Lee Bey
Architecture Columnist and Editorial Board Member
Bey, the only architecture critic for a major newspaper in the Midwest, is the author of the well-received book “Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side” and was the Emmy-nominated host of the WTTW special “Building Blocks: The Architecture of Chicago’s South Side.” Bey returned to the Sun-Times as an editorial writer in 2019. He previously held several positions in organizations involved in planning, development and architecture, and was also deputy chief of staff for architecture and urban planning in the administration of Mayor Richard M. Daley. Bey is now working on a book about architecture on the West Side. He lives in an 1893 rowhouse in Chicago’s historic Pullman community.
Built in 1975, the building was designed by noted Chicago architect Harry Weese. Village officials seek new space for employees and cops.
Adjaye, a celebrated architect who had been attached to an Old Town redevelopment project, was once called a genius by Barack Obama.
The futuristic exhibition home from Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair is being readied for repairs via a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior.
If you run across midcentury images of signature Chicago buildings, it’s likely Cabanban was behind the lens.
Architecture critic Lee Bey asks: Do the changes give Chicago a winning hand?
Plans call for Baxter’s architecturally significant Deerfield campus to be replaced by a warehouse facility. That would be a massive case of architectural heartbreak of the first order, architecture critic Lee Bey writes.
If the Greyhound station is sold and not replaced, Chicago would become the largest U.S. metropolis without an intercity bus terminal, Lee Bey writes.
Chicago needs a major, permanent fairground and outdoor performance venue. Why not build one at South Works? Now to get U.S. Steel, and maybe the next mayor, to agree.
Playground animal figures designed by artist Edgar Miller to be restored and returned to the former Jane Addams Homes.