Open ArchitectureChi
@oacchicago
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Open Architecture Chicago is dedicated to the pursuit of advocacy and social change through the built environment.
Chicago, Illinois
Joined April 2011
CST's Neil Steinberg visits with architect Ray Hartshorne, and reminds us that if you're falling for the doomporners "Chicago is dead" hyping very real problems like last week's flashmobs, take a walk over to North Union or Fulton Market. (Or Navy Pier) https://t.co/XkN5ndBG6v
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Check out Paola D. Aguirre in Open Media New Research Podcast! https://t.co/63usCU5MT2
open.spotify.com
The Research Forum · Episode
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In 2012, David Schalliol (@metroblossom) photographed one hundred Chicago buildings destined to be demolished. Ten years later, he returned to document what had changed at each of those building sites. https://t.co/tMvgt85wnB
mascontext.com
In 2012, David Schalliol photographed one hundred Chicago buildings destined to be demolished. Ten years later, he returned to document what had changed…
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Amanda Williams, Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative and Terra Firma invited volunteers to plant 100,000 tulip bulbs in the Chicago neighborhood of Washington Park on the corner of 53rd and Prairie Ave. We cannot wait to see all the tulips in bloom next spring!
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What are the various ways we can re-imagine the value and opportunities for vacant lots on the south side?
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Invest South/West still has much to prove: Crain's Daily Gist podcast
chicagobusiness.com
Crain’s commercial real estate reporter Danny Ecker talks with host Amy Guth about the Invest South/West initiative and where it stands nearly three years in.
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We're so excited to announce Chicago-based collective Floating Museum as our Artistic Directors for our fifth edition of Chicago Architecture Biennial!
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Chicago-area business Oak & Heir refinishes dining room tables, chairs, buffets, credenzas, and other family heirlooms into modern, custom furniture.
abc7chicago.com
Oak & Heir reinvents antique furniture and family heirlooms. It's founder, Chanelle Moragne, is also reinventing herself as business owner who is also a single mom.
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Juan Gabriel Moreno is president and founder of his own Chicago-based architecture firm, JGMA, which describes itself as “a progressive architecture and design practice committed to active community involvement and the enrichment of peoples’ lives.” https://t.co/h8sT79omhe
hispanicexecutive.com
Juan Gabriel Moreno and his Latino-led team of builders are working on a pioneering project that will support and inspire the community they call home
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Check out this interactive map celebrating public art and muralist. https://t.co/CTTUfUPiew
chicago.suntimes.com
A Sun-Times series aims to capture, catalog and celebrate the beauty of our streets.
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CAB's InDialogue Series presents by Hindman Auctions, with 2021 CAB essayist Elleza Kelley and 2021 CAB contributor Isabel Strauss of Riff Studio LLC, and moderated by The Available City curatorial fellow, Lauren Speigel. https://t.co/yNdMadU7Xi
#chicagoarchitecturebienniel
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OACChicago's Poetic Platforms 2021 - Marquette Park
openarchchicago.org
Poetic Platforms is a Three-part PopUp Series OACChicago's Poetic Platforms. Play. Create. Connect. Amplify is partnering with Chicago Park District Night Out in the Parks and others to encourage the...
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Poetic Platforms. Play. Create. Connect. Amplify. Poetic Platforms foster cross-cultural connection and collective healing through pop-ups in underutilized spaces and parks. Marquette Park Saturday, 6.26.21; 11- 3pm 6743 S. Kedzie Ave. Chicago, IL 60629
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Poetic Platforms Three Saturdays, Three Pop-Up Events, First POP-UP: This Saturday, October 3rd at Butttercup Park, 12-4PM Next Week: October 10 Dorchester Community Garden,12-4PM Final Pop-Up: Oct 17 Ping Tom Memorial Park 12-4PM Updates to follow #PoeticPlatforms #OACCHIPP
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Four thought leaders examined trends they thought are the future of American communities – immigration, religion, civic engagement and quality of life. They wrote the following essays: https://t.co/RZANJ1w5wy
legacy.knightfoundation.org
How Immigration, Faith, Neighborhoods and Quality of Life are Changing Across the Nation As a new decade dawns, the American…
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Most cities and towns in North America are functionally insolvent. This is not hyperbole. It comes down to a simple question: Is new development producing enough wealth to fund the long-term maintenance of its own infrastructure... https://t.co/vW0S52DctF
marketwatch.com
Elected officials fail to ask whether a new development producing enough wealth to fund the long-term maintenance of its own infrastructure—let alone public safety and other government services.
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It is coming Spring/Summer 2020! #Douglass18 Haman Cross, Eric Hotchkiss, Ife Williams, the Chicago Park District, Firehouse Community Arts Center, Professor David Brown- UIC School of Architecture, LL Bean, the Trust for Public Land and OAC Chicago. https://t.co/wnF7R1WfSm
blockclubchicago.org
THE LOOP — If you think of the Pedway, Chicago's navigational-defying network of underground tunnels, as the Upside-Down, then it makes a weird kind of
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