Fort Wayne…Modeled after Fort Dearborn?
by Maurice Champagne, class of 2004 Photographs from the author Fort Dearborn Docents starting a tour from the CAC typically comment on Fort Dearborn. Metal markers on the pavement at…
Above the Beach – American Cemetery, Normandy
By Burt Michaels, class of 2019 Photographs by the author For the second time in as many months, I found myself at a place meant to honor the dead, guiltily…
Business is back!
by Deb Rodak, CAC Director of Tourism Sales As you can see from the attached chart, our tourism business is back. It is not just improved from last year but…
AIA Needs You in First Round People’s Choice Awards Judging!
Dear CAC Docents and Volunteers. Greetings from the AIA Chicago, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects. AIA Chicago and the Chicago Architecture Center are proud to present…
Cole Christian: Soul of an Artist
by Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 This article is a bit late – Cole already has made himself welcome at Chicago Architecture Center for a couple of months, and many…
SHORT TALES – JULY, 2023
All four of these Short Tales evoke strong emotional feelings – comfort, excitement, discouragement, and delight. Diane Wagner, 2005, reminds us that sometimes we provide much more than a building…
It’s Art, Not Walmart
Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. By Brent Hoffmann, 2005 & Susan Robertson, 2009 Photographs by the authors Alice Walton, daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, scoured the…
Monical Wilczak, Chief Advancement Officer
Monica Wilczak, Voice for Docents and Volunteers
by Emily Clott, Class of 2012 Eleanor Gorski, CAC’s new President and CEO, has made change the order of the day. She has been deliberate and thoughtful in re-structuring the…
Chicago is a Pritzker Kind of Town
by Ron Becker, Class of 2019 Beginning in 1979, Chicago’s Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy began to award an annual prize to living architects. The award, funded through…
Book Review: Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan
by Kathy Krepps, Class of 2017 Commemorating Willis Tower’s 50 year milestone includes honoring the innovative engineer who came up with the structural form that defined what was then known…
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