Downtown junkies, take note: a new book chronicles the changing face of the greater Loop area. Downtown Chicago in Transition, by Eric Bronsky and Neal Samors, with a foreword by former ABC7 anchor Joel Daly, features more than 250 photos of downtown past and present.
The authors will give a talk and sign books at 12:15 pm on Wednesday, Dec 5, as part of the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s lunchtime lecture series. (Be advised, however, that lunch is not served. Attendees are welcome to bring a bag lunch.)
The free event will be held at The John Buck Company Lecture Hall at the ArchiCenter, 224 S Michigan Ave. No reservations are required.


Joel Daly, R.I.P.
Joel Daly is alive. Reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. It is John Drury who is kaput.
Daly is next, I can feel it.
Warner Saunders seems like he has Alzheimers these days… He definitely seems to forget what it was like to be a good award-winning reporter. Perhaps he’ll be next.