Cedar Street’s Bush Temple Restoration Apparently a Success
It’s been 88 years since the song Happy Days Are Here Again first started crackling over the airwaves of Chicago’s early radio stations....
Michigan Avenue’s 1000M Focuses on Inner Space
We don’t do a lot of news about interiors around here. But then we haven’t heard too much out of 1000M in a while, either. So...
Two 20-Story Twin Towers On The Way To Lincoln Park
This past Wednesday and Thursday were good days for Hines, McCaffery Interests, the government of Abu Dhabi, and anyone else counting on the...
Marlowe Really Wants to be Your Neighbor
Some downtown Chicago projects seem to take forever. Marlowe is not one of them. The new Antunovich Associates-designed residential tower at 675...
Grant Park’s Newest Anchor Inching Skyward
Eight floors is a long way from 76, but it’s a lot closer than zero. Especially when you’re talking about building a skyscraper on the...
Ten New Greystones Taking Shape in Near North
It’s not every day that downtown Chicago gets a new set of greystones. So if you’ve had your fill of skyscrapers and cranes, head over...
JGMA Gives Kenwood’s Ancona School an Auditorium Makeover
The students at the Ancona School in Kenwood have a new recreational facility, thanks in part to JGMA. The Loop architecture firm sent over some...
Four State Street Buildings To Become Housing
There’s finally some clarity for a group of last-century office buildings that have been languishing under the weight of leaky roofs and pigeon...
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Two 20-Story Twin Towers On The Way To Lincoln Park
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Goettsch Eyed For Optics Valley Project in Wuhan
Today we continue the series of reports we call “Chicago Exports.” So much of the world’s great architecture is designed right here in Chicago by Chicagoans, but it’s not built in Chicagoland so it...
Marlowe Really Wants to be Your Neighbor
Some downtown Chicago projects seem to take forever. Marlowe is not one of them. The new Antunovich Associates-designed residential tower at 675 North Wells Street has gone from announcement to...
Lakeshore East Moving Forward, Losing a Skyscraper
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