Author: Leslie

By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 “Draw what you see,” said Wayne Galasek to the third-graders of Aerial Community Academy. “It could be those words up on the side of…

Hello, Everyone - In typical Chicago fashion, we have gone from a cold spring to the height of summer heat, with nary a stop in between. Just the kind of…

By Emily Clott, Class of 2012 It will be news to exactly no one that Paris is one of the world’s most heralded cities. Poets, artists, and musicians are drawn…

By Jack Kremers, Class of 2013 In the 1940s, the Keck brothers, architects, combined the international modern style with the American vernacular stick, prairie, and shingle styles. They did this…

Barry Bruckner, 1999 As a group of 11 Urban Planners and Land Developers from Toronto, we went on the Historic Skyscrapers tour and couldn’t have been more pleased. Barry was…

Did you ever stop and think that if The Chicago Fire had occurred on April 13, 1992, we wouldn’t have had the great fire. Why?          …

Sylvia Dunbeck, Class of 1987 “This is my contribution to modern architecture,” so said Frank Lloyd Wright when speaking of his Unity Temple. Closed since 2015 for restoration, preparations are…

By Barbara Puechler, Class of 2006 Bronzeville docents can soon include mention of cemeteries during their tour. Cemeteries are already featured on several CAF tours, examples being Graceland, Rosehill, Lake…

By David Gottlieb, Class of 2011 Which of these statements are true? 1) The Congress Plaza Hotel was originally known as the Auditorium Annex Hotel. 2) When the first section…

By Barbara Puechler, Class of 2006 The Willis Tower, that icon of Modernism on South Wacker Drive, is scheduled for something of a makeover. The $20 million expansion of the…