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By Lori Westerman, Class of 2006 “Mayor Daley foresaw the future for the public/private partnerships and made sure that neither politics not personalities would get in the way of getting…

Greetings fellow volunteers, What a big year this will be for all of us! 2018 has much in store for all CAF volunteers. The docents are busy reworking their tours…

By Lorie Westerman, Class of 2006 Recalling the controversy of the early 1970’s, “the opponents of the Illinois Center wanted things to stay the way they were and what were…

Cynthia Bates, 2016 I've taken much too long to express our appreciation of the River Cruise my husband and I took on August 5, starting at 2 p.m. We'd taken…

By Tom Carmichael, Class of 2007 For many tourists including myself, a trip to Italy is usually a trip to Rome and then north – Florence, Siena, Pisa, and Venice…

December is traditionally a month to look back and reflect on the past year, and I am enough of a traditionalist to abide by that theory, at least for purposes…

By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 Do you need examples of Project Fresh -- a program previewed at All-Docent Day -- to pump up your tours? Just tag along with…

by Emily Clott, Class of 2012, with apologies to Clement Moore ’Twas the night before moving and at CAF Every creature was stirring, from Lynne to the staff The boxes…

Chicago Architecture Foundation, 1966 Congratulations on your planned move to the first building I designed for Illinois Center, 111 E. Wacker Drive. You’ll find the flexible space, surrounded by plazas…

By Maurice Champagne, Class of 2004 In September of 2016 and again in March of 2017, Northwestern University opened two new buildings on the Evanston campus. In August 2017, I…