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NewCity Design: The Grand Dame Returns: Joe Mansueto Puts on the Ritz with the Belden-Stratford (CAB 2023)
"The memory of that visit followed me when I walked into the renewed splendor of the newly renovated Belden-Stratford. It’s the mansard-roofed, high-rise, Second...
NewCity: Enduring Art: After 125 Years, the Fine Arts Building Is Defiantly Unmodernized and Ready for Its Next Act
"Every building hides a world behind its doors—even blank-faced office blocks have a history and a social life—but perhaps no Chicago building hides more...
Block Club Chicago: The Fall Of The House Of Schuttler: A Haunted West Side Mansion, A Family Curse And A Chicago Legacy
"Today, staring up at the massive, four-story red brick condo building at the northeast corner of Adams and Aberdeen streets, you would never know...
Architecture and History of Chicagoland Substack: Open House Chicago 2023
"I remember in years past I would rush around during the weekend of Open House Chicago trying to see as much as I possibly...
Society of Architectural Historians presents SAH Celebrates November 3, 2023
"You're invited to join the Society of Architectural Historians for the 2023 SAH Celebrates, our annual celebration of the achievements of individuals and groups...
Chicago YIMBY: Lost Legends #6: Original Prentice Women’s Hospital In Streeterville
"The Prentice Women’s Hospital building was once an architecturally iconic structure standing at 333 E. Superior Street in the Streeterville neighborhood. In this edition...
CityLab: After School Closings, a Renovation Challenge
"Dwight Perkins isn’t among the most familiar names associated with Chicago architecture. But unlike Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe,...
Chicago Sun-Times: As migrant crisis grows will faith groups step up and offer unused buildings?
"As migrant crisis grows will faith groups step up and offer unused buildings?"What are the churches doing? That shorthand covers synagogues and mosques too....
UChicago Magazine: Jimmy’s Woodlawn Tap: An Oral History
"When is a bar more than a bar?"Jimmy’s Woodlawn Tap turned 75 this year. During its lifespan it has had only three owners: Jimmy...
Chicago YIMBY: Lost Legends #5: Grand Central Station In South Loop
"Chicago once had its own Grand Central Station, a now-demolished hub of railway activity in South Loop. This magnificent structure served as one of...