Stories to tell

Wells Street Bridge

Wells Street Bridge in Chicago. Double-decked bascule bridge over the Chicago River.There are only two double-decked bridges in downtown Chicago: Wells Street Bridge and Lake Street Bridge. The up...

John Hancock

News flash! John Hancock Center in Chicago is gone!John Hancock joined the list of the buildings with a title “formerly known as”. The new name is just the address: 875 North Michigan Avenue.John ...

NBC Tower

NBC Tower is an enigma.It has a bigger brother, 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York which hosts NBS studios as well. 30 Rock is famous and busy. There is the Today Show’s studio behind the glass on t...

AON Tower

The AON Center. I am not sure it’s a proper name for this beautiful tower.Aon doesn’t even own the building, they share the rent with ketchup maker Kraft Heinz. The real owner is Mark Karasick.Com...

Aqua Tower

This is the house that Jeanne Gang built.These are the balconies,That weave around the house that Jeanne Gang built.These are the apartments,That have the balconies,That weave around the house tha...

Tiffany Dome

$10 to rent and you can get married here under this magnificent dome.Tiffany dome in the Chicago Cultural Center. The biggest Tiffany glass structure in the world.Ten dollar and it’s yours on Satu...

Chase Tower

“Aesthetics is to artists what ornithology is to birds.”That’s what Barnett Newman said to Harold Rosenberg at the gallery reception in New York back in 1948.Barnett Newman is one of my favorite a...

Chicago Board of Trade

Chicago Board of Trade. The trading floor, the pit. Noise and chaos. Brokers and dealers. Colorful jackets and badges. Buy and sell. Bulls and bears.It all was happening here, in the six-story hig...

Windy City

Windy City, the second name for Chicago.How did the name Windy City come about?Yes, sometimes it’s windy in Chicago. The wind usually comes from the west with regular storm systems rolling through...

Chicago Athletic

You take a piece of Venice and smack it right in the middle of Michigan Avenue in Chicago.That’s how it feels. Thank you Henry Ives Cobb.He was just 34 years old in 1893 when he saw his design com...