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Will Art Institute expansion leave Louis Sullivan's Chicago Stock Exchange room in the cold?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (617+ words) The Chicago Stock Exchange trading floor has been both an exhibit and an event space at the Art Institute of Chicago since 1977. The old Chicago Stock Exchange Building trading room " Adler & Sullivan's gilded age space rescued from demolition 54 years ago…...
Two public art installations, part of the Monument Response Project, to debut along Chicago's lakefront
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (74+ words) The new works respond to the Signal of Peace and the General Philip Henry Sheridan monuments that have long been on Chicago Park District land. Artists from The Monument Response Project joined the show to discuss their latest works on…...
Jackson Park's "Gold Lady' could look like a million again, thanks to a planned restoration
1+ week, 4+ day ago (907+ words) Jackson Park's "Gold Lady," officially known as the Statue of the Republic, is in line for a $1 million makeover. On just the right morning, when things are crisp and clear enough, the sun rises over the lake and lights up…...
What's That Building? South portico of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (1039+ words) The south entrance of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, located in Jackson Park on the South Side. There's a significant change coming to what may be Chicago's most monumental building, the giant Greek temple in Jackson Park now…...
10 years of 'What's That Building?"
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (879+ words) Clockwise: "I Am" Temple, Jason Marck/WBEZ; South Side Velodrome, Jason Marck/WBEZ; UIC Behavioral Sciences Building, K'Von Jackson for WBEZ It's been 10 years since a WBEZ producer suggested I do a series of segments called "What's That Building?" For…...
Model shop that provided the first draft of many great Chicago buildings closes
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (919+ words) Columbian Model & Exhibit Works Senior Designer Bill Bauman sits next to a model of the condo Museum Park Tower Four, at the company's West Loop workshop. For 35 years, Columbian Model & Exhibit Works has given the city glimpses of the future....
What's That Building? Former Rainforest Caf" and Capone's Chicago
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (1060+ words) The former Rainforest Cafe and Capone's Chicago is located at 605 N. Clark St. in the River North neighborhood. If you roll your eyes when passing the corner of Clark and Ohio streets in River North, you're not the only one. Sneering…...
Fannie Mae takes ownership of long-suffering West Side Frank Lloyd Wright home
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (655+ words) The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Walser House in Austin The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Walser House, a dilapidated 123-year-old home in Austin that inspired the architect's better-known works has now been acquired by the Federal National Mortgage Association. Fannie Mae received title…...
What's That Building? Narrow Bridge Arts Club
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (679+ words) The Narrow Bridge Arts Club is located at 6028 S. Champlain Ave. in the Woodlawn neighborhood. There's hardly a better example of historical buildings being reused than a 3-story structure built in 1923 near Washington Park in Woodlawn. It was built as a…...