Dozens (hundreds?) of books have been written about the fantastic historic architecture in downtown Chicago. But there are hundreds of other buildings around Chicago with equally wonderful details. One of them is The Patrician (401 West Fullerton Park... »
An afternoon view across the Lincoln Park neighborhood through a dirty window. It’s art; I wouldn’t understand. »
Don’t let the hole in the ground fool you. A real drama is underway at the corner of Racine and Fullerton. Six months after groundbreaking, the opening act of DePaul’s new Theater Building is well underway. Heavy machinery guided by men with orange ves... »
The exterior of Chicago’s most heavily advertised skyscraper in recent memory looks like it’s nearly complete. Television commercials for Lincoln Park 2520 no longer feature its architect, Lucien Lagrange, whose eponymous architecture firm went out of ... »
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 ... »
We have a new spy on board. It’s Bucktown Spy, and he’s sent us a photograph of the construction now going on at the former Noel State Bank Building (1601 North Milwaukee Avenue – You may know it as the Midwest Bank Building). It’s a beautiful build... »
