These are days of rage for Tribune architecture critics and their readers. Today, Blair Kamen and Patrick T. Reardon released their list of candidates for Ugliest Building in Chicagoland (Outside the Loop) and have asked readers to vote for the region’s all-out fugliest. They admit the list is unscientific and there’s much more bad design to go around. Thanks to masses of commuters, the rickety Roosevelt Road Metra station seemed destined to be the reader... more ›

Looking for an excuse to use that new digicam? Love where you live and wish everybody else knew how amazing your neighborhood is? Or your block? Or your house? The purveyors of Turn Here want to hear from you. The recently founded site aims to chronicle every “hot” neighborhood in the country, a project promising to be overwhelmed by hip kids and realtors. Chicago’s two entries so far—from Wicker Park and the Gold Coast—chalk up... more ›