Blair Kamin

When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed what is now Jackson Park in 1871, they didn't just think of it as a park along Lake Michigan. They sought to...

Hello. I'd like to announce that I've changed my name. Blair Kamin was nice enough, but the newspaper business isn't the cash cow it used to be, so I've signed...

It's a classic Chicago contrast of destruction and regeneration, one that will come into sharp focus Monday as the Cubs play their home opener at historic Wrigley Field. A few...

Holy cow, architecture fans! From many of the east-facing guest rooms in the handsome new Hotel Zachary across the street from Wrigley Field, you can peer through a gap in...

With the character of the Chicago Riverwalk and millions of dollars in tourist revenue at stake, a behind-the-scenes battle has broken out over an ambitious plan to construct an aerial...

The #MeToo movement that sprung up after last October’s revelations about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has now hit the architecture field, with The New York Times reporting that five women...