Chicago Architecture

Cataloging the great architecture of Chicago

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The new plan is from Vornado, the company that used to sell me rust-colored corduroy dungarees when I was a child, but is now a billion-dollar real estate developer.

https://t.co/DGSLzHGZQ7

#chicago #fultonriverdistrict #architecture #skyscraper @PappagHaymes #construction

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@BobSirott @WGNRadio Thanks for the tag, @BobSirott. We're huge fans. But you probably meant to tag Chicago's button-down architecture group, @chiarchitecture, not our bunch of witty and sarcastic malcontents.

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The 2022 version is much taller, and better looking than what was presented back then. Much like your high school boyfriend.

https://t.co/cU553chJPn

#chicago #architecture #westtown #skyscraper

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it’s a step forward in realizing the late Helmut Jahn’s vision. Its location will make it one of the most prominent buildings in the city’s skyline, even though it will only be 18th in rank.

https://t.co/6SOtP29kGU

#chicago #architecture #skyscraper #construction

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Like a cat stretching after a good nap, the CTA held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a project to work out the kinks in the Red and Purple Lines just north of the Belmont station.

https://t.co/xadx64lNkS

#chicago #transit @cta #subway #construction

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CALLING ALL CHICAGO PHOTOGRAPHERS!

Demo delay expiring in 4 days.

Please shoot this building before it's gone.

John Ramcke House, 2028 N. Seminary, built 1888.

Ongoing efforts to save building and façade from demolition for side yard have not yielded change.

Long odds.

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To be sure, the gulf between renderings and reality is as wide as Upper Peoria Lake, and twice as ugly. But we have high hopes for this one, simply because of its pedigree.

https://t.co/Q84cAcstBX

#chicago #westtown #architecture @sterlingbay @SOM_Design

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We told you about three-building plans for this space in 2016 and 2019. With a new developer, and new architecture firm, we’ll see if the third time is the charm for three-building plans.

https://t.co/qRePW1yCYu

#chicago #architecture #skyscraper #fultonmarket @hparchitecture

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The Shedd is going to re-open the windows that formerly allowed skyline views of downtown Chicago, and of Lake Michigan, from the Museum Campus.

https://t.co/NP1ErOu7uS

#chicago #architecture #museums #aquarium @shedd_aquarium @Sloopin

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Stuff falling off of 875 isn’t unheard of.

https://t.co/B0INF2BgRQ

#chicago #skyscraper #architecture #goldcoast

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Thompson Center, once considered to be an ex-parrot, has gone from “stick a fork in it” to “put a ring on it” faster than a TV dating show. Prime is buying a trashed party house, then bringing the fraternity back in as roommates.

https://t.co/UBaCgSaSLo

#chicago #architecture

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Enjoy the skyscraper that @sterlingbay stuffed in your stocking just before the man with the bag comes to town.

https://t.co/Z1h39184tS

#chicago #construction #architecture #skyscraper #westtown

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#Grannyflats aren’t a magic wand to flood the city with places to live on the salary earned by a barista, a doorman, a delivery guy, an Uber driver, or anyone else the skirts-and-suits crowd relies on every single day.

https://t.co/TrNcsJHyDT

#chicago #affordablehousing

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More importantly, the developers of this project have released new renderings, which is good because the design has changed several times since the last batch.

https://t.co/UAEUlQ6ikL

#chicago #architecture #skyscraper #southloop #construction @sloopin @JAHNArch @TimeEquities

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Common likes to describe its buildings as “co-living” spaces. Which to salt-of-the-earth middle westerners means it’s coastal millennials re-inventing the boarding house wheel again.

https://t.co/5JEJvDSpyP

#chicago #housing #gooseisland #construction #lincolnpark

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Empty storefronts and mid-range chains don’t bring in foot traffic, especially with the memory of summer looting fresh in people’s minds. So what do you do to get shoppers to crack open their wallets? Bedazzle them!

https://t.co/miRgrOPih3

#chicago #oakstreet #christmas #lights

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For the last five years, real estate developers in Chicago have been using a city program called Adopt-a-Landmark to get things out of City Hall, and vice-versa.

https://t.co/aVFXTSQSEr

#chicago #realestate #development #preservation @SavingPlaces @Pres_Chicago

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Other work included the HVAC system, the fire system, and security. In addition, the building’s exterior was kitted out with color-changing LED lights.

https://t.co/OM0g0lXA2M

#evanston #architecture #construction #chicagoland

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If you think a “food zipline” is great idea for Thanksgiving dinner, remember Aunt Marjorie’s forking incident of 2008.

https://t.co/8VeRiLqrEC

#chicago #architecture @lincolnparkzoo #zoo #lions #thanksgiving

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Meanwhile, in the past...

#chicago #skyscraper #architecture