Saturday, June 11, 2011

Things I Learned from David Mamet in Sunday's Financial Times

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Liberals are evil. Criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic The British are really anti-Semitic T.E. Lawrence was really neat, though Libera...
Thursday, June 09, 2011

Tour Chicago's Great Landscapes with the all-stars: What's Out There Weekend this Saturday, Sunday

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It hasn't been a good week for Chicago vegetation. We wrote earlier this week about the dumbing down replacement of Hoerr Schaudt's...
Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Pillow Fight: will River North's ghost skyscraper finally be completed?

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click images for larger view Crain's Chicago Business reported today that Oxford Capital, which owns the Felix Hotel right next door, h...

Pritzker Prize Winners Sejima and Nishizawa lecture June 29th

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We'll be adding this the calendar tonight, but here's a heads up that the Architecture and Design Society of the Art Institute of Ch...

Chicago Streetscene: Details, Details

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Sunday, June 05, 2011

This Thursday: Rare opportunity to view WPA murals at Lane Tech, plus Gunny Harboe on restoring the Rookery Tuesday - just added for June. Tonight: Bowling for Prentice. Tuesday: Bruce Mau on aging infrastructure, PechaKucha 18, much more

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A quick reminder that Monday, June 6th, is the date for the Bowling for Prentice benefit to help save Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Hosp...

Certainty

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click for larger view Whether you live in the smallest apartment or largest mansion, it can never have a place so isolated or forgotten that...
Saturday, June 04, 2011

Trumped: An Oasis of Urban Magic Vanishes

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Look at this landscaping . . . click images for larger view If you had never been in the place before, no doubt it would strike you as prof...
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Thursday, June 02, 2011

Prentice Update: Prelminary Designation removed from today's Commission meeting agenda.

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from an e-mail just received from Preservation Chicago: NORTHWESTERN REQUESTS DEFERRAL OF PRENTICE LANDMARKING VOTE In an 11th hour mov...

Deferred: NOT Today, at City Hall, 12:45 p.m., the battle to define Chicago's profile. Take a late lunch; support saving Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Hospital.

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IMPORTANT UPDATE:  At Northwestern's request, the item concerning preliminary landmark designation for Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Major Breaking News: Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Hospital on Landmarks Agenda for Thursday

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The just published agenda for the monthly meeting of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks includes an item for "Preliminary Landmark Rec...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Prentice, Prentice, Prentice - plus Ronan's Poetry Foundation, Mau, Calthorpe, Enquist, Vergara: already at 60 items for the June 2011 Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events

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Wasn't it St. Augustine who once said, "Lord, give me my summer break.  Just not yet." It was so hot on Memorial Day today,...

For Memorial Day: Charles Ives sings They are There

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No matter how down I am - and believe me, I'm a pretty depressive personality - this song, as sung by its composer, Charles Ives, alwa...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Chicago Skyscape: After the Storm

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Weekend Reading: Lady Gaga gets Fryed, Groupon's gag writers, Bikini Waxes, Kissinger's murderous sycophancy, Hunt Lieberson's sublime Berlioz

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Some great weekend reading: Not-So-Odd Couple - This weekend's Financial Times' Lady Gaga Takes Tea with Mr. Fry offers an enga...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Memorial Day in Chicago, 2007 to 2010

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Friday, May 27, 2011

Calling every one of you who cares about Chicago Architecture: As Demolition looms, battle to save Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Hospital ramps up and needs your support

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At a SOAR public forum last week,  Northwestern's representative made clear that the only use they intend to consider for Bertrand Goldb...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

A Moveable Feast of Healthy Food launches tour today in North Lawndale

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Think of it as a really big, motorized camel, bringing rescue to the middle of the dessert. In this case, we're talking about Chicago...