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by Greg Dreyer, class of 2007 Photos by the author It all started with an article my cousin sent me titled, “On the Bauhaus Trail in Germany,” by Charly Wilder…

Open House Chicago Correction: Please note that in the linked photo array, the headshot labeled 'Marisol Kelly' is actually Nancy Schwab. The editors regret the error. The second weekend in…

By Ron Becker, Class of 2019 Edwin Hill Clark might be called an accidental architect. He trained at Yale, taking courses in chemistry, in order to assume a position in…

Leslie Clark Lewis, Class of 2009 Photos by the author unless noted Earlier this year, while waiting for a meeting to start on the 13th floor at 111, I watched…

Docent Council held a hybrid meeting on October 3. Lori Nelson presided because Ross Wirth could not attend. Ed McDevitt took the minutes because John Schneider was also unable to…

By Brent Hoffmann, 2005 “My route to becoming a CAC docent was the confluence of many factors,” said Ron Becker.  “I had free time since retiring from a 47-year career…

By Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 Her new job, she says, is just right. She’s landed at a workplace that’s between large corporations and small nonprofits –the “happy middle ground,”…

Jim Bartholomew 2008 or Jim Javorcic 1999 River Cruise, September 2023 The Chicago Architecture Center, boat tour was the highlight of our time in your beautiful city. This was our first…

By Steve Redfield, Class of 2019 “Don’t talk about what you can’t see,” they tell us. Maybe good advice for tours, but many things we don’t see make our city…

All Aboard! I’ve always been a fan of trains, maybe due to growing up in New Jersey and taking train into New York City fairly often.  The stations (and sometimes…