The Daniel Burnham behind the Plan of Chicago was a doer, a pragmatist, a builder of consensus. The folks behind the architectural component of his centennial tribute must’ve been thinking of someone else.
Author Archives: Lynn Becker
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Cover Story, April 23, 2009
On June 4, Mayor Daley will be recognized by the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., as one of their “Visionaries in Sustainability” for his “long dedication to a sustainable urban environment.” Yet within a month, if his administration has its way, bulldozers could be moving in to demolish and discard at least 28 of […]
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The Rush to Raze
On June 4, Mayor Daley will be recognized by the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., as one of their “Visionaries in Sustainability” for his “long dedication to a sustainable urban environment.” Yet within a month, if his administration has its way, bulldozers could be moving in to demolish and discard at least 28 of […]
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Forever Open, Clear, and Free
Why is the Grant Park Advisory Council so eager to let the Chicago Children’s Museum move in?
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Great Chicago Places
The annual Great Chicago Places and Spaces, a weekend-long celebration of local architecture and design, begins sedately enough with Friday’s 6 PM opening discussion about social housing and community building, with architect Carol Ross Barney, activists Rick Lowe and Raul Raymundo, and former journalist Curtis Lawrence (Chase Auditorium, 10 S. Dearborn). Seating is first-come, first-served […]
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Neither Young nor Chicago
The title is a misnomer, but the first exhibit from the Art Institute’s new architecture and design curator makes a good point.
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His City Is Gone
A new book of Richard Nickel’s photos captures the Chicago he fought so hard to save.
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Featherless Chickens and the Reptilian Brain
The folks behind “Massive Change” think they’re designing utopia. But they don’t seem to understand the people who’d live there.
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It’s All Around You
You don’t have to wander the Loop to absorb Chicago’s architectural legacy.