7/16/13
We noted a few days ago that the Tribune’s Blair Kamin is back in town. Kamin had quite a bit to say back in...
2/20/13
Five years ago today we noted that X/O Condominiums had won a National Association of Home Builders Gold Award for design excellence, and had...
11/26/12
We’ve been following the progress of the development now known as Lincoln Park 2550 for quite some time. It’s been nearly nine years since...
9/6/12
You’re more likely to hear a machine alderman criticize the mayor than you are to hear a major architect publicly criticize a major development...
8/8/12
Several scaffolds and teams of workmen were hanging from Erie on the Park, 510 W Erie, last week. The building, which was completed 10...
6/18/12
Lucien Lagrange’s Parisian-influenced 840 North Lake Shore Drive sits at a prominent corner across from Lake Shore Park and Lake Michigan. The 7-year old...
7/4/11
If you had to choose a single word to characterize well-known architects as a group, you’d be unlikely to choose “humility.” Frank Lloyd Wright,...
7/15/10
“Of the type that does upscale condos, can you think of a better architect?” – Architect Stanley Tigerman, speaking to Crain’s about Lucien Lagrange‘s...
5/24/10
Wait a second — how was I able to look down on Ten East Delaware? Could it be that I finally made my way...
3/15/10
Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin, on the Elysian: If all we do is laugh at traditionalism, rather than figuring out how to do it...
3/2/10
This afternoon I set up the camera and cracked open the brick that is the Lincoln Park 2520 marketing packet. As much as we...
12/15/09
Our file cabinets (real and virtual) are filled with all sorts of renderings and sales materials, some for projects long since finished, others for...
12/10/09
A special word of thanks to the Chicago Architecture Blog for sharing the link to this strangely silent video, released in conjunction with the...
11/9/09
Five years after its completion, The Pinnacle at 21 E Huron St has proven to be one of the most desirable towers in River...
9/30/09
Kargil Development faces a $20 million foreclosure suit over its proposed X/O Condominiums high-rises in the South Loop, according to Crain’s Chicago Real Estate...
9/21/09
I stopped by a cluster of River North developments this Friday to check up on the progress of their construction. From ground level The...
9/18/09
The new River North tower Ten East Delaware should be getting close to being ready for its first occupants: Its website claims that one-,...