5/4/07
Wright fans take note: Newsweek.com has a feature story and three short videos on the restoration of Glasner House, his 1906 masterpiece built on...
5/3/07
Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood is one of the hippest on the North Side, a magnet of shopping and dining in the sometimes bleak commercial landscape...
5/2/07
Registration starts at noon today for Great Chicago Places and Spaces 2007 – which looks like a must for Chicago architecture lovers. The event...
5/1/07
Beverly / Morgan Park week at YoChicago is over, but we continue to admire the people, places and architecture in these neighborhoods. Join Eileen...
5/1/07
On a bike trip through Lake View this morning, I rode past The Vic Theatre, 3145 N Sheffield, which literally faces off against its...
4/30/07
Although Beverly – Morgan Park week is officially over at the Yo, we’re still working our way through the videos we shot of an...
4/30/07
Granite counters and hardwood floors (not to mention marble baths and stainless steel appliances) have become so ubiquitous at Chicago condo developments that it...
4/26/07
Things just don’t seem to be built with the same level of skill and craftsmanship today as when this stately “Victorian manor” in Beverly...
4/25/07
Beverly boasts architectural gems by Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Burley Griffin and Daniel Burnham. This Wright house (photograph by Dan Williamson, provided by the...
4/24/07
Sure, it might seem fitting that the British School of Chicago is located on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Edgewater – after all, “Bryn Mawr”...
4/24/07
You’re looking at a 3-D view of Harbor Point on Google Earth. If you have Google Earth 4 (and if you don’t you should)...
4/20/07
We would be remiss if we ended Prairie District day without at least mentioning two official landmark houses, each now a museum, in this...
4/20/07
Walking through parts of the Prairie Avenue Historic District, one can almost hear echoes of the Fort Dearborn Massacre of 1812, when Indians slaughtered...
4/20/07
Watch part of Santiago Calatrava’s presentation yesterday to the Chicago Plan Commission. Ah, the music of the spire! Watch Santiago draw, and mumble, at...
4/20/07
Once home to Chicago’s rich and famous, the historic neighborhood pocket known as the Prairie Avenue District has returned to prominence during the last...
4/20/07
Many developers shy away from working with a name architect. In this video, the developers of X/O Condominiums, Jerry Karlik and Keith Giles, talk...
4/20/07
In the first part of our interview, X/O‘s developers, Jerry Karlik and Keith Giles, talk about why they opted for architect Lucien Lagrange‘s innovative...
4/19/07
“If Kelleher can come up with a billion or more to finance the Spire, he should have no trouble sorting through his pocket change...
4/18/07
United House of Prayer for All People, 4359 S State St
4/17/07
The Lake Forest City Council last night approved a plan to raze the wing of the former Barat College that houses Sacred Heart Chapel...