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We’re writing with some news: We’ve closed up shop at Curbed Chicago for the time being. So, we’re leaving our homepage curated with our some of our best and most resourceful stories ...
A luxury developer sets its sights on renovating the neighborhood’s historic buildings and residents are worried about what that means for them.
Chicago Urban Planning on Curbed ChicagoGarfield Green housing project, winner of global design competition, moves ahead C40’s Reinventing Cities contest asked for green development projects ...
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a weekly column that explores what you can buy for a specific dollar amount in various Chicago ‘hoods. We found five homes at or around today’s price of $775,000 ...
Chicago’s 10 most senseless demolitions, mapped From groundbreaking early skyscrapers to sprawling rail terminals ...
12 modernist buildings every Chicagoan should know Steel-and-glass midcentury masterpieces by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and other visionaries ...
This three-bedroom, three-bathroom isn’t your typical Printer’s Row loft. Its owners—Chicago designers Cindy Coleman and Neil Frankel—crafted the minimalist, almost gallery-like space by ...
The visionary project could use West Loop TIF funds, according to Alderman Burnett.
The new year is here and promises to be a big one for the future of Chicago’s built environment. In 2020, a number of major projects are on the horizon. Expect grand unveilings, significant ...
In 1925, when Union Station opened nearly two decades after it was proposed, the Chicago Tribune wrote: “In respect to both architecture and utility, the new station is one of the most ...
Since its humble beginnings as a reading room inside a repurposed water tower tank in 1873, the Chicago Public Library system has sprouted 81 branches. Throughout its history, the CPL has occupied ...
10 historic Chicago bridges to know 100-year-old steel bridges, a Frank Gehry design, and Japanese footbridges ...