From the little-known architect to the over 375,000 terra cotta pieces on the facade, the pioneering radio stations and extraordinary designers that worked there, The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon tells the stories of one of Chicago's most famous buildings.
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A History of Chicago’s Federal Center at 50 Years, As the Government Considers Selling Some of It
Daniel HautzingerThe federal government recently included two of the Mies van der Rohe-designed buildings in Federal Center, with its iconic Calder sculpture, in a list of properties to sell.
Where to Go During Open House Chicago 2024
Daniel HautzingerMore than 170 sites across Chicago are opening their doors this weekend during Open House Chicago. We've got some highlights, including some places typically not open to the public.
A Cartoonist's Immersive Vision of What Chicago's Architecture Could Have Been Is on Display in One of the City's New Icons
Daniel Hautzinger"Welcome to Tribuneville" by Klaus is a retro-futuristic cityscape consisting of unbuilt entries to the 1922 competition for a Tribune Tower design. The animated cartoon is on display at 150 Media Stream inside 150 N. Riverside.
Geoffrey Baer Explores Some of Chicago's Cemeteries – And the Stories Buried in Them
Geoffrey BaerMany of Chicago's cemeteries are surprisingly beautiful and pastoral, in addition to being full of intriguing stories, sculptures, and monuments along with the prominent Chicagoans buried in them.
Fourteen Remarkable Libraries in the Chicago Area
Geoffrey BaerEver since the opening of the Central Library, now the Cultural Center, in 1897, the Chicago area has built some remarkable libraries, as Geoffrey Baer explores.
Geoffrey Baer Explores Chicago's Beautiful School Architecture
Geoffrey BaerThere are plenty of beautiful schools to be found in the Chicago area, from the grand edifices of the nineteenth century to modernist masterpieces. Geoffrey Baer highlights a few noteworthy ones.
Geoffrey Baer on 'The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2'
Daniel HautzingerIn The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2, Geoffrey Baer explores more eye-popping places around Chicago, and the stories behind them. He spoke to us about the new special.
Geoffrey Baer's Open House Chicago Picks for 2023
Geoffrey BaerOpen House Chicago is back, allowing you to peek inside buildings across Chicago. With more than 170 sites to choose from, Geoffrey Baer has fourteen recommendations for unique places to visit.
The Many Colorful Uses of Medinah Temple, Soon to Be a Casino, Over the Years
Daniel HautzingerThe Moorish Revival building in River North was initially built for the Shriners, but has seen a circus, demolition threats, the Dalai Lama, an early MLK Day celebration, a Bloomingdale's, and more over its more than century of existence.
The Eye-Grabbing Architecture of Chicago's College Campuses
Geoffrey BaerIf you're in search of beautiful buildings, the biggest bang for your buck is to explore Chicago-area college campuses, which have noteworthy structures within easy walking distance of each other. Geoffrey Baer highlights a few.
Geoffrey Baer on His Upcoming Special 'The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago'
Daniel HautzingerIn his newest special, Geoffrey Baer explores The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago, from gilded lobbies to verdant parks and eye-bending skyscrapers to glorious sacred spaces. He discusses the project, and what he loves about Chicago.
Tour the Often Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side in a New Documentary
Daniel Hautzinger"This is a city that does pay attention to its architecture, but often the architecture of the South Side is ignored,” says Lee Bey, the host of a new documentary exploring the architecture of the South Side.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Little-Explored Welsh Roots and His Green Architecture
Daniel HautzingerThe Welsh architect Jonathan Adams believes that the proud Welsh heritage of Frank Lloyd Wright's maternal family influenced his philosophy and architecture, a claim Adams explores in a documentary and book. Plus, he discusses Wright's ahead-of-its-time attention to nature.
Revisiting the Biting Articles That Branded Chicago the "Second City"
Daniel HautzingerSeventy years ago, the New Yorker writer and New York City native A.J. Liebling published a series of articles about Chicago that saw the city as a "not-quite-metropolis" imbued with a "collective sense of disappointment." Was he right?
