Completed in 1974 in Chicago, United States. The Chicago Federal Center, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1974, actually consists of three buildings which are arranged...
John C. Kluczynski Federal Building (Chicago, Ill.): Construction, 2nd phaseLudwigSchmidt, Garden & EriksonC. F. Murphy AssociatesA. EpsteinSons. Mies van der Rohe
104-year-old Chicago woman dies days after record-breaking skydive Dorothy Hoffner, a lifelong Chicagoan and centenarian who recently set a world record for being the oldest person to ever participate in a tandem skydive, has passed away just a week after her incredible jump. ...
And of course, the old Blackstone Hotel on Michigan Avenue is where a group of pols nominated Warren G. Harding as Republican candidate for president in 1920, which legend has it was where the “smoke filled room” phrase was coined. It’s no wonder “some people might call Chicago the ...
The historic building, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, used to be Chicago’s main federal post office. Once complete, the interior will be completely transformed into contemporary office and commercial spaces with amenities, such as a food hall, a 3-acre rooftop terrace, and publ...
Chicagoans have a pair of oldadagesabout the local climate. The first—“If you don’t like the weather, wait an hour and it will change”—may have something to do with the fact that temperature andprecipitation, borne byprairiewinds fromIowaor Minnesota, routinely collide with conditions gen...
Chicago couple revives company dating back to 1870s to make old-fashioned watches Holiday shoppers still out in force in Chicago area on day before Christmas Eve More Business News Weather Latest First Alert Weather Forecast First Alert Radar ...
David Adler, whose magnificent homes stud the shores of Chicago’s northern suburbs like priceless jewels, was a personal friend of Leola Armour. Such was the Armours’ respect for the architect, that when Adler presented them his designs for the Colonial-Federal style residence, they gave an ...
Why so much cash? Accardo, who was once Al Capone's bodyguard, had stashed it in his River Forest house, apparently for decades. Some of the money was so old--dating back to the Capone era--that the mobsters apparently feared it might no longer be accepted as legal currency. ...
In the interim, you can still find the crappy old design just beneath the new one. Icehendge? Chicago has a new Frank Gehry, and it's Like Nothing You've Seen [June 19, 2013]. A new reception desk at Chicago's landmark Inland Steel Building has a very distinctive footprint. ...