What’s That Building? Ferrara Bakery
The shop has been owned by the same family for more than a century and is just one part of Chicago’s rich history of candy production.
What’s That Building?
Lots of Chicago-area buildings make you stop and ask: “What’s that building?” So, WBEZ’s Reset collects the stories behind them!
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What’s That Building? Chicago buildings housing migrants
Several of the city’s migrant shelters have distinguished histories, either because of their architecture or ties to noteworthy figures.
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What’s That Building? Prudential Plaza
Prudential stuck with its namesake high-rise in the Loop years after other corporations left their buildings. Now, the insurance company is leaving for a smaller office in the city — and taking its …
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What’s That Building? Schulze Bakery
The former home of Schulze Baking Company, and a succession of other breadmakers, has sat unused for two decades — and is likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.
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What’s That Building? The Gemini Giant
A beloved statue along Historic Route 66 was removed from its spot in front of a Wilmington, Ill., restaurant — but it will return to the town.
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What’s That Building? Northside Strangers Home Missionary Baptist Church
A coalition of former Cabrini-Green residents, entrepreneurs and preservationists wants to buy the building from its present owner and reopen it as Cabrini Art House.
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What’s That Building? Robert Franks Memorial
Now called the CYC Sidney Epstein Youth Center, 3415 W. 13th Place was established in 1930 as a memorial to Bobby Franks, who was brutally murdered at age 14.
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What’s That Building? Ferrara Bakery
The shop has been owned by the same family for more than a century and is just one part of Chicago’s rich history of candy production.
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What’s That Building? Prudential Plaza
Prudential stuck with its namesake high-rise in the Loop years after other corporations left their buildings. Now, the insurance company is leaving for a smaller office in the city — and taking its …
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What’s That Building? Chicago buildings housing migrants
Several of the city’s migrant shelters have distinguished histories, either because of their architecture or ties to noteworthy figures.
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What’s That Building? The real-life locations from ‘A Christmas Story’
Set in the 1930s, ‘A Christmas Story’ takes place in the fictitious town of Hohman. These are the real-life places in Hammond, Indiana that inspired the iconic holiday movie.
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What’s That Building? The Leaning Tower of Niles
The structure was originally the centerpiece of a 22-acre park built in the 1930s for workers of the Ilg Electrical Ventilation Company.
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What’s That Building? The Indian Village neighborhood
A cluster of apartment buildings in Kenwood have Native-inspired names and decorative schemes.
