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A sales trailer for the massive Lakeshore East development -- that sat for years where Upper Wacker Drive dead ends -- is gone now, giving the public a nicely elevated overlook where sky, water and architecture meet.

Each Friday on our Weekend Passport segment, Jerome and global citizen Nari Safavi, one of the founders of Pasfarda Arts and Cultural Exchange, help you find a way to experience another country without having to buy a plane ticket.This weekend, renowned Spanish director Ventura Pons is in town for t

For years I've traveled down Chicago Avenue and never noticed the supremely cool Ida Crown Natatorium at Eckhart Park--or even its twin in Harrison Park at 18th and Wood. How did I miss this? 

The South Side's historic Unity Hall has been used as a church for decades and is listed for sale, but can't draw a congregation who can fix it up. Until it can, the building waits empty, its facade hides behind a mask of protective scaffolding.

The team led by designer James Corner is the winner in a competition to revamp Navy Pier’s public spaces or Pierscape.

Skyscraper!We're so used to hearing the word, we don't really think about it. Today we have airplanes. We've flown to the moon. Scraping the sky doesn't seem like such a big deal.But go back to this date in 1884.

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?