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Opportunity Knocks at openhousechicago2012

By Laurie Borman | October 14, 2012October 30, 2012 by Laurie Borman

Chicago, IL–This weekend’s openhousechicago was a rare chance to see the original Sears Tower of Homan Square in Lawndale, a peek into the dusty projector room at a former vaudeville and movie house in Pilsen, and Jens Jensen’s office in Humboldt Park, among 150 sites open and free to the public. You just had to…

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A Goldberg Day at the Art Institute of Chicago

By Laurie Borman | January 8, 2012January 8, 2012 by Laurie Borman

Chicago, IL–Fans of Chicago architecture, time is running out on the Bertrand Goldberg exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. It ends on January 15. The architect of Marina City (those iconic tubular towers built from 1959-1967), Goldberg designed hospitals, housing projects, schools, houses, and even chairs and tables during his lifetime. While there are several of…