Here’s a question: How many elements can you strip from an iconic building before it loses its identity? Could you pull the clocks off State Street’s flagship Marshall Field Building? Slice the big Tiffany dome from the Chicago Cultural Center? Cut the X braces from the Hancock? How about tearing the Trump sign off Trump […]
Tag: Thompson Center
Posted inOn Culture
Thompson Center survival is glad tidings
Everybody knows, especially at this season of the year, it’s a bad idea to look a gift horse in the mouth. But what if he opens it? What if he flashes you a great big horsey smile? And you just can’t look away fast enough? I’m asking because we got a wonderful gift last week, […]
Posted inColumns & Opinion
With the Thompson Center on the block, CAC celebrates its late creator
“Helmut Jahn: Life + Architecture” at CAC offers big pictures and tiny buildings.
Posted inBlogs
High-ranking Chicago Police commander Paul Bauer shot and killed near the Thompson Center, and other Chicago news
Also, City Council Black Caucus chair Roderick Sawyer criticizes Garry McCarthy for being “disrespectful to black people.”
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Amazon bid includes $2.25 billion in incentives, far less than the $9 billion offered by New Jersey, and other Chicago news
Also, Yelp names the five best Chicago neighborhoods to open a business in.
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Three Chicago police officers indicted in connection with Laquan McDonald shooting, and other Chicago news
Also, a lawsuit is hoping to block the Cook County soda tax at the last minute.
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Rauner rejects Emanuel’s massive Thompson Center offer, and other Chicago news
Also, Uber CEO Trevor Kalanick was forced to resign in a downtown Chicago hotel Tuesday.
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The New York Times: There are ‘some signs of hope’ in ‘Chicago’s crisis of violence,’ and other news
Also, an anti-Muslim group is organizing the Chicago March Against Sharia.
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Barack and Michelle Obama reveal the design of the Obama Presidential Center, and other Chicago news
Also, FC Barcelona is opening a soccer training academy in Chicago next year.
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Deportation fears, rumors are affecting businesses in Little Village, and other Chicago news
Also, even former governor George Ryan thinks the state budget impasse is a disaster.
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.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
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.