A new biography examines Edith Rockefeller McCormick’s stranger-than-fiction life.
Tag: Frank Lloyd Wright
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The modern home
Modern in the Middle is a groundbreaking compendium of Chicago’s midcentury residential architecture.
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Light in Winter celebrates Unity Temple in music and movement
Frank Lloyd Wright’s recently restored “good-time place” provides a divine backdrop for Winifred Haun and Dancers.
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South-side champion
Writer-photographer Lee Bey’s new book Southern Exposure showcases architectural masterworks on the typically neglected south and west sides.
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Subs, Sputnik, and sundaes make a trip to Two Rivers and Manitowoc a must
A “Dream House” designed by Frank Lloyd Wright also makes the trip to Wisconsin unforgettable.
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Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired bar Prairie School is a visual feast in the West Loop
The spot from Jim Meehan and Heisler Hospitality offers solid cocktails in a stunning space.
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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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Expo Chicago at Navy Pier, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Frank Lloyd Wright building tours and more happenings September 15-17
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Get the f*ck outta here: The Road Trips Issue 2017
A pilgrimage to Prince’s Minneapolis, a quest for enlightenment in “Silicorn Valley,” a freight-hopping-free trip to the Hobo Capital of America, and more stories of midwest exploration
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Frank Lloyd Wright is a big man on the SC Johnson campus
As sesquicentennial celebrations of Wright’s birth ramp up, two of the architect’s most notable commercial creations should beckon buffs to Racine, Wisconsin.
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Historians: The Bronzeville Culver’s is being built on the site of a former Confederate smallpox cemetery, and other Chicago news
Also, an auto parts maker is opening a south-side plant that will create about 300 new jobs.
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Video games level up to high art—and Chicago artist William Chyr is at the controls
The artist and polymath is using PlayStation as the canvas for his magnum opus, Manifold Garden.
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Iconic Wisconsin supper club the Gobbler has been revived, sans the supper
After an extensive renovation, the midcentury-modern architectural curiosity now operates as a theater for live music.
Posted inCity Life
Chicago gifts that should be on your 2015 shopping list
A list of the best Chicago-made gifts to give this year
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The midwest’s midcentury-modern mecca is Midland, Michigan
How a sleepy town in central Michigan, famous for chemicals, became a destination for midcentury-modern architecture.