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When Daniel Burnham laid out his plan for Chicago, he envisioned the city with five piers, but only one was commissioned: the Municipal Pier.  In the decades since, the Pier has served as a Naval training center for sailors and pilots, a college campus for the University of Illinois, and a publ

The Wrigley Building--the Boul Mich's two-towered architectural wedding cake that has adorned countless postcards, movie scenes and photos since the 1920s--is scheduled to take a step toward protected landmark status this week, according to an agenda sent to members of the Commission on Chicago Land

Husband and wife designers Charles and Ray Eames are best-known for the endless line of cool furnishings they created in the postwar years--or for their California home that has famously caught the eye of actor/rapper Ice Cube recently.But the Eameses were also skilled filmmakers.

I strolled around downtown with my camera last night. Killing time that way was better than standing on a Metra platform, staring at nothing and no one in particular for 40 minutes waiting for my train to load and depart.The view from Daley Plaza is impressive at night.

While loading up my new computer's hard drive yesterday, I ran across a batch of old photos I took of the former Kennedy-King College at 69th and Wentworth.A connection at the City Colleges of Chicago granted me permission to roam the interior and exterior of the then-closed junior college in July 2

The recent Bertrand Goldberg retrospective was a great opportunity to get re-acquainted with a familiar and fantastic part of Chicago's skyline - Marina City. My favorite part was this companion exhibit - nothing like a museum-sanctioned snoop around someone else's living space!

After asking listeners to consider what they would sell if in need of some fast cash--ideas ranged from wedding gifts to coffins--Eight Forty-Eight wondered: How about buildings?