The Adler Planetarium is an Art Deco icon with a fascinating history.

Here are some highlights from a program I will give on December 6th about the impact of recreational changes on park landscapes.

The 1931 apartment tower at 4300 N. Marine Drive has a colorful history.

Please join me for a three-part Newberry Library Seminar to explore women’s contributions to Chicago history.

Boating has a long tradition in Chicago’s parks.

Please join me on July 21 as I lead tours during Art Institute’s first annual Block Party.

Please join me on a July 7th walking tour of Grant Park where we'll find glimpses of Paris in Chicago.

The colorful fairgrounds of A Century of Progress uplifted Chicagoans and had special meaning for my grandmother.

Now an upscale special event venue, Lincoln Park’s Café Brauer is a lovely Prairie style building that once housed one of Chicago’s most popular restaurants.

Here’s a sampling from the walking and bus tours I will be leading this year as part of Art Design Chicago.

Here are some highlights of the substantial contributions made by Chicago’s Jewish architects to the development of Modernism.

Chicago’s Deputy Director of Sustainability, Kathy Dickhut, and I will lead a Newberry Library seminar that explores the past, present, and future of three neighborhood areas in the city.