Category Archives: Streeterville

The Neighborhood Files: Lincoln Park

Chicago is, perhaps more than most cities, a city of neighborhoods. From the broad boulevards of Lincoln Park to the arty avenues of Pilsen, each and every neighborhood in this city possesses its own distinct energy and unique charm. And each neighborhood is worth learning a little more about. So, every other week, we’ll be featuring another neighborhood on this section of the blog, and we’ll interview someone living in that neighborhood—Someone capable of giving us the inside scoop on their ‘hood!
This week CondoDomain sat down with Jenny Gelda and …

by Lindsey Anderson on August 19, 2011

The Poetry Foundation Finds a New Home in Streeterville

The celebrated Chicago architect, John Ronan, has recently finished constructing a building for The Poetry Foundation, located at the intersection of Dearborn and Superior.
The Poetry Foundation hired Ronan to design and build the new building in 2007 to work on the Foundation’s 22,000-square-foot administrative and performance space.
The building, which opened only a few weeks ago, is one of only three in the country dedicated solely to the appreciation of poetry.
“There aren’t buildings designed directly for poetry,” Ronan acknowledged, when asked about his creative process. “So the fun of it is, …

by Lindsey Anderson on August 10, 2011

Should Steeterville’s Prentice Women’s Hospital Be Destroyed?

Many Chicagoans interested in architecture and real estate already know that Northwestern University hopes to tear down the old Prentice Women’s Hospital in Streeterville. The hospital, which was designed by celebrated mid-century architect Bertrand Goldberg nearly fifty years ago.
Northwestern University purchased the building a few years ago, hoping to convert it into a modern research facility, and it quickly determined that the long corridors and low lines of the hospital would be unsuitable for such a facility.
But the hospital is an excellent example of mid-century architecture and modern design, and …

by Lindsey Anderson on July 22, 2011

Downtown Chicago Destroyed in Transformers Sequel

Those of you who haven’t seen Transformers: Dark of the Moon may not know that our fair city was recently the site of a Robot Apocalypse of pretty epic proportions.
In this latest installment of director Michael Bay’s Transformers saga, the evil Decepticons duke it out with the not-so-evil Autobots, and Chicago is torn apart in the process.
The robots seem to favor the busy boulevards of the Loop and the Near North, and they can be found stomping around Wacker Drive, Michigan Avenue, The Financial District, and Streeterville for most of …

by Lindsey Anderson on July 16, 2011

Navy Pier Renovations in the Works

According to Navy Pier, Incorporated,the non-profit firm that oversees all operations of Chicago’s most visited tourist attraction, the Pier is in need of a little work. Or maybe a lot of work.
Navy Pier, Inc. has announced plans to put more than $150 million dollars of renovations into the Pier. The renovations include the addition of a 150 room hotel to the east end of the Pier. They also include new construction and expansion on the Children’s Museum and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
On top of that, the plan calls for more …

by Lindsey Anderson on July 12, 2011

Streeterville Landmark Slated to Be Destroyed

The clean lines and curvilinear forms of the former Prentice Women’s Hospital, in Streeterville, are under attack.
The building, which most Chicagoans still refer to as the Prentice Women’s hospital, was designed and constructed by the renowned Chicago architect Bertrand Goldberg in 1975. Emblematic of Goldberg’s modernist style, the hospital features the curving lines and soft geometry that so often appears in his work.
Many Chicagoans believe the building to be an iconic part of the Streeterville landscape—and for good reason. The building is visible from Lake Michigan, and it can even …

by Lindsey Anderson on June 8, 2011
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