Architecture and History Events In Chicago This Week
We love architecture and history events in Chicago, so each week we put together a list of our favorites. This week we feature a party in a downtown alley, a presentation on a West Side Chicago neighborhood, and blitz of Chicago tours. 1. Activate – ALLEY PARTY Sullivan Center alley, enter on Monroe St. between State St. and Wabash Ave. […]
Photo Friday: Chicago Historic Industrial Architecture
I’m going to try to share some of my Chicago architecture photos on a weekly basis. Sometimes I get some good architecture shots, and sometimes it might be more the story behind the photo and the history of the building that might intrigue you. In this case, it’s industrial architecture on display. I went biking […]
The Mysterious Disappearance of Two Chicago Board of Trade Sculptures
Ever hear of the curious disappearing act of two five-ton Greek goddess sculptures from the Chicago Board of Trade Building? These ladies adorned the entrance of the CBOT building constructed in 1885. The older building bit the dust to clear space for the current Art Deco skyscraper. During demolition, the sculptures disappeared – rumor said […]
The Musical Chicago Story of the Mecca Flats
The loss of historic architecture, such as Chicago’s Mecca Flats, is not unusual in an ever-changing city. Some the great architecture of Chicago stands on sites of buildings that we would be sad to know are now gone – if we had indeed ever been familiar with their architectural spaces. After guiding one of our Loop Interior Architecture […]
Weekly Events In Chicago Architecture and History
We pick our favorite weekly events in Chicago architecture and history to share with you as you plan your social calendar. This week we feature a dinner series with a lecture about the Mexican immigrant community on Chicago’s South Side, an exclusive tour of a 1920s Neo-Gothic skyscraper church, and a public open house to a […]
Historic Songs About Chicago
Similar to our mantra to use the architecture of our cityscape to tell Chicago history, I decided to search for historic songs about Chicago that could tell the story of Chicago history. Like Chicago architecture, popular culture and its music can be our history books. It would be easy to list countless songs with Chicago in their title or […]
Temple Tour, a Toast and a Skyscraper View
Our next special, one-off tour is on Friday, April 25th, 5:45pm. We are very happy to offer a rare visit to the Chicago Temple building’s skyscraper terrace and a “Chapel in the Sky.” So please join us for the “Exclusive Temple Tour with Views and a Toast!” (If you could not make it to this […]