One Small Hole Indicates The Coming of One Chicago Square
All great Chicago skyscrapers start with humble beginnings. And One Chicago Square has humbly begun in the parking lot of Holy Name Cathedral. Gold...
Run While You Can: Robots Are Coming For Construction Jobs
The robots are coming for your job. And I don’t just mean the automatons in the mall dispensing directions, or Amazon.com’ s yellow striped...
CTA’s 95th Street Terminal Finished*
The next time you travel to the south side, there’s a shiny new subway station waiting for you. It’s actually more than that. The CTA’s 95th...
Another Loop Skyscraper Expanding Upward, Getting Open-Air Observatory
We’ve written a number of times about buildings in Chicago that were erected with vertical expansion in mind. 300 East Randolph is the most...
What’s Ahead in 2019, According to Taris Real Estate’s Patrick Buck
2019 is fully underway, just six weeks after you finally stopped putting “2017” on that one check you still have to write each month....
Chicago’s NEMA is Way Better Than San Francisco’s NEMA
If you spent New Year’s Eve with your eyes pointed at the sky enjoying the neighborhood’s totally-illegal-but-the-cops-don’t-care...
GEMS School in Lakeshore East Will Be Less Colorful
Remember when the GEMS Chicago Lower School went up on the edge of Lakeshore East Park, and everyone gave it a big round of applause in part because...
Two-Tower 845 West Madison Project Breaks Ground
If you want to put a little “Opa!” in your life, a new mixed-use development is underway that may be just the flaming cheese your Greek...
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What’s Ahead in 2019, According to Taris Real Estate’s Patrick Buck
2019 is fully underway, just six weeks after you finally stopped putting “2017” on that one check you still have to write each month. The news channels are full of people predicting...
Chicago Exports: Goettsch Plants Another Flag in China
Today we continue a 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...
Chicago’s NEMA is Way Better Than San Francisco’s NEMA
If you spent New Year’s Eve with your eyes pointed at the sky enjoying the neighborhood’s totally-illegal-but-the-cops-don’t-care fireworks display, you may have noticed a little...
Another Loop Skyscraper Expanding Upward, Getting Open-Air Observatory
We’ve written a number of times about buildings in Chicago that were erected with vertical expansion in mind. 300 East Randolph is the most visible example, but there are others like 168...
CTA’s 95th Street Terminal Finished*
The next time you travel to the south side, there’s a shiny new subway station waiting for you. It’s actually more than that. The CTA’s 95th Street Terminal is more of an intermodal station, like...
