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By Rick Lightburn, Class of 2008 Architects have responded creatively to the challenge of planning a campus--not just a school or university, but corporate or other institutions. The Chicago area…

The year’s end simply opens is up to new beginnings—-new paths, new opportunities, new leases on life. Some of our docent colleagues have changed “careers” , changed their status with…

By Ed McDevitt, Class of 2010 The Great Chicago Fire of October 8, 1871. We talk about it on several of our tours, never mind at parties, and, possibly, randomly…

Cynthia Bates, 2016 As a long-time Chicago resident, I always recommend the Chicago Architecture River Cruise to out of town visitors. But I recently took it myself for the first…

By Lisa Ciota, Education Guide, Exhibit Host Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life. –Joseph Campbell Between meetings and mad dashes to the store to make…

By Adrienne Lieberman, Class of 2010 The Lake on Fire by Rosellen Brown I had to force myself to read slowly to fully savor this magnificent book. It’s the story of…

By Peter Mavrikos, Class of   2017 Amazon’s second headquarters are not coming to Chicago. They’ve chosen to split their HQ2 between New York and Virginia. But if you’ve been to…

Let me start my last letter of 2018 by confessing that I am sometimes intimidated by the blank sheet of paper that, each month, seems to be demanding me to…

By Sabra Goldman, Class of 2010 Union Station is considered to be one of the most historically significant passenger railroad stations in the nation for its planning and grand architectural design.…

By Bruce Moser, Class of 2001 The Michigan Avenue Street Wall is one of Chicago’s marvels---an ensemble of 50 mid and high-rise structures built between 1890 and 1930. CAC offers…