By Bill Coffin, Class of 2004 Tour Director, Art Deco Skyscrapers: Downtown and Art Deco Skyscrapers: Riverfront How did a largely forgotten safe deposit company come to own the Chicago…
Mari-Pat Boughner, 2004 Hello. The Group Sales Department got a call this week to compliment Mari-Pat Boughner on her River Cruise. This was a group of librarians in town for…
By Leslie Clark Lewis, Class of 2009 If you missed it, click here to see WGN’s Ana Belaval interview our own Lance Friedman, 2012, and Chicago’s First Lady Captain Tom,…
By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 “The best advice I ever got about leading a tour came from Ralph Johnson,” said docent Constance Rajala. Johnson, designer of the Boeing Building,…
By Barbara Puechler, Class of 2005 202 and 220 South State Street have new owners. The price tag? Reports are that the agreed price is $10.38 million with an expected summer…
By Lynn Hensel, Class of 2010 Larry and I had the privilege of visiting Myanmar this past winter. It is a land of pagodas and Buddha’s images, rice fields and…
By Bill Coffin, Class of 2004 Tour Director, Art Deco Skyscrapers: Downtown and Art Deco Skyscrapers: Riverfront How did the Chicago Board of Trade Building come to be located at…
Hello, Everyone – No summer doldrums around CAF. We have had good tour numbers and intend to keep it up for the second half of our season. Meanwhile, let me…
Greetings fellow volunteers, This month I want to welcome our newest group of volunteers! As of Sunday, June 25, 2017, we now have a total of 154 VEVs! Sixteen new…
By Bill Shapiro, Class of 2000 The postwar suburbanization of metropolitan centers like Chicago transformed urban and architectural design in the 20th century. An excellent example is west Wilmette, where…