Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Chicago Streetscene: Fish Tank

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Future City, Tillim's Avenue Lumumba, FLW Studio in '74, AFHc Holiday Hangover and more

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read about the great additions to the January calendar - with pictures! -  here .

Concrete Long; Steel Short - a Poetic Expression

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Probably the only positive thing to be said about 222 South Riverside Plaza , the horrid piece-of-crap tower for which the magnificent conco...
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Future City, Tillim's Avenue Patrice Lumumba, pre-restoration FLW Studio, AFHc Holiday Hangover and more - additions to the January calendar

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It's the second week of the month - time to add another half-dozen great items to the January Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events ....
Sunday, January 09, 2011

Great Moments in Marketing: The Story of Three on a Match

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As I write this, the indispensable TMC is showing a forgotten 1932 film, The Match King , a fictionalized but tasty account of Swedish indu...
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Thursday, January 06, 2011

Chicago Streetscene: True Romance

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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Parallel Structures: Open and Inverted

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Sunday, January 02, 2011

A mayoral forum on public housing, Louis Sullivan's Struggle, Alison Fisher on Prentice, Michael J. Golec, Bill Mackey, Elizabeth Francis - it's the January Calendar!

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The year may be starting a bit slowly, but there's still nearly three dozen great architecture-related events already lined up on the Ja...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

Rahm Emanuel, Asian Carp and Taste of Chicago: My Predictions for 2011

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We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Unless you're Prince Charles ...
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The Dark at the End of the Supply Chain Tunnel

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"Don't come, we can't handle it."  - a spokesman for British Airways, after 9,000 passengers on 32 International flights ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Chicago's Sacred Spaces portrayed in handsome new Guide

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click images for larger view In conjunction with PBS's recent series, God in America , Chicago-based Sacred Space International , has cr...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Wednesday: Cahan and Williams offer a tour of spectacular Lost Panoramas

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Nearly a decade ago, veteran Chicago author Michael Williams, looking for vintage photographs of Rogers Park, got permission from the Metrop...
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Monday, December 27, 2010

Chicago Winterscene: The Birds

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Angel of Peace and Mayor of Daley: Separated at Birth?

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To the left is sculptor William H. Kieffer's Angel of Peace , which can be found at the Chicago Episcopal Diocese Center and Plaza on ea...
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Happy Holidays: It's Christmas in Chicago 2010

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Yes, it's time for our annual photoessay on Christmas in and around central Chicago. Check out all of this year's photo's here...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Preview - no Silver Bells, just Golden Leaves: Elgin Clock says it's Almost Time for Christmas in Chicago editions

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click for larger view Yes, we're finally going to get around to our annual collection of holiday shots from around Chicago, mostly downt...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

ArchitectureChicago Plus: The Year in Review

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2010 started on a deceptively strong note with January 1st.  When the 2nd and 3rd followed in quick succession, analysts began to see this a...
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Friday, December 17, 2010

There was an Old Lady who Lived in a Shoe

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  click images for larger view Not exactly an old, beat-up boot.  More like a top-of-line Jimmy Choo.  But what a foot!  What tendons! Ac...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Let's Get Small

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A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it. George Carlin  photograph: Wikipedia, Maryland Pride.  click images for larger view Wha...