Do You Remember the '68 Democratic Convention? The CHM is looking for you.

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And, no, I don't mean from watching it on TV. For those you who are not so good on history, the 68 Convention was one of the most drama...
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Trump at 1125: Still Only Number 3, make that 4

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Even with a final pour of concrete 1,125 feet off the ground, the Trump International Hotel and Tower still needs three more feet to beat ...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Becker Goes Off in a Huff(ington) on Uncle Dan

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As you may already have heard, the popular Huffington Post news-site has begun an experiment of adding local versions, with Chicago being ...
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Chicago Streetscene - Lillies of the Pond

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Chicago Streetscene - The Goat of Thrift watches over 47th Street

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Rebori/Goldberg Florsheim Mansion opened for August 21st Bite-Size Arts Ensemble Benefit

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The Bite-Size Arts Ensemble describes itself as a "non-profit arts incubator" and after rummaging through their website and readi...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Union Station focus of Chicago Architectural Club's 2008 Burnham Competition

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For much of the past four decades, Chicago's 1925 Union Station and its environs has seemed to have been a heat sink for bad ideas. I...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008

It's August 11th - Time for the Monthly Calendar of Architecture Events!

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Yes, I know, I'm terrible, but I've . . . been busy . Plus, my goldfish ran off with a disreputable salmon, and I was extremely con...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Walter Sobel Fell Company Store's fate in hands of Winnetka Zoning Board August 11

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Docomomo Midwest is in the midst of an effort to save architect Walter H. Sobel's Fell Company store in Winnetka. The award-winning de...
Saturday, August 02, 2008

Don't Miss It, Sunday last day - Adler and Sullivan Project - Best Exhibition of Summer

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Did I mention I tend to procrastinate? From the moment I heard about it, I intended to check out the exhibition, Crombie Taylor, Aaron Sisk...
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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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