His Onigiri Shuttle Kororin rolls to a stop next week—but he’ll be back.
Tag: IIT
Posted inArts & Culture
The many dreams of Wesley Willis
Matthew Rachman Gallery documents the architectural creations of Chicago’s ultimate outsider artist.
Posted inNews & Politics
More money no problems
For the first time in decades, Chicago has a say in who its treasurer will be. But what the hell does the treasurer even do?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
CTA reverses its decision after community outcry, giving new hope for the 31st Street bus
After announcing that the pilot would end this week, the CTA is giving the route a reprieve
Posted inColumns & Opinion
What’s the deal with the 31st Street bus?
A pilot run seems to have fizzled, and Third Ward alderman Pat Dowell is arguing in favor of canceling the service.
Posted inArts & Culture
Roseland’s transformation captured in 1970 student film
The footage of Old Fashioned Days on South Michigan Avenue will become the centerpiece of a new documentary.
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The Chicago Architecture Biennial: Hard to understand but easy to enjoy
You’ll need as much assistance as the CAB provides to fully experience the Cultural Center show.
Posted inMusic
Fall’s best concerts and music festivals
Chance the Rapper’s Magnificent Coloring Day, Seu Jorge, and more of the season’s best live music
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How a mysterious box of photos sent an Evanston couple halfway around the world
For a quarter century, Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller have been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer behind images from 1940s India.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House may be getting a needed lift
A move to Chicago might be better for Mies van der Rohe’s modernist masterpiece.
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Next on the hit list: Edo Belli’s Cuneo Hospital complex
Edo Belli’s mid-20th-century Cuneo Hospital complex is headed for destruction.
Posted inBlogs
Thomas Dyja talks about The Third Coast and Chicago’s glory years
The author discusses his new book about Chicago’s postwar heyday.
Posted inBlogs
What People Talk About When they Talk About Architecture
I agree with Blair Kamin that Mies van der Rohe’s Test Cell is ugly. Personally – and I am a rank, uncultured philistine as far as architecture goes – I’m not particularly fond of IIT or Mies van der Rohe, whose buildings I associate with fuck-you money and bureaucracy. Which I know is not his […]