Chicago’s version of New York’s High Line Park is going to be a reality. Exelon, CNA, and Boeing have donated $7 million to make the linear park known as the Bloomingdale Trail happen. It’s part of Mayor Emmanuel’s big push to improve neighborhood parks. Speaking...
New Navy Pier Plans Stir Some, Leave Others Cold
posted by Paul Kulon
The Navy Pier Redesign Competition brought plenty of excitement to the Museum of Contemporary Art on Tuesday night, the first of two evenings of presentations by the design teams articulating new visions for the Chicago landmark. The public was able to inspect models of the proposals and glance at television screens flashing renderings. As the start of the program approached, the 300-seat theater was at capacity, and even the overflow room was overflowing. The strong public interest illustrates Chicago’s love of visionary design and Navy Pier’s ability to generate publicity for the project. Despite coming for different corners...
Briefly: Another Gia...
posted by Editor
Following the success of its 40 Wall Street store in New York, Walgreens keeps building giant stores around the country, including a couple in Chicago. Racked has the goods on the new giant Walgreens going in to the former Borders space at the corner of Broadway and Diversey in Lakeview...
Hollywood Blows Up C...
posted by Editor
It seems like every month, Hollywood churns out yet another end-of-the-world movie. Sometimes armageddon doesn’t start in New York or Los Angeles. It happens on the shores of Lake Michigan. Coming out in July is the latest Transformers movie, called Dark of the Moon. From what I...