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Millennium Park: how landscape, art and transport share one downtown site
Millennium Park turns a complicated urban site into a sequence of places for art, gardens and performance.
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Explore the neighborhoods, public spaces and buildings of Chicago through 9 articles.
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Chicago Cultural Center: reading a former public library through its rooms
The Cultural Center’s richly decorated rooms preserve the ambitions of a public library and a Civil War memorial within one building.
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Chicago Riverwalk: following the river below the street
Chicago’s Riverwalk creates a second pedestrian level where bridges, river traffic and downtown buildings are seen from below.
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Rookery Building: why a light court matters in an office building
The Rookery’s light court exposes a central challenge of early tall offices: bringing daylight and circulation into a deep building.
Pullman Chicago: reading a planned industrial neighborhood
Pullman’s houses and factory buildings connect urban design to labor conflict, racial exclusion and the question of who controlled a company town.
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Maxwell Street Market: a market whose history is larger than its present location
Maxwell Street Market’s identity comes from generations of trade and music, not from one unchanging footprint.
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Daley Plaza: how a civic plaza frames public art
The sculpture in Daley Plaza changes meaning as it is seen against a civic building, open pavement and the movement of downtown Chicago.
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Pilsen Chicago: murals, streets and the limits of a quick neighborhood visit
Pilsen’s murals belong to a neighborhood of institutions, homes and businesses, and their meanings extend beyond a photograph.
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Marquette Building Chicago: finding architectural stories at street level
The Marquette Building connects the repeated windows of an early office tower with a richly interpreted entrance.