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We love that Chicago is one of those cities where you can just be walking around and *gasp*...🤩 beautiful building 🤩
This moorish-style home is located in the Near North neighborhood.
📸:
@photosbyegon
from Instagram
#Chicago
#architecture
#design
#beautifulhome
#nearnorth
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Oooooo! We're loving this dazzling home posted by
@brickofchicago
on Instagram. So much detail! W. Pierce Ave. Wicker Park.
#Chicago
#architecture
#design
#Victoriandesign
#WickerPark
#gingerbread
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Everyone: You can't build a skyscraper on a 2-acre site
Goettsch & MKA: Hold my beer🍺
Here's 150 N. Riverside, a gravity-defying skyscraper that has taken its rightful place among Chicago’s architectural & engineering wonders.
📸Nick Ulivieri
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It's a Chicago photographer's favorite time of the year! 🤩 Chicagohenge is in full effect. Check out this beautiful composition from CAC friend, Barry Butler.
@barrybutler9
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🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 🥳 It's been a pleasure sharing our city's beautiful buildings with you throughout 2022 & we hope you have a fabulous, fun & safe night! We look forward to seeing u in 2023! 📸:
@barrybutler9
on Instagram
#NYE
#NewYearsEve
#2023
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Look who stopped by! 🤩 Soooo thrilled to have
@6figga_dilla
visit and check out the Chicago Architecture Center. Looking forward to future colabs
#chicagohistory
#architecture
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This 1870s Italianate rowhouse wedged between two high-rises in
#Chicago
's
#RiverNorth
has been compared to the Edith Macefield House in Seattle, the inspiration for the Pixar film Up. 📸 and post:
@theamericanhome
#architecture
#preservation
#design
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Your guide to how every Chicago neighborhood got its name:
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I saw this earlier this morning and I just can’t get the image out of my brain. Wild.
what it looks like when ivy is pushed off of a building, apparently:
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A new building has made its way into Chicago's skyline—and it's the world's tallest skyscraper designed by a woman.
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After spending 12 months obscured by construction scaffolding, the 18,000-square-foot skylight above Chicago Union Station’s historic Great Hall made a triumphant return to the public eye following a $22 million, Amtrak-funded restoration.
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Happy St. Patrick's Day celebrations! Here's how the Chicago River is dyed a bright shade of Kelly Green each year.
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We love sharing our love of Chicago's architecture with you! Hope you are all having a wonderful Valentine's Day ❤️
📸:
@barrybutler9
#Chicago
#architecture
#design
#ValentinesDay
#Valentine
#Valentines
#theDrake
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! The Chicago River runs green once more. ☘️
📸:
@chidrone
#Chicago
#architecture
#design
#stpatricksday
#Chicagoriver
#greenriver
#stpats
#leprechaun
#Irish
#greenbeer
#Chicagotraditions
#Chicagohistory
#HistoricChicago
#CFLCruises
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Architecture and romance may seem like an unlikely pair, but sometimes falling in love just feels "Wright." Congratulations to this couple that got engaged during a CAC walking tour! 🥂😍
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✨Breaking news✨Under a proposed ordinance, vintage business signs in Chicago could be saved! 🎉 Which signs do you want protected? Or what signs do you wish were saved but are gone now? We miss the Magikist signs! 💋 📸: Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
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Happy birthday
#FazlurKhan
! The brilliant Bangladeshi-American engineer made groundbreaking (!) designs for Sears Tower & Hancock Center.
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The
#WheelerMansion
is the only surviving
#historicmansion
on Calumet Avenue. It was built in 1870 & after being renovated, is now a boutique hotel with 11 guest rooms and suites. In 1998, it was designated a Chicago Landmark.
#Chicago
#architecture
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The Chicago L is now 125 years old. This network of elevated trains and subways is how Chicagoans get around. But it’s also an iconic symbol of the city.
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@regioncoder
@WalkingNPR
So weird. We have no idea what that is and had nothing to do with it. We WANT people to enjoy the city's architecture!
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The
#Chicago
Board of Trade building houses an expansive vault in the basement which has sat empty for decades. The vault has secured many items of importance throughout its long history, such as trading receipts, silver bars & 1000s of steel lock boxes.
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Have you ever wondered what the views from the Chicago River were like in the 1950s? Check out this home movie of a 1956 river cruise! See the skyline in its infacy—back when the 41-story Prudential Building was the tallest tower in the city.
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The Chicago L is now 125 years old. This network of elevated trains and subways is how Chicagoans get around. But it’s also an iconic symbol of the city.
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We’ve officially changed our name to the Chicago Architecture Center—and we’ve updated our look to match! Check out our website to see the changes, and mark your calendars for opening weekend on August 31!
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After spending 12 months obscured by construction scaffolding, the 18,000-square-foot skylight above Chicago Union Station’s historic Great Hall made a triumphant return to the public eye following a $22 million, Amtrak-funded restoration.
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“Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.” –Frank Lloyd Wright
Come see what all the fuss is about. The new Chicago Architecture Center— opening tomorrow, August 31!
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The
@cta
rolled out a 1920s train today to celebrate the 125th birthday of the L! 🎉🚂 toot toot!
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After sitting idle for twenty years, Chicago’s Old Main Post Office, a hulking Art Deco-era structure along the Chicago River’s South Branch, is preparing for its next life as a sleek, state of the art office building.
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We didn't know Chicagohenge would result in a portal to another world 😵💫
📸 :
@barrybutler9
via Instagram
#Chicago
#architecture
#design
#Chicagohenge
#Chicagosunset
#sunset
#Chicagophotography
#Chicagophoto
#Chicagophotographer
#Ltracks
#CTA
#Chicagohistory
#historicChicago
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It’s official! 🙌 Chicago architecture finally gets centered. Thank you
@ChicagosMayor
for celebrating the new Chicago Architecture Center with us.
#GetToTheCenter
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After years of unprecedented growth and development, the West Loop neighborhood finally has a Chicago Public Library Branch to go along with its new apartment towers, office buildings, hotels, and restaurants.
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On this day 125 years ago, the 1893 World's Fair opened to the public—and Chicago was never the same. From amazing inventions like the Ferris Wheel to the horrors of the "devil in the White City," the fair had an enormous impact on our city and the world.
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Most people imagine a rural retreat as a rustic cabin, long on charm and lacking in modern amenities.
Legendary architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe instead floated a pristine glass box on a wooded river bank, with windows for walls and a space-age kitchen.
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This looks like the cover of a book! What's the first line? We'll start: "After a long journey, he finally arrived in his new city, ready to take on the next chapter..."
Your turn.
📸
@photography_by_eljay
#Chicago
#books
#Chicagowriters
#WritersinChicago
#writers
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Happy Birthday to Millennium Park! This beautiful park opened on this day in 2004.
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Breaking news!
#OHC2017
sites are LIVE! Thanks to Kemper for their support. Check out the 200+ locations:
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The Chicago Shortlist: 10 Things You Should Absolutely Do
We're pretty thrilled to be on this list,
@CNTraveler
!
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333 N. Michigan Ave. is an Art Deco skyscraper is one of four landmarks flanking the Michigan Avenue bridge, characterized by upper-level setbacks conforming to a then-new zoning law.
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Edgewater Beach Apartments is the only remaining part of the Edgewater Beach Hotel complex, started by Marshall and Fox in 1918. This massive, Spanish-style “Pink Palace” was connected to the hotel by a three-block beach promenade for decades.
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In 2010, Chicago published a list of words this city had introduced to the world, including Ferris wheel, egghead, yuppie, and jazz. But there are also terms and phrases we’ve kept for ourselves—sayings you’ll hear only in Chicago.
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Open House Chicago 2018 sites are now LIVE! Start planning your itinerary for exploring the 250+ architectural treasures!
#OHC2018
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Helmut Jahn's death leaves us shocked and saddened. A brave Modernist, he gave us the Thompson Center,
@UChicago
's Mansueto Library and many elegant expressions in glass. Helmut embraced & advanced Chicago's architectural legacy, evident in this 2017 talk:
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Most Chicagoans know Frank Lloyd Wright. Daniel Burnham too. But another Chicago architect predates both of them: Louis Sullivan.
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Look at that!
@chicagogirl1007
caught a little bit of
#spring
peeking thru
#LurieGarden
. 🌸 Happy
#firstdayofspring
!
#Chicago
#Architecture
#design
#Chicagoweather
#Chicagospring
#MillenniumPark
#Chicagopark
#flowers
#Chicagohistory
#HistoricChicago
#Chicagobuildings
#spring2023
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Happy birthday Daniel Burnham! Burnham created the 1909 Plan of Chicago and many of the city's most iconic buildings
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From Vaudeville acts, silent films & early talkies, Uptown was home to grand palace theaters, dance halls & speakeasies such as the
#GreenMill
. This weekend, take the OHC trail that includes these
#Uptown
gems.
#OHC2021
mobile app: 📸 Kenneth C. Zirkel
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Happy birthday, Chicago! On March 4, 1837, Chicago was granted a city charter by the State of Illinois. Cheers to us 🥂
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Architects are informing a new type of Lego, and Lego is pushing the boundaries to create models that are imaginative but architecturally intuitive enough to encourage a new generation to learn how buildings are designed and constructed.
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We'd like to give a *huge* welcome to the
@FieldMuseum
's newest resident, Máximo!
#HelloM
áximo, from Chicago's biggest building to the world's biggest dinosaur. 🦕👀🌇
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John Moutoussamy is one of Chicago's most important architects of the postwar era. A graduate of IIT, he was the first Black architect to be made a partner in a large Chicago firm in 1966. Some of his buildings include the Johnson Publishing Company and Harry S. Truman College.
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Closing out our weekend with a stunning sunset capture from
@cdats
🤩
📸:
@cdats
via Instagram
#Chicago
#architecture
#design
#Chicagosunset
#SunsetChicago
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Did you know that many Native American trails eventually became important Chicago streets? Those trails are now known as Ogden St. and Milwaukee Ave. Learn how Native Americans set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
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Happy birthday to Chicago architect Harry Weese! Born in 1915, Weese designed many buildings in Chicago, plus the
@wmata
metro stations!
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Chicago’s summers may get all the attention, but the city’s architecture looks best with fall’s bright colors as a backdrop. We've rounded up some photos of Chicago in fall to get you in the autumn mood. See them all:
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We've been nominated for
@USATODAY
's “Best New Attraction”—and we need your help to win! Vote every day through January 7 to push the CAC, the only Chicago attraction on the list, to the top of the leader board. Spread the word and vote now!
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The new Chicago Architecture Center opens on August 31 at 111 E. Wacker Dr. It will feature exciting exhibits about the past, present and future of the city’s architecture. Mark your calendars for the grand public opening during Labor Day weekend!
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Concrete is the backbone of many iconic buildings in Chicago and thanks to a new map, design lovers can get to know some of the best examples.
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Mayors and city planners have long dreamed of making the Chicago River a busy, dazzling waterfront. It might have finally happened. The New York Times explores how the Chicago River—once polluted and reviled—has bounced back.
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Most Chicagoans know Frank Lloyd Wright. Daniel Burnham too. But another Chicago architect predates both of them: Louis Sullivan.
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Chicago's 1,900 miles of backstreets make it the "alley capital of America." The
@Chicago_Reader
explores the origins of our alleys and what makes them so special.
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The Wrigley Building is so recognizable, it hardly needs an introduction. It stands proudly where Michigan Avenue crosses the Chicago River, a luminous white beacon known the world over as a beloved symbol of Chicago’s preeminence in architecture.
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When it comes to Halloween costumes, there's really only one way to go: architecture.
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#Chicago
will host Yoko Ono's only permanent US installation in Jackson Park.
#OhYoko
http://t.co/TLBaMZiJoV
http://t.co/8ZVOFC87wT
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After sitting idle for twenty years, Chicago’s Old Main Post Office, a hulking Art Deco-era structure along the Chicago River’s South Branch, is preparing for its next life as a sleek, state of the art office building.
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One of the last American projects designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, this powerful Modernist structure occupies a prominent place on the Chicago River. At 52 stories and 695 feet, it is his second tallest building.
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Oooo! This looks like the cover of a mystery novel...what would the first line be?
I'll start: "It was a dark and snowy night..."
I'm sure you can do better. Let's hear 'em!
📸:
@cdats
via Instagram
#Chicago
#architecture
#design
#Chicagowinter
#snow
#snowynight
#mysterynovel
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If you’ve lived in or visited an older home or apartment building in Chicago, chances are it has an odd door or some other quirky feature that seems out of place. What do these architectural clues tell us about the way people once lived?
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Happy 1st snow, everyone!
#Chicago
#firstsnowfall
photo by
@johnfritchey
via facebook
http://t.co/UWKVQITVj8
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The Chicago Cultural Center's Tiffany dome is the largest in the world and is made with 30,000 pieces of glass.
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When young, William Wrigley Jr. visited 1893 World's Fair & never forgot the White City or its light displays. Those memories live on in the
#Wrigley
bldg. 6 different shades of white terra cotta get brighter as the bldg rises & its facade is lit at night
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Pop the champagne 🍾 because
#April
is
#ArtDecoMonth
! 🥂
#ArtDeco
emerged as a popular style of American
#architecture
in the 1920s & 30s originating as a visual art movement in
#France
at the beginning of the 20th Century.
#design
#style
#Chicago
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Happy 4th of July! Check out our favorite red, white and blue view in the city. 🎆🎆
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The Krause Music Store was architect Louis
#Sullivan
’s final project. The green terra-cotta facade, with its elaborate plant forms and geometric patterns, is one of
#Chicago
's most recognizable storefronts.
#architecture
#LincolnSquare
#design
#KrauseMusic
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Chicago artist Jim Bachor is filling potholes in with mosaics.
http://t.co/rL18XTLCLt
http://t.co/T0xNSq9Yns
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If you're visiting downtown sites for Open House Chicago, be sure to stop by the CAC. Center admission is free all weekend and you won't want to miss limited edition
#OHC2023
merch!
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Movie critics…theater critics…restaurant critics…does Chicago need an architecture critic?
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For a second time, readers of Condé Nast Traveler voted Chicago to be the best big city in its annual reader survey.
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In honor of Indigenous People’s Day, we are featuring the work of local Ojibwe artist Andrea Carlson. Her mural “You Are on Potawatomi Land", installed on the Chicago Riverwalk, illustrates the erasure Native people continue to experience to this day.
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Well, look at that...the number 1 ranked big city in America is...
#Chicago
#architecture
#design
#CondeNast
#bestcity
#bestamericancity
#Chicagoriver
#CondeNastTraveler
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After 35 years of neglect, the Uptown Theatre—once the gilded crown jewel of the Balaban & Katz theater chain, and among the most opulent and gorgeous movie palaces ever built in America—will finally to be restored to its 1925 glory.
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For those who wish they could hop into a time machine and see 1940s Chicago, a digitally restored film gives a expansive look at the city before the Willis Tower, John Hancock Center or the Trump Tower reached soaring heights.
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Prairie School architecture is often associated with sprawling structures that hug the ground.
But the Emil Bach House shows us a different side of the Prairie style: a compact, city-friendly side.
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The 1909 Plan of Chicago, also commonly referred to as the “Burnham Plan,” was a visionary Progressive Era proposal that sought to beautify Chicago and improve efficiency of commerce.
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The Prudential Building was one of the first skyscrapers built in Chicago after World War II. It had the highest roof in the city at the time, slightly taller than the CBOT. Check out these then and now photos of the building. Learn more:
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After years of research, $3 million and a weeks-long process just to apply plaster, Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House will soon return to his original version. Get an inside look at the Hyde Park masterpiece's renovations.
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And now we love bricks even more. 😍 🧱 Great work, Brick of Chicago
Via ArchDaily
Pictured: Scubas and Tied House
#Chicago
#BrickofChicago
#architecture
#design
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For the third year in a row, Chicago was named the best big city in the U.S.
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Oooo....the drama in this photo! Love it. 😍
📸:
@ernest_deo_photo
via Instagram
#Chicago
#architecture
#design
#flamingo
#Chicagoart
#Chicagodrama
#Chicagophotos
#chicagophotographers
#Calatrava
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