Writer-photographer Lee Bey’s new book Southern Exposure showcases architectural masterworks on the typically neglected south and west sides.
Tag: Chicago architecture
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Chicago Public Schools inspector general: Forrest Claypool ‘repeatedly lied,’ and other news
Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is to appear on The Late Show Monday for the first time since 2013.
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The Lucas Museum: On soggy ground?
Friends of the Parks’ lawsuit over the proposed site of the Lucas Museum goes beyond a dispute over the lakefront and into federal court.
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Designslinger nails Chicago architecture, one building at a time
Jim Nedza and Mitch Sutton’s website is a labor of love
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Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Beyond Robie House
A tour of some of the neighborhoods’ lesser-known architectural gems
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Jeanne Gang’s Aqua: The Best Skyscraper of 2009
Emporis names Aqua the best skyscraper of 2009.
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Tower-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named
Fortunately, the name change won’t affect the skyscraper’s architecture. But it will blur the skyscraper’s identity—and Chicago’s identity, too. Oh, please. Something about this reminds me of people who name their cars. It’s sort of cute but it’s also sort of creepy.
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An Odd Way to Honor Daniel Burnham
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.
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Daniel Burnham Told Us to Fill the Potholes Too
Daniel Burnham probably never said his most famous words, and if he did, he didn’t really mean them.
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3/14 — Talk by Lynn Becker
Local architectural writer and Reader contributor Lynn Becker discusses the exhibition “Boom Towns” Saturday at the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
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St. Boniface Still Stands
Despite reports of its demise, St. Boniface Church has been spared the wrecking ball at least until March.