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Helmut Jahn is gone, and the Thompson Center is for sale
Can we save his most important Chicago building?
Posted inArts & Culture
Endangered: Chicago’s ‘best’ postmodern building
Endangered: Chicago’s ‘best’ postmodern building
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Amazon won’t save the Thompson Center, but Nathan Eddy might
The Berlin-based documentary filmmaker hopes to rescue a building in danger of destruction.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
How would plans to replace the Thompson Center impact service at Clark/Lake?
Advocates want guarantees that transit access will be preserved.
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Ten surprising stories from the year in Chicago culture
From Theater on the Lake to spaceship on the park, 2016 was a weird time in the city.
Posted inArts & Culture
What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival
There was a ton of valuable information, but it was received in advance of a bleak future.
Posted inBest of Chicago
The Thompson Center is Chicago’s endangered, postmodern Pantheon
If Governor Rauner has his way, Helmut Jahn’s remarkable creation will be a thing of the past.
Posted inBlogs
Tear down McCormick Place East for the Lucas Museum? Not so fast
Rahm Emanuel’s new idea for the Lucas Museum will run into its own objections.
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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 fatal attraction of the James R. Thompson Center
Another suicide at the James R. Thompson Center
Posted inNews & Politics
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Expelled From the Garden
The U. of C. wants to park bulldozers on a Woodlawn community garden, and it won’t take “let’s talk about this” for an answer.