Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois, by Studio Gang Architects, 2010. On a recent trip to Chicago a good deal of my agenda revolved around the work of Studio Gang Architects. I visited their studio, got a tour ...Read More
Poetry Foundation in Chicago, Illinois, by John Ronan Architects, 2011. While the Poetry Foundation only dates back to 2003—its establishment aided by the generosity of philanthropist Ruth Lilly—its roots go back much further: to 1941, when the Modern Poetry Association, out ...Read More
The City as Campus: Urbanism and Higher Education in Chicago by Sharon Haar University of Minnesota Press, 2011 Paperback, 264 pages Growing up in the suburbs north of Chicago, trips into the city were rare and therefore special. These included visiting museums and ...Read More
1617 North Wolcott in Chicago, Illinois by Studio Dwell Architects, 2009. The Wicker Park and Bucktown on Chicago's northwest side are popular neighborhoods with an epicenter at the three-way intersection of North, Damen, and Milwaukee Avenues. A few blocks to the ...Read More
The Slow Food Guide to Chicago: Restaurants, Markets, Bars edited by Kelly Gibson ...Read More
Kam L. Liu Building in Chicago, Illinois by Studio Gang/O'Donnell, 2004. Approaching the Kam L. Liu Building of the Chinese American ...Read More
Unexpected Chicagoland by Camilo José Vergara and Timothy J. Samuelson The New Press, 2001 Hardcover, 208 pages Photographer Vergara's collaboration ...Read More
Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis by Harold M. Mayer and Richard ...Read More
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool in Chicago, Illinois by Eifler & Associates Architects, 2001. Local firm Eifler & Associates Architects ...Read More
McCormick Tribune Campus Center in Chicago, Illinois by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), 2003. The first completed building in the United States by Rem ...Read More
