When Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America was published in 2003, it seemed to be only a matter of time before the brilliant book would become a motion picture.

(photo by Lee Bey) The Truckomat along the Bishop Ford expressway in suburban South Holland is a solid, functional building--during the day. At night, however, the place has far greater allure.

(photo by Lee Bey)Imagine the sensation Pride Cleaners must have caused in 1959 when it roared up the northwest corner of 79th and St. Lawrence in the otherwise architecturally-traditional Chatham community.

(photo by Lee Bey)The light at 87th and Lafayette caught me yesterday evening while I was out scouting architecture shots.Within an instant of the light turning red, a handful of teenagers--both boys and girls--in costume and carrying a donation bucket, dashed onto the roadway and broke int

(photo by Lee Bey) The tacked-on banner above the entry vestibule of the Soul Queen restaurant reads "We're Open!"But they are not.‚  And they won't be again.

The weekend (March 27th) brings the‚ 124th anniversary of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's birth. And we mark it with one of the more‚ obscure chapters in the great architect's life:‚  the time when a suburban business woman with an overactive imagination, an Edward G.

(photo by Lee Bey) The south/southwest Loop has gotten a few sharp-looking buildings as of late.