What’s Underneath Chicago’s Urban Parks? Disappointment, If You’re a Worm
It’s always fun to listen in to tourists at Millennium Park ooh-ing and aah-ing at the amazing job the City of Chicago has done preserving such...
Two New Loop Skyscrapers Top Off
While the bulk of the architectural press in Chicago has been focused on the St. Regis Chicago tower, just a block away two other skyscrapers have...
O, No! Last Lakeshore East Skyscraper Downsized Again
The plan for the last skyscraper in Lakeshore East in The Loop has been revised again. Building O will occupy the cleft between Aqua and 300 East...
Prep Underway For New West Loop High-Rise
If you’re a fan of West Loop development, thank the eagle eyes of fellow reader West Loop Spy Kurt for letting us all know that things are...
Steppenwolf Theatre Expansion Struts Through Phase Two
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Southbridge Finally Bridging South State Street
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New Architect, New Look Expected for One Central
When the Chicago Department of Planning and Development announced a public meeting to go over the plans for One Central, it conspicuously...
Skyline-Changing South Loop Plan Ready to Debut
If you thought 2020 was the year of the mega project in Chicago, 2021 is no slouch, either. Just four days into the new year comes word that the One...
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