This fall brings the return of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, an exposition of activities, tours, and exhibitions all over the city that highlight the power of architecture and the ways in which Chicagoans inhabit the spaces of the city. Although looking at skyscrapers and touring old houses are always edifying and fun ways to check […]
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With You Are Not One of Us, Buildings advance Minneapolis’s great legacy of noise rock
There’s just something about a noise-rock record from Minneapolis, like a bowl of gumbo from Baton Rouge. Forged among the pillars of the almighty Amphetamine Reptile imprint—and no doubt guided by a trail of dismembered Big Muff pedals—Buildings churn through noise rock loyal to their Twin Cities and North Dakota forefathers (Hammerhead, Godheadsilo, etc). The […]
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Rahm announces another “new initiative” that’s decades old
The mayor’s plan to raze troubled buildings sounds a lot like the one Mayor Daley “introduced” in 1992
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Something Else to Consider in February’s Mayoral Race: Height
Who will emerge as the pro-skyscraper candidate for mayor?
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The Spire Might Be Dead, But Its Brand Will Live On
“The video’s kind of the perfect metaphor for what the American economy is all about these days: the branding and promoting of things that don’t actually exist.”