Tag: Lynn Becker

An updated look at Optima Center and 435 North Park

An updated look at Optima Center and 435 North Park

Early yesterday afternoon I visited Streeterville for a look at two major apartment projects underway in the neighborhood. Drilling of the cais [...]
Quote of the day – a Bermuda triangle of lost opportunity

Quote of the day – a Bermuda triangle of lost opportunity

Architecture critic Lynn Becker's recent post on what he calls the "Viaduct District" is a goodie bag of memorable phrases and provocative perspec [...]
Pre-leasing underway at Randolph Tower in the Loop

Pre-leasing underway at Randolph Tower in the Loop

Randolph Tower, at 188 W Randolph St, is undergoing a conversion from office to residential use, with occupancy expected in the first quarter of next [...]

Jeanne Gang – The sky’s the limit

A hat tip to architecture critic Lynn Becker for alerting us to this captivating introduction to Jeanne Gang, the magnetic starchitect who's [...]
Watch a studio makeover at Marina City

Watch a studio makeover at Marina City

Marina City Online just added a 2004 episode of HGTV's New Spaces show to its YouTube channel. The two-part video showcases the makeover of a stud [...]
Quote of the day – the urbanism of exhaustion

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. [...]
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