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By Lisa Ciota, Class of 2020, Education Guide First, a great big “THANK YOU” goes out to the Docent and Volunteer community for participating in the June 2023 Bridge User…

Swifties and Nascar and Lolla – oh my! A lot is going on in the streets of Chicago! I hope everyone has been enjoying tours on the streets and the…

By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 “In the 1980s, I’d taken a tour offered by the Archicenter, as CAC’s predecessor was then called,” Marcia explained.  “I immediately knew that this…

by Maurice Champagne, class of 2004 Photographs from the author Fort Dearborn Docents starting a tour from the CAC typically comment on Fort Dearborn.  Metal markers on the pavement at…

By Burt Michaels, class of 2019 Photographs by the author For the second time in as many months, I found myself at a place meant to honor the dead, guiltily…

Street Art All around Chicago, in its buildings, bridges and train stations, we can find art.  Whether it is a mural that was commissioned , or graffiti created without permission,…

Docent Council's July/August meeting was held Monday, July 24, 2023.  This was our first hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting, and a good number of regular attendees and guests from the Class of…

Jim Bartholomew 2008 or Jim Javorcic 1999 River Cruise, July 2023 Jim, our tour guide gave us so much fabulous information about architecture and Chicago history! The 90 mile minute…

by Ellen Shubart, Class of 2006 This article is a bit late – Cole already has made himself welcome at Chicago Architecture Center for a couple of months, and many…

All four of these Short Tales evoke strong emotional feelings – comfort, excitement, discouragement, and delight. Diane Wagner, 2005, reminds us that sometimes we provide much more than a building…