(photo by Lee Bey) We're having a warm May so far. A year ago, it was still chilly in June.‚  There's an early thaw in the cold weather city and its denizens took to the streets over the weekend, grateful.

More "found" stuff from Chicago's past. Back to more contemporary issues next week.

(photo by Lee Bey)(photo by Lee Bey)(photo by Lee Bey)...and two great sites discussing this masterpiece: Steven Dalhman's informative Marina City Online and the online archives of the complex's architect Bertrand Goldberg.

A few months ago, I told you of suburban Schaumburg's unrealized circa 1970 plan for a complex called Outer Planets. It would have contained the world's tallest building. Quite a few of you emailed, asking to see more of the unbuilt development.

(photo by Lee Bey)I spotted this Dumpster in a downtown lot recently and wondered what the perpetually riled telepatriots on right wing tv and radio and their followers would make of it.‚  Maybe nothing, actually. I mean, nobody complains much about this. Or even this.

(photo by Lee Bey) The 14-story hospital building going up on the Rush University Medical Center campus won't be completed until next year--but I like it already.

We often use this space to discuss how Chicago's architecture and neighborhoods are seen in movies and TV shows.