Got a press release today stating that the major renovations at 330 North Wabash are now complete. You may remember 330 as the old IBM Building or One IBM Plaza, Mies Van Der Rohe’s massive black slab along the Chicago river that used to loom so menacingly over the Sun-Times building...
Chicago’s Seve...
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The banners promise that Loyola University’s new $400,000 streetfront television studio in The Clare at Water Tower (55 East Pearson Street) will open in autumn 2009, but I think we can safely say that isn’t going to happen. Especially considering that Loyola only got its...
Status Update: Stayb...
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It’s been a while (April 9th to be exact) since we checked in on the new Staybridge Suites hotel going up at 127 West Huron Street. And… it looks exactly the same as it did seven months ago. Compare the then and now pictures: I guess...
What’s In A Na...
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The NBC Tower is one of our favorite Chicago buildings. In fact, it may be one of the best looking buildings in the city. But we can’t help but wonder these days if it’s in for a name change. For the last couple of months the Sun-Times has been chirping about NBC Universal...
Holy Name Cathedral ...
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Parishioners at Holy Name Cathedral got more bad news over the weekend. Their beloved church will be closed, “until August at the earliest” according to pastor Dan Mayall. The archdiocese’s flagship place of worship was damaged by fire in February, almost exactly a year...
Status Update: The R...
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Things are chugging along at the heart of North Michigan Avenue where the Ritz-Carlton Residences are going up. The building in this photo is actually not part of the project. It is being protected while the ritzy digs go up all around it. Garrett’s Popcorn, Starbucks, and the Terra...
Children’s Hos...
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If you follow our Twitter tweet feed , then you got the alert on February 5th when the crane went up at the new Children’s Memorial Hospital on Chicago Avenue. Now that it’s in place, construction is really starting to move along. Up to this point, virtually all of the...
Dearborn Street: Man...
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What’s this wackiness we found outside of Marina City ? Looks like some kind of CDOT-enforced mandatory breakdance zone. This isn’t a case of having a screw loose this sign is intentionally in this position as evidenced by the bolts holding it in place. So next time...