IIT Architecture School Names New Dean
The former dean of Tulane University’s architecture school, and former editor of Architecture magazine has been tapped to head the College of Architecture at IIT. Reed Kroloff will take the helm of the Chicago school August 1st, leading an institution that has shaped those who shaped the world for more than half a century. IIT (Via Apple Maps) Mr. Kroloff should be a familiar name to Chicago architecture fans. He was in the...
WTTW Brings a Trio of Must-Watch Docs to Chicago TV
Chicagoland’s flagship public television station is out with another round of documentaries in its 10 That Changed America series. You may remember the series began with 10 Buildings That Changed America back in 2013, and over the years continued with specials highlighting ten homes, ten parks, and ten places that also made the nation what it is today. This year, we get three new 10 specials, with the first one airing tonight at...
On TV Tonight: Baer in the Water
In a time when most Chicago media can’t be bothered to look out their window unless someone has been shot, WTTW’s Geofffrey Baer remains the face of Chicagoans interested in their city, its history, and what it looks like today. Bear hunters rejoice, because the city’s premier urban explorer has a new special which airs tonight on channel 11 at 7:30pm. It’s called Chicago River Tour With Geoffrey Baer, and is...
On TV Tonight: 10 Homes That Changed America
If you watch Chicago Tonight on WTTW (and if you don’t, why the heck not?), then you’re familiar with Geoffrey Baer — the likable history nerd who digs through archives across Chicagoland to find the answers to questions big and small. You may also remember him as the face of the recent WTTW production 10 Buildings That Changed America a few years ago. Now he has a new gig, fronting three extensions of that program,...
WTTW Working on Another Architecture Documentary
The Chicago television station that brought us Ten Buildings That Changed America, and continues to bring us the historically addictive Ask Jeffrey segments during Chicago Tonight, is putting together another architecture documentary series. “Ten That Changed America” is a look at the places and people who shaped the built environment we experience today. This time host Geoffrey Baer and producer Dan Protess take us...
