Our previous post highlighted several important Black architects with work and careers in Chicago. This week, we add Black architects who have worked across the country and internationally. The resources…
By Ed McDevitt, Class of 2010 According to CPL‘s own history, after the Great Fire and the donation of 8,000 books by Queen Victoria and the English people, Illinois passed…
Next year – 2021 – will mark the 50th anniversary of the first Chicago Architecture Foundation/Center docent class. We plan to celebrate this anniversary through a series of virtual programs next…
By Lisa Ciota, Education Guide Editor's note: Lisa's story originally appeared in CAC@Home. Docents and volunteers contributed twenty stories to CAC@Home this season. In case you missed them the first…
Dear Docent Family, It is the time of year to give thanks, yet many of us are not feeling so thankful for 2020. What a bleak year. I know many…
Dear CAC Docents and Volunteers – In accordance with the state guidelines, the Chicago Architecture Center will remain closed through the end of year. Below you will find additional details.…
By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 One of CAC’s newest docents, Bob Pratt, has been educating us with postings about Walter Ahlschlager in The Bridge. In the second of his…
By Bob Pratt, Class of 2019 Six miles north of the Loop, the Uptown neighborhood around the intersection of Broadway and Lawrence has had its ups and downs. But in…
Dear Docents and Volunteers, It is hard to believe that we are now 8 months into this pandemic and the last time the staff and volunteers were in the office…
By Steve Redfield, Class of 2019 An important decision about landmark status for Pilsen is under consideration right now. This year marks the 50th anniversary that the first two buildings…