Someone clued in BP or the city about today's planned flash mob protest because when folks arrived at the BP Bridge they found it closed off and under guard by Millennium Park security. We asked the guard who ordered the bridge closed and he said he had no idea, he had simply received the assignment to do so. The plan had been to go onto the bridge and sit down under black umbrellas to show displeasure with BPs handling of its tragic Gulf Oil Spill. more ›

The debate over the Chicago Children's Museum plan to relocate to Grant Park has escalated since Monday’s neighborhood meeting at Daley Bicentennial Plaza. There, museum officials introduced plans for a more sunken, environmentally friendly design adjacent to the Plaza. The Museum’s growth has been remarkable. Founded in 1982 in two Chicago Public Library hallways, it’s since moved three times, most recently to Navy Pier in 1995. Twelve years later, they’ve apparently outgrown that tourist magnet.... more ›

Since “Project Runway” didn’t start till nine; we decided to do something educational to pass the time. We traipsed our hot, sweating, rear-ends over to the Chicago Architecture Foundation to hear Meredith Mack, VP of Finance and Operations of the Art Institute, discuss its new addition. more ›

Chicagoist knows you dig architecture. And we also know that, sometimes, one heavyweight architectural event just isn't enough to scratch your architectural itches. Lucky for you, Millennium Park will be double-fisting it this evening with two high-profile architectural goings on: the awarding of the 2005 Pritzker Prize and the unveiling of the plans for the Art Institute of Chicago's new wing. We've told you a couple times about the Pritzker Prize, the architectural world's... more ›

Best know for designing major civic projects such as Chicago's Millennium Park; Bilbao, Spain's Guggenheim Museum and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, a suburban library seems like an odd project for perhaps the world's best known living architect. more ›