This year may end the unstoppable homage to dead white men and narratives that neglect how architecture has victimized communities of color.
Tag: skyscrapers
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The Illinois house failed to override Rauner’s veto of ‘right-to-work’ zone ban by one vote, and other Chicago news
Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.
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Chicago’s famous flatness is important (and not always true)
Pancake-flat topography made the city a center for engineering innovations.
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How skyscrapers changed our perspective on race
U. of C. professor Adrienne Brown says there is a connection between vertical architecture and concepts of race.
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What the hell is this place? 35 East Wacker
Now an office building, 35 East Wacker was once a redoubt for wary jewelers—and Al Capone.
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Lawrence of Arabia versus Tess: Looking up and looking around
Comparing two historical epics to have recently screened in new DCP restorations
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Landscape with really huge phalluses
The Museum of Contemporary Art presents “Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity”
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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.”
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Jeanne Gang’s Aqua: The Best Skyscraper of 2009
Emporis names Aqua the best skyscraper of 2009.