“We were told to shove the pigs any number of ways,” says Jeffrey Roberts of Chicago firm New World Design Ltd.
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Report: Chicago police are shooting fewer civilians since the Laquan McDonald video release, and other news
Also, a local start-up wants to help Americans make informed decisions on their ballots before they vote.
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A week after its completion, the new leg of the Riverwalk is almost done
A jaunt down the newly opened but not quite finished stretch from LaSalle Street to Wolf Point.
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The Goldberg variation: High-rise public housing that works
Bertrand Goldberg’s Hilliard Homes opened as a model community in 1966. It still is today.
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University of Chicago named the country’s third-best school, and other news
Also, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos is being touted by some as a possible 2018 Democratic candidate for governor.
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Looming lawsuit has Rahm trying to give 1.5 million drivers a chance to challenge red-light and speeding tickets, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper takes Magnificent Coloring Day festival tickets back from scalpers and sells them to real fans.
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CPD chief: We need to hold repeat gun offenders accountable, and other Chicago news
Also, the Vista Tower is becoming a reality as workers start to prep the site.
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Police union head: There’s ‘an Orlando every month in Chicago, and no one seems to raise an eyebrow,’ and other news
Also, the nearly broke Chicago Public Schools has made a $657 million teachers’ pension payment.
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Chicago’s North Shore fuels architecture fantasies
The curving streets of the affluent north suburbs are lined with midcentury-modern marvels and the locations of John Hughes movies.
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John Macsai’s architecture by accident
Forget the Hancock: The overlooked jewels of Chicago’s skyline have one man in common.
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New draw for Architecture Biennial: See the Thompson Center before we tear it down
Illinois governor Bruce Rauner is putting the Helmut Jahn-designed Thompson Center up for sale and demolition.
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The Shakers’ strikingly modern design arrives in Chicago
Three new exhibits at the Loyola University Museum of Art showcase art, furniture, and other artifacts originally created in the 19th century by the celibate sect.
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An open letter to the Lucas Museum
Not just pictures: the Lucas Museum design has its own text.
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Meet the city’s new arts initiatives—and add your two cents’ worth
But our mayor is in a category of his own.
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Best Theater Lobby That Makes You Wish Intermission Would Never End
The Wicker Park venue offers something practically unheard of in the off-Loop theater scene: a comfy place to rest your weary ass.