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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Community Clean-up Day to Save historic Shepherd's Temple- tomorrow, Sunday, March 11

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Postscript: see Lee Bey's report including photos from the Sunday cleanup.  The building will be in court again today, Monday, March 1...
Friday, March 09, 2012

The Invention of Dreams - The Themes of Martin Scorsese's Hugo - Part I

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click images for larger view I love poetry, just not in the station.- the Station Inspector As I've written before, Martin Scors...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Private Emotions, Public Spaces - focus: Sharon Hayes, at the Art Institute through Sunday

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focus: Sharon Hayes , the first museum-based exhibition of the New York based performance artist, closes this Sunday, March 11th at the Mode...
Monday, March 05, 2012

Tuesday logjam - Craig Dykers, Pecha Kucha 5th anniversary, The Cathedral of Christ the Light

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Yeah, we're still working on the March 2012 Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events , but we wanted to give you a heads-up on this we...
Sunday, March 04, 2012

On Chicago's birthday, 175 years of history on just one corner: the Tremont, George Pullman, and Ira Couch

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 click images for larger view Today, Sunday, March 4th, is the 175th birthday of Chicago, incorporated on this day in 1837.  If you ...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

Landmarks, Ty Tabbing on State Street today - March calendar . . . soon

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  click images for larger view Spring was in the air Wednesday - for all about two hours.  What better time not to do necessary work?   ...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Chicago Streetscene: Veined Lantern

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Getting Chicago Culture's Light out from under the Bushel - One Word, Benjamin: Streaming

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If you're one of the people who actually check out my monthly calendars , you know - both of you - that there's always a wealth of g...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Erleichterung im Winter

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click images for larger view It's been there,  inverted subversive flowering from the dead branches of Winter, since just before Dec...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Chicago Streetscene: Odalisque on State

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Monday, February 20, 2012

Mies to Stop Flowing at IBM lobby?

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  click images for larger view The architecture of Mies van der Rohe is all about openness and sweep, but try to tell that to the curren...
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Creative Placemaking, 5 Big Ideas, North Grant Park Revised, plus Lifson on Prentice, Uhlir on Netsch, Aquilino, Doug Reed - lots more for February

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Yeah, I know - I thought we'd be done by now, too, but I was wrong.  We've just added several great new items to the February Calend...
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