Stories to tell

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...

Opus Mixtum

Opus Mixtum. Do you know what it means?It means literally mixed work, or different construction materials and techniques in the same wall.It was widely used in Ancient Rome and back then architect...

Chicago Skyline

Skyline is a unique portrait of the city. No two skylines are the same. What makes Chicago Chicago? What is so special and unique about Chicago? I guess the same thing that makes you you. You are ...

Light

Leonard Cohen : Anthem Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack, a crack in everythingThat’s how the light gets in.We asked for signs. The signs were sentThe...

Chicago Sun-Times

Optical illusion is an image that can be deceptive or misleading to our brains.It’s something that is not really there. Look at this image. Doesn’t it look odd?It seems like the building with the ...