New Progress and Pictures of South Loop’s Next Mega-Development
There was a lot of hoopla yesterday about The 78, Related Midwest’s 62-acre mixed-use development going up on a brownfield site across the...
Wayback Wednesday: Time Freezes on Chicago Avenue
This Wednesday we skate back in time ten years to February 12, 2010. The place is Chicago Avenue at Seneca Playground Park. Seneca Park...
Canada Goose Island Lark For Dog Depot Ferreted Out
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Loop Skyscraper Inching Toward Landmark Status
Do you like skyscrapers? Do you like railroads? Do you like history? If you answered “no” to any of those questions, then what the...
Counting Down to the Vista Tower Opening
It’s said that the devil is in the details. Today, there’s an angel buried in there, deep down inside 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan...
Navy Pier Flyover Flies Into Phase Three
It’s a common refrain in the Midwest that there are two seasons: Winter, and Construction. But that’s not true in Chicago, where...
Architecture School Founded by Frank Lloyd Wright to Shutter
The architecture school started by one of the giants of his discipline will soon be no more. The School of Architecture at Taliesin, founded by...
Wayback Wednesday: A Skyline Frozen in Time
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Choice Loop Lot Up For Redevelopment — Pritzker Park May Get Slimmed
There’s not a lot of places left in The Loop where someone with a valise full of hundred dollar bills can make a near-permanent mark on the city. But one of those places is about to open...
Architecture School Founded by Frank Lloyd Wright to Shutter
The architecture school started by one of the giants of his discipline will soon be no more. The School of Architecture at Taliesin, founded by Frank Lloyd Wright, will close at the end of this...
Navy Pier Flyover Flies Into Phase Three
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Counting Down to the Vista Tower Opening
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