Wayback Wednesday: Winter Comes for Chicago’s Newspapers
This was the scene on January 15, 2010 — ten years ago today. One of Chicago’s multi-holed newspaper racks braving the cold on the...
That’s One Chicago You’ve Got Growing There
If you went to midnight mass at Holy Name Cathedral on Christmas Eve, you may have noticed two things. First, the absence of the traditional phalanx...
West Loop Skyscraper Proposal Cuts Height, Adds Second Building
Plans for an apartment and hotel tower on the edge of the Kennedy Expressway at Randolph Street have changed, even though the city of Chicago has...
Century-Old Bronzeville Church Likely to be Landmarked
In an era when so many of Chicago’s holy places are being abandoned, repurposed, or even demolished, it’s good to see a building that has...
Here’s What it Looks Like Under Chicago’s Newest Skyscraper
Real estate folk are always trying to “get in on the ground floor” of the next big thing. The next big thing in the Gold Coast is One...
Wayback Wednesday: Lord, Snow Down On Me
It was ten years ago today, January 8, 2010 that we took this photograph of what was then known as the Episcopal Church Center at 65 East Huron...
Gensler-Designed Plan for 1200 West Carroll Hits City Hall
San Francisco architecture firm Gensler doesn’t do a lot of work in Chicago, but we’ve been a fan of the blueprint boffins ever since we...
Somnambulant Plans for 900 West Fulton Market Filed With City
Moaning about the history of Fulton Market being erased by development has become as futile as trying to use the internet without Facebook tracking...
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Plan For 113-Story Magnificent Mile Skyscraper Hits City Hall
A new 1,400-foot-tall skyscraper slated for the Magnificent Mile has taken a big step forward on the shiny glass road from fantasy to fantastic. Plans for Tribune Tower East have officially been...
Here’s What it Looks Like Under Chicago’s Newest Skyscraper
Real estate folk are always trying to “get in on the ground floor” of the next big thing. The next big thing in the Gold Coast is One Chicago. And the person in on the ground floor is...
Wayback Wednesday: Pedal-Powered Public Puppet Performances
Today’s Wayback Wednesday brings us to ten years ago today: January 22, 2010. That was the day we took this photograph of a puppet bike. A puppet bike on the corner of Randolph and Michigan on...
Apartment Building Wedges in to 1140 West Erie
Remember those plastic Trivial Pursuit pie wedges that refused to budge when you tried to pull them out of the circle thing, but somehow managed to hide in the carpet so you’d step on them in...
Site of One of Chicago’s First Walmarts to Become an Office Building
Remember when there was that cool art supply store right off the CTA Brown Line at Chicago Avenue and then Walmart moved in and the black beret crowd in the neighborhood snapped their Blick...
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