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Open House Chicago Popularity Soars With Huge Increase During 2015 Event
A 2015 OHC visitor on Michigan Avenue planning the next location. The 2015 edition of Chicago’s annual architecture festival was more popular than ever. Open House Chicago, the October 17-18 event...
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Neo-Gothic Tribune Tower Anchors The South End Of Mag Mile
The New York architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood pocketed a nice prize—$50,000—in 1922 for their design of the Chicago Tribune’s iconic building at 435 N. Michigan Avenue. Today, the Tribune...
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A Vintage Model A Now Sits In The Mezzanine Of The Hampton Inn Michigan Avenue
When we last visited the former Chicago Motor Club (now a Hampton Inn) in April, a vintage Model A Ford was being hoisted up to the mezzanine level, a tribute to the building’s past life. If you enter...
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Chicago Loop Synagogue Offers Harried Workers A Haven For Quiet Reflection
Tucked in a compact space at 16 South Clark Street, you’ll find a modern, yet ornate, structure with an angular roof and a wild-looking sculpture bearing the biblical phrase from Numbers: THE LORD...
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Charnley-Persky House Is The Result Of A Collaboration Between Two Legendary...
Among the classic stately mansions you’ll find along the Gold Coast, one house stands out. The Charnley-Persky House at 1365 North Astor Street is noteworthy for both its symmetrical design and for...
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Once A Storefront, The Ukrainian Institute Of Modern Art Now Gives Artists An...
One of the best things about the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s annual Open House Chicago event is its variety. This week Chicago Architecture features two sites from the 2015 OHC that illustrate...
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Neo-Egyptian Reliefs Abound At Inter-Continental Chicago Hotel
Earlier this week, Chicago Architecture visited the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, one of the 200 locations featured during the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s 2015 Open House Chicago. Today, we...
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Final Stats Show Open House Chicago Scored Big With Visitors And Economic Impact
Earlier this month, Chicago Architecture reported on the huge success of this year’s edition of Open House Chicago. The Chicago Architecture Foundation just released additional details on attendance,...
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Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist Offers A Friendly Welcome To Visitors
Architects who design buildings for a city center must often contend with a lack of one thing that’s far more available in the suburbs. That precious commodity is space. And it becomes even more of a...
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Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral Stands Tall In Ukrainian Village
From nearly any vantage point in the Near West Side, you can spot one of the baker’s dozen of ornate spires atop Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral. The church is located just off of Chicago...
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Mies Stairway Is Focal Point Of The Arts Club Of Chicago
Climb the stairs from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor of the Arts Club of Chicago, and you’ll be walking on architectural history. It’s not any old flight of stairs–this one was rescued from the...
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Aon Center And Prudential Plaza Offer Great Views Of The Loop And Downtown
Prudential Plaza (left) and Aon Center. We end 2015 featuring a pair of venerable downtown buildings that offered visitors million dollar views during this year’s Open House Chicago, hosted by the...
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Your 10 Best Bets for Open House Chicago 2016
The Chicago Architecture Foundation’s annual Open House Chicago event happens this weekend (October 15-16, 2016). If you’re new to town, it’s a two-day event where dozens of the city’s interesting...
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Big List: Here’s What’s New For Open House Chicago 2018
Chicago’s architecture festival is back for another season, and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. 150 North Riverside (Photo by Eric Allix Rogers. Courtesy of the Chicago Architecture...
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Open House Chicago Sets Records, Strains Necks
If you were one of the 100,000 people who attended Open House Chicago earlier this month, congratulations! You were part of a record setting event. This is a photograph from the 2013 Open House...
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City Has a Bee In Its Bonnet Over West Side Apiary
If the only reason you go to the North Lawndale neighborhood is to see the original Sears Tower during Open House Chicago, then you might not be familiar with the North Lawndale Employment Network....
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10 Tips For Surviving Open House Chicago
Chicago’s premiere architecture event is just days away. And whether you’re a veteran of the views, or a newbie with a Nikon, there are plenty of things to keep in mind when embarking on this weekend...
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2019 Stats and 2020 Open House Chicago Dates Announced
Chicago’s premiere architecture event continues to grow. Numbers released by the Chicago Architecture Center show that 109,000 people attended last month’s Open House Chicago. The skyline during Open...
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Photos: A Look Back at Open House Chicago
If you were among the people who had to put a winter coat over your child’s Halloween costume when you went trick-or-treating, you might be pining for the halcyon days of mid-October already. To...
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OHC Photos: Wrigley Building
Small things can beget greatness. Look at the humble stick of chewing gum, which gave us the magnificent Wrigley Building. Jennifer Mishra of Wits End Photography got a chance to wander around the...
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OHC Photos: Museum of Science and Industry
There exists a scientific formula known as the Nike-Starbucks Coefficient. By comparing the amount of tread worn off of your sneakers with the amount of coffee consumed in mid-October, it’s possible to...
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A Little COVID Can’t Stop Open House Chicago
This morning we were watching Chicago Department of Health commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady on WGN-TV tell us that there’s a concerning upward trend in the number of COVID-19 cases in the city. It made...
View ArticleOpen House Chicago Now In Extended Play Mode
If the most recent University of Chicago Medicine TV ad hasn’t made you jump in front of a CTA bus yet, you may have taken that conveyance around town during Open House Chicago this week. If you...
View ArticleOpen House Chicago 2021 Is Officially A Thing
By now you know how we feel about the ‘rona-riffic world in which we live. We won’t editorialize this. You’re all adults and able to make your own decisions. Here’s the press release from the Chicago...
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Top 10 Picks for Open House Chicago 2021
With Chicago’s COVID positivity rate at about the same potency as three-two beer, you may be thinking about zipping off your Tyvek suit and sniffing around a perfect Autumn weekend in Chicago. If so,...
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