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OHC 2023
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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April 2023
My Corner of the Internet...For Now
Apr 30
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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