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I remember in years past I would rush around during the weekend of Open House Chicago trying to see as much as I possibly could. 2012, 2013, and 2016…

Oct 20

September 2023

Good-Bye to Architecture Twitter

As people delete or abandon their Twitter accounts due to its changes related to content ownership etc. that begin today, September 29th, I thought I’d…

Sep 29

Be a Tourist in Your Own City

Over the weekend I found myself chatting with strangers, two older women sitting on a bench with a dog in Dawes Park on Evanston’s lakefront. What…

Sep 15

August 2023

Architects' Small House Service Bureau

With America’s current housing shortage, who thinks we should bring back the Architects’ Small House Service Bureau (ASHSB)? Wait…what!?! Once upon a…

Aug 2

July 2023

Carl Koch, Roy Schoenbrod, and the Techbuilt Homes in Northfield

I don’t know what immediately comes to your mind when you think of suburban Northfield. Maybe Chief Keef? But architecture is probably not at the top of…

Jul 6

April 2023

My Corner of the Internet...For Now

Apr 30

The Desecration of Pleasant Home

On Friday Steve Kelley, a longtime volunteer for the Pleasant Home Foundation Restoration Committee and member of its Board of Trustees, informed the…

Apr 12

March 2023

Women's History Month: Jean Wehrheim

Did you know that today only 23.3% of all American-based architects are women? Considering March is Women’s History Month when we commemorate the vital…

Mar 21

The Destruction of Villa Hortensia

I’m fully aware this substack is supposed to be about the architecture of Chicagoland. But if there is such a thing as a Chicago “North,” then it would…

Mar 7

February 2023

The MacArthur Family and Frank Lloyd Wright

It was exactly a year ago that I wrote a post about “demolition by neglect” by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. I didn’t expect my writing to get much…

Feb 1

January 2023

Demolitions of 2022

It’s that time of year again when we look back at the buildings we lost in 2022. Just like my 2021 post, Chicago continues to destroy its rich…

Jan 6

December 2022

Edward Dart's Chicago Theological Seminary Faculty Quadrangle

2022 marked the 100th anniversary of architect Edward “Ned” Dart’s birth. Earlier this year I wrote about some of Dart’s architectural projects like the…

Dec 31, 2022

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