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Monday, July 27, 2015

MCA's Sewer Pipe Tower Prelude to the Chicago Architectural Biennial

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click images for larger view The first Chicago Architecture Biennial doesn't begin until October 3rd, but the Museum of Contempora...

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Perkins+Will Dumps Mies; Heads to Wrigley

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Perkins+Will , Chicago's largest architecture firm, with over $400 million in revenue, announced this morning that they're switchi...

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Monday, June 29, 2015

Unleash the Mutant Mantises! At Maggie Daley, Michael Van Valkenburgh rethinks the Chicago Lakefront Park - Episode Two: The Lampposts Strike Back

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(click images for larger view) photograph courtesy Bob Johnson Yesterday, we wrote about the most successful parts of Chicago's ne...

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Sunday, June 28, 2015

Strongest at the Corners: At Maggie Daley, Michael Van Valkenburgh rethinks the Chicago Lakefront Park - Part One

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The new Maggie Daley Park is both a major addition to Chicago's lakefront and a spur to questions as to what constitutes good park desi...

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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Bum Steer: Will the city let Gibson's Steakhouse Ride Herd over Mariano Park??

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click images for larger view [Update, June 26] In his Friday letter to his constituents, 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly stated the wh...

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