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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Death and Transfiguration: Louis Sullivan and Richard Nickel Dangerous Years

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click images for larger view (all images from Richard Nickel Dangerous Years, courtesy Cityfiles Press Richard Nickel Dangerous Ye...

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Apple Founds Foster Home on Pioneer Court

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Source: Chicago Department of Planning and Development, via the Chicago Tribune (click images for larger view) Late Thursday evening, C...

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Monday, November 09, 2015

Flip City: Dead Meat at the Fulton Market

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click images for larger view Just months ago, the Fulton Street Market district was declared an official Chicago architectural l...

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From Guns to Steel Skeletons, Blanc to Mies: Interchangeable Parts and the Beauty of Design

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As we've mentioned before, our current conditions, including architecture, derive from being at the culmination of the Age of the Sup...

Thursday, November 05, 2015

Flip City: Smiles of an Autumn Night at New City

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click images for larger view (recommended) There are many nasty things to be said about New City , the massive 370,000 square-feet retai...

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