Tag: Architecture
Build a 20,000 square foot mansion on this River North site
Three and a half years ago a developer was planning a 28-story Hartshorne-Plunkard designed high-rise for the 15,295 square foot lot at 111 W Ches [...]
Quote of the day: a symbol of Uptown’s ongoing dilapidation
It's been about 35 years since I first met an enthusiast for the Uptown Theatre and heard tales of its imminent revival and its promise to transfo [...]
Have Highland Park buyers become Dart-bored?
Four months ago we noted that two very different homes by mid-century modernist architect Edward Dart were for sale in Highland Park. Both are sti [...]
The best 2-bedroom, 2-bath condo value in Chicago
The headline is how Scott Hoskins of CMK describes the high-style 2-bedroom, 2-bath unit at 235 Van Buren that we tour in this sponsored video.
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A pristine Tudor-inspired home in Elmhurst
The 5-bedroom, 5 ½ bath home at 757 S Berkley Ave rests on a pretty tree-lined street in the Lincoln Elementary School area in Elmhurst.
The 3 [...]
It’s always sunny at River North’s “blue building”
"When you walk out of the building, it's sunny. In 50-story neighborhoods you walk out of a building and it's like you're in a canyon. You get a l [...]
Lincoln Park home with an indoor lap pool, croquet-perfect yard
It isn’t often that you see the phrase “rear yard perfect for croquet” – or meet a real estate agent who doesn’t think croquet is a munchie at a [...]
Sunrise at Solstice in Hyde Park?
When we last reported on Solstice on the Park, nearly a year ago, we noted that new listings had been entered in the MLS for a project that appear [...]
A Wilmette home to control your morals and happiness
When it comes to pompous pronouncements, Chicago architects have many peers but few superiors. Consider this quote from John Shelette Van Bergen, [...]
An 18-room rooftop bungalow on Lake Shore Drive
A number of Chicago's most prestigious residential buildings maintain a low public profile, garner little attention, and prefer their relative obs [...]
You can be the sixth owner of Riverside’s historic Dore cottage
The Village of Riverside's story is too storied to bear repeating, but if you're interested you can visit the websites of the Village and the Rive [...]
Jeanne Gang named a MacArthur Fellow
Chicago architect Jeanne Gang has been named one of twenty-two 2011 MacArthur Fellows, a distinction that comes with a no-strings attached grant o [...]
A panoramic view from 235 Van Buren
There are 19 furnished models available for viewing at 235 Van Buren, a new high-rise condo at the edge of the . I'd only visited a few of them, s [...]
Tour Adler and Sullivan’s Auditorium Building
Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan's Auditorium Building cost millions to build in the 1880s – and sold to Roosevelt University for $400,000 60 year [...]
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House nominated as World Heritage site
Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House in Hyde Park is one of a number of Wright buildings nominated for inclusion on the United Nations World Heritage [...]
A hard-hat tour of Mondial and the rooftop views
Mondial was still under construction in the River West neighborhood when architect / developer Jack Berger took us on a hard-hat tour. As we scan [...]
Preservationists gone wild, chain-link fence edition
At The Atlantic, Megan McCardle quotes from a Washington Post article on homeowners who ran afoul of Old Town Alexandria preservationists when the [...]
Quote of the day – the urbanism of exhaustion
Architecture critic Lynn Becker is not pleased with 42nd Ward Ald. Brendan Reilly's proposal for the triangular park at Chestnut, Rush and Wabash. [...]
WTTW visits Chicago’s fascinating little-known neighborhoods
WTTW's Geoffrey Baer has taken us to many places throughout Chicagoland and told us their often wonderful stories.
Architecture critic and WBE [...]
Say goodbye to Streeter Place views?
The Sun-Times is reporting that Golub & Co. is seeking zoning approval to build a 42-story high-rise and an 11-story building on a site between Gr [...]