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Chicago Torture Justice Memorials is pushing ahead to create a site of remembrance for Burge victims | Art Feature | Chicago Reader m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/…
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Who needs to go to Venice to see an architecture show that envisions the shape of tomorrow? That show is now on view in Chicago. Next column: chicagotribune.com/news/colu…
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You know the grand narratives of Chicago architecture—birthplace of the skyscraper, the city that makes no little plans. The third Chicago Architecture Biennial promises something else: a look at Chicago stories that have been shoved out of the spotlight. bit.ly/2GFqXpB
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Stanley Tigerman announced that Archeworks, the public interest architecture laboratory and postgraduate training center he founded in 1993, is probably going to close. chicagoreader.com/chicago/st…
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Architects, artists reimagine the possibilities of design with 'Dimensions of Citizenship' at @659Wrightwood. to.wttw.com/2HhrjEc
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It was a haven for African American intellectuals, performers, and members of the middle class - learn more at to.wttw.com/2XIyFWg
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ALT African American bathers on the beach
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Hear about diversity in urban planning from BlackSpace members Chris Rice and Justin Moore on this episode of #HallPassBreak.
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#blackurbanists #blackindesign #blackspace
In blow to Obama Presidential Center backers, judge allows lawsuit challenging Chicago's Jackson Park location to proceed - Chicago Tribune chicagotribune.com/news/obam…
New York City to Ban Discrimination Based on Hair - The New York Times nytimes.com/2019/02/18/style…
The Fight to Make the South Shore Cultural Center a Palace for the People southsideweekly.com/a-palace…
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"Thrival Geographies," an "intervention" in the courtyard of the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, stands in for the level of the citizen, and its metal frame and braids that reach beyond the courthouse symbolize the ongoing fight for the rights of one.
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Tickets for Dimensions of Citizenship and Tadao Ando: Architect will be available online starting Monday, February 18th at 10am! Both exhibitions open on Thursday, February 28th and will be on view at @659Wrightwood through April 27th. We hope to see you soon!
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COLUMN: The concept of utopia, for us, conjures up images of children who think sleeping under the stars is safe. For whom laughter is the prevailing noise, @natalieymoore writes.
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Reminder that fair housing testing origins come from when Martin Luther King fought for fair housing in Chicago. Press play to hear the archival tape in my piece.
wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/the… – at Chicago, IL
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On display From February 15 through April 27, 2019, Dimensions of Citizenship is the second public exhibition at Wrightwood 659, a new space devoted to exhibitions of architecture and socially engaged art made possible by Alphawood Foundation. @archpaper
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DIMENSIONS OF CITIZENSHIP: ARCHITECTURE AND BELONGING FROM THE BODY TO THE COSMOS alphawoodfoundation.org/news…
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We're excited to share that Dimensions of Citizenship will travel to the US after closing at #BiennaleArchitettura2018. The exhibition opens on February 15 @Wrightwood659: a new space for socially engaged architecture and art. bit.ly/2QxIupa
How Chicago's South Loop and West Loop developed chicagobusiness.com/real-est…
Furniture From Closed CPS Schools Ends Up In Surprising Places | WBEZ wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/fur…
Wayman AME Church site near Cabrini-Green sold - Residential News - Crain's Chicago Business chicagobusiness.com/realesta…