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The Architectural Record profiles John Ronan's conversion of a 1930's Ann Arbor manufacturing plant into an open-space student center and gallery. Lots of pics.
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So apparently the whole "bolting-and-welding-in-the-new-west-leaf-thing" was more complicated than first thought. Originally, CTA traffic across the Lake Street bridge was to resume yesterday (Monday); it's been pushed back to tomorrow (Wednesday)
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The planters along Wacker had been allowed to become overgrown and unkempt. Appreciating unruly beauty, it was fine with me, but time comes all for things, and today was the day for ripping out the dying for winter's barren, with a forceful efficiency that was a little sad.
We've added a postscript covering recent events, new threats, and increased possibilities, to our own profile of Chicago's stunning Uptown Theatre. (photograph courtesy Andy Pierce)
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Author Robert Loerzel writes about volunteering at Open House Chicago's rare chance to see inside the Uptown Theatre, closed nearly half a century but still evoking massive interest (nearly 9,000 visitors) in its mystery and faded and endangered grandeur.
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Probably my favourite version. It's much less bombastic than Olivier's or Branagh's.
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So I got my $90 from Tr*mp, and as promised, gave it away to several candidates. Now i’m overwhelmed with texts from an army of politicians with whom I never even realized I was on a first name basis and who all gravely overestimate my financial condition.
Is Crain's Chicago Business without any fanfare easing into a 3x a month or even bi-weekly schedule for their print edition? No publication 10/19, 9/21, 8/3, 7/20. And does it really matter when you still get breaking news in daily email alerts?
Inauspicious beginning? Trib Editorial Board plumps Stadium Chicago's initial work: a striking Koi mural by Ryan Nova Katz, because Google workers will be able to see it. Promised next spring is Poetry Way in the alley south of the Chicago Theatre.
chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…
I should have stayed in the staging area, or staked out a spot along the route much earlier, because the Arts in the Dark parade, now returning to Columbus Drive, was packed. From what I could see, it was really cool, as were the spectators.
