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Friday, August 08, 2014

Five Cityforms

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Monday, August 04, 2014

Pour le Concret: Chicago's new Riverwalk Emerges

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click images for larger view Work has been going on at the new Chicago Riverwalk , stretching along the south bank from State Street to ...

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Saturday, August 02, 2014

Play With My Feet, Magritte

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Imagine if you will, coming out of Lake Michigan after a swim at Oak Street beach. The sun is warm. the sand hot. Your eyes slowly adjust ...

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Short Division

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photograph: Bob Johnson (click images for larger view) It stood for over a century, and was gone in an instant. Constructed in 1903, ...

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Finding Jane's Place at Water Tower Park

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click images for larger view The official name - Jame M. Byrne Plaza - while appropriate to the office that brought her fame, is far to...

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Monday, July 28, 2014

What's red and blue and on a mezzanine? CTA's new Division and LaSalle entrance debuts

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click images for larger view If you encounter it in the just the right place, you might feel you've fallen into the blood elevator s...

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