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GREEN ROOF ALERT! Who needs the suburbs when you have your yard in Printers Row?

Posted by ChicagoismynewBlog! on August 16, 2009

Check out this article from MetropolisMag.com!  Chicago designer Kevin Fox made the $60K investment to plant a major lawn on top of the building he occupies in Chicago’s Printers Row neighborhood.  Who needs that single family home out in the burbs when you can have a yard in downtown Chicago?  I’d get a kick out of watching him mow the yard.  Thank you to MetropolisMag.com for the story and pictures!

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Old Colony Building getting a bath for the first time in 200 years…

Posted by ChicagoismynewBlog! on May 31, 2009

A big thank you is needed for ArchitectureChicagoPLUS for its article and pictures on Chicago’s Old Colony Building.  I honestly thought the Old Colony Building was meant to be that dark black color but turns out, it’s actually a very light gray stone.  The difference between clean and unclean is disgusting, and I guess amazing all in one.  Take a look for yourselves!  I’ll have to take a trip down there to get a look in person.

What the Old Colony Building SHOULD look like...

What the Old Colony Building SHOULD look like…

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