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		<title>Open House Chicago is Back!</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/09/06/open-house-chicago-is-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay folks, I admit it. I haven't blogged in ages. It's just that I've been too darn busy helping to plan Chicago's coolest event. That's right -- Open House Chicago 2012 (OHC)! And I thought you might want to know that the all NEW OHC website is now live! Visit www.openhousechicago.org to check it out for yourselves.

150 cool places. 48 hours. Go.

The Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Open House Chicago is a free public event that offers behind-the-scenes access to over 150 buildings across Chicago. No reservations are required and everyone is welcome. Explore the hidden gems and architectural treasures of Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods -- all for free.

visit www.openhousechicago.org for more information. ]]></description>
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		<title>SKYLINES &#8212; So Long Santa Fe</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/06/27/skylines-so-long-santa-fe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decades old "Santa Fe" sign adorning the top of the Santa Fe Building (otherwise known as the Railway Exchange Building) at 224 S. Michigan Avenue was removed yesterday. It was as a nice reminder of the many railroad companies that once held their offices in the 1904 Burnham and Company building. Coming in its place? A Motorola Solutions sign is on its way. 

View some recent photos from a rarely seen perspective of the sign at blueprintchicago.org.]]></description>
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		<title>SKYLINES &#8212; Lacy Spring</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/05/13/skylines-lacy-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 21:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few springtime photos for you while I finally get around to actually writing something . . . coming soon (I hope!) . . .

Best,

Caroline]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Mies!</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/03/27/happy-birthday-to-mies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/03/27/happy-birthday-to-mies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mies van der Rohe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MISC.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's Mies van der Rohe's 126th Birthday! Celebrate Chicago's favorite architect through some photos of the Farnsworth House and a very short and "Rocking" video homage to the man himself. 

All this and more found at blueprintchicago.org!]]></description>
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		<title>SKYLINES &#8212; A Red Addition to Ping Tom Park</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/02/05/skylines-a-red-addition-to-ping-tom-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SKYLINES]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Chicago photo for you . . .]]></description>
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		<title>word of the week: PINNACLE</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/02/02/word-of-the-week-pinnacle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WORD OF THE WEEK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PINNACLE: a subordinate vertical structure terminating in a decorative pyramid or spire. Most often found crowning gothic buildings.

To see an example of some pinnacles in Chicago -- and crockets and finials too! -- visit BLUEPRINT:Chicago!]]></description>
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		<title>The Sears, Roebuck and Co. Complex, North Lawndale</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/01/23/the-sears-roebuck-co-complex-north-lawndale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/01/23/the-sears-roebuck-co-complex-north-lawndale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nimmons & Fellows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When we think of the Sears Tower, the building that inevitably comes to mind is what was once the world’s tallest tower in downtown Chicago when completed in 1973. However, maybe instead we should think of North Lawndale’s tower -- the original Sears Tower. When completed in 1906 it was the centerpiece of the world’s largest commercial building, a fitting home for what would later become the “World’s Largest Store”.

To learn all about this little-known surviving complex of buildings in North Lawndale so rich in history, visit BLUEPRINTchicago.org.]]></description>
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		<title>SKYLINES &#8212; The World Without Us</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/01/21/skylines-the-world-without-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SKYLINES]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of Chicago photos for your viewing pleasure . . . ]]></description>
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		<title>The Poetry Foundation</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2011/11/22/the-poetry-foundation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2011/11/22/the-poetry-foundation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ronan, John]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Estranged Readers,

It has been a long time since I've checked in with you due to my work on OHC 2011 (hope you enjoyed yourselves on your architectural explorations?). Not wanting you to think that I forgot about you completely, I'm going to try to post intermittently while embarking on OHC 2012. What better building to start with than the Poetry Foundation -- my favorite piece of contemporary architecture in Chicago.

It begins . . .

John Ronan’s richly layered design for the Poetry Foundation visually reflects poetic verse. Thoughtfully, rooms connect through various levels of transparency, and planes of space float effortlessly together. Zinc window mullions form the building’s meter, which is repeated across its perforated shell. Like a poem, a walk through the building is a process of discovery . . .

Read more at www.blueprintchicago.org.

Happy Reading and Happy Thanksgiving!

Best,

Caroline]]></description>
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		<title>SKYLINES &#8212; For Christo</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2011/11/06/skylines-for-christo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2011/11/06/skylines-for-christo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SKYLINES]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[a Chicago photo for your viewing pleasure -- Christo style!

Yours truly,

Caroline]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Ready for openhousechicago?</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2011/10/11/are-you-ready-for-openhousechicago/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2011/10/11/are-you-ready-for-openhousechicago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MISC.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.

Learn more by visiting www.blueprintchicago.org . . .]]></description>
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		<title>SKYLINES &#8212; The Original Sears Tower</title>
		<link>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2011/05/06/skylines-the-original-sears-tower/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2011/05/06/skylines-the-original-sears-tower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 02:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline Nye Stevens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SKYLINES]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When we think of the Sears Tower, a soaring glass and steel skyscraper comes to mind - today called the Willis Tower. But the original Sears Tower is not found downtown but rather in North Lawndale. The tower was once attached to a huge sprawling complex where Sears Roebuck &#038; Company printed their catalogs and filled their orders. Today only the tower remains.

To see an interior photo of the old Sears Tower visit BLUEPRINT: Chicago!

And sorry about how I've been posting so infrequently these days. I'll get back into the swing of things soon -- BLUEPRINT isn't going anywhere!]]></description>
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