Are You Ready for openhousechicago?

Park Gables, Rogers Park (CNS, 2011)

You haven’t heard from me in a long time because I’ve been busy  helping organize the coolest event this city has ever seen: openhousechicago 2011. The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) is ready for openhousechicago this weekend (Oct. 15th and 16th), are you?

Organized by the CAF, openhousechicago (OHC) is a FREE weekend festival (Oct. 15th and 16th) giving people a backstage pass to over 100 great places and spaces across Chicago. Sites range from the original Sears Tower in North Lawndale, Louis Armstrong’s Sunset Cafe in Bronzeville, the nation’s first organic rooftop farm in Rogers Park, to the basement of the Chicago Cultural Center and rooftop garden of Lake Point Tower  . . . and much more.

Build your own OHC itinerary, sort and map OHC sites according to your interests by visiting myitinerary.openhousechicago.org (mobile-friendly). Make sure you have all the tips and tools you need for an awesome OHC exploration by visiting www.openhousechicago.org. Oh! And be sure to pick up a printed OHC guide in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday.

So . . . what OHC sites and neighborhoods are you planning on visiting this weekend?