Come on down! To sweet home Chicago! Be a knotch on one of our many serial killers bed posts! What's that? Conspiracy theory? You mean that guy who spit on me at CCCorrections, wasn't really in for murderer; subsequently was let out to murder again? Okay sure.
Please more from Maestra Dossey! So clear, precise, informative, educational, and fun! The opposite of so many egghead architects who talk with such an aire of pretense that I cannot possibly pay attention. Dossey is fabulous. More, please.
Fascinating. I wish you would do future episodes with her inside some of the buildings. Let her spend some time focusing on the interiors, and how they've changed over the years.
As someone not from the US, I'd just like to say that NYC and LA hog the limelight. But this really inspires me to explore other cities, too. What lovely architecture and rich history. Thanks for sharing.
As a native Chicagoan, the Tribune Tower has always stuck out as my favorite building within our skyline (The John Hancock building being a close second). My godmother lived in a condo directly behind the Wrigley Building and that view will forever be framed in my mind. Glad to see our city get the respect it deserves as an architectural landmark!
Another point about Richard Driehaus that should have been mentioned was his enormous contribution to the fields of architecture and historic preservation particularly with the renowned global Driehaus Architecture Prize for contemporary traditional and classical architecture.
Also - next door to Nicherson and across the street are other historic buildings owned by Driehaus foundation included his personal/company office. It's "Driehaus Corner" in many ways, but we could only talk about one building. Richard was a true patron of Architecture and was beloved here in town. AIA Chicago gave him the Lifetime Achievement award and the Mayor of Chicago introduced him for the honor. His passing this past year has been a blow to the local Architecture community but also the profession. He was a legend. Thank you for mentioning his impact and cracking the door open for me to expand on him and his influence!
This is an example of TH-cam at its best. Entertaining and I learned some stuff. I've been to Chicago once as a visitor and dozens of times on business and I've seen some of these buildings in person, but even if I went back I'd not have learned as much as I did watching this.
This was a great overview of Chicago's River North architecture. One bit of trivia regarding The Merchandise Mart. The building is so big that it has its own city zip code. However, I can't believe you omitted Marina City, Bertrand Goldberg's masterpiece just north of the river or Tree Studios which were designed by the Parfitt Brothers and served as an artists' colony until the property values of River North pushed them out and were replaced by high-end retail.
Marina is on a previously released tour. Hope you check it out. Love the Tree Studios - along with several other gems in River North that just were not able to be included this time. I am sad "Design Within Reach" left Tree studios because they gave an amazing opportunity to see the inside the studios as well as the fine detailing on the exterior. the Champagne Bar remains.... I still can't believe how close those buildings came to being demolished.
@@lyndadossey I lived in River North for nine years and watched the neighbourhood change dramatically, as every vacant parking lot was transformed into a high-rise. I also remember the controversy over the preservation of Tree Studios. The outpost for Bloomingdales Home still occupies the former Masonic Temple, another architectural gem of Chicago's River North.
I´m an architect, we are all trained to love rational and modernist buildings, like the entries of Gropious, Le Corbusier and Mies, but the Tribune tower.... is just so gorgeous and is very easy to understand why people love that kind of unneceasry ornemant design more than the ´´honest'' ones we persuit, because is human, rich in complexity and enchanting
But Luciano, the public despises the 'rational and modernist' buildings your discipline has forced you to pursue. There is massive positive sentiment for bringing back some of the aesthetic traditions that modernist ideology forced us to reject, and this is supported by the cost savings of modern construction / fabrication methods. Modernism has enough adherents. Please, join the growing number of architects who are trying to fulfil the public need for the aesthetic principles that millenia of human experience has taught us is objectively desirable.
4:45 "So we are merging together architecture and structure in a moment but it's actually one big moment diagram of the forces" gotta love that word play
yes Please! This is just a micron of the architecture. We had to narrow what we were able to share. So definitely come and immerse yourself in all of the amazing buildings. Plus go inside many of them too! something our effort and schedule was not able to permit!
Both of the architects of the Hancock are both buried at Graceland Cemetery in Uptown Chicago- their monuments are both beautiful & it's free to visit- basically a park with better sculptures and an open air museum all in one
Cool to see some actually good looking architecture in America. I wish cities kept up the old pattern of development in newer areas too. This is so beautiful, more districts should get towers like these built there.
So this first building I see the bridge between the two buildings was a focus. I like how intricate and large scale this lighter building with the bridge is. It reminds me of Vegas.
The Tribune Tower is so unapologetically Gothic and I love it. You'd think that the relatively unadorned verticality would clash with the gothic buttresses and ornamentation near the top, but no. It feeds into it and makes those structures seem more significant in scale than they actually are. It's a fantastic bit of architecture and I really hope it's on a protected sites list already so idiots can't just tear it down in the future.
Great show, I've been a fan of architecture my whole life, mainly skyscrapers, but I love everything from a ranch house to the empire state building. Thank you.
The tower of the Wrigley Building was occupies. I worked for an architectural company (Puckey and Jenkins) that occupied the 21st floor (three floors under the clock). That firm was one of the first occupants of the building when it opened.
It's so strange and unusual that when I open a random video on TH-cam I see a bunch of flags of my country. At the same time it is very pleasant. Thank you very much for your support!
As a Midwesterner born in Chicago, I have seen all of these buildings and many more not on this tour. I have been in some of them. We moved to the south suburbs when I was five. My dad worked at RR Donnelly on Cermack. That is a wonderful building. So is the Art Institute, Prudential building.
Saw Merchandise Market in person for the first time a couple of weeks ago and WOW it is huge!!! I wish you would have elaborated on it having it's own zip code though, as the thumbnail insinuates.
I grew up in the 12302 zip code. I remember wondering who got 12345. I figured that was special and someone probably pulled some strings to get it. It also had to be fairly close to where we lived. It turned out to be the GE plant in Schenectady and this made complete sense. For those who have never seen it, the plant is enormous - it's like a city.
I very much enjoyed this video which touched on a bit of family and personal history. My great great Grandfather (Justice Peter Foote) was a child survivor of the Irish potato famine who after getting a degree from Fordham moved here to join the faculty of St. Mary of the Lake college which at the time had offices just West of the Water Tower. He edited The Monthly, the first Catholic magazine in the Midwest, read for the bar, added law to his career and was the 2nd Professor of Law at Notre Dame. He went on to become a judge in Chicago after the Illinois Constitution was revised in 1865 and practiced until his death. Both my mom and I worked for different employees in the Mart. I was in the Planning Division of the CTA which was in room 700 for a number of years until the CTA moved into its own building at 120 North Racine after the Chicago Flood. I wish some of the interiors of the buildings you described could have been somewhat covered. Perhaps that’s a different series.
Happy New Year 🎉🎊These past few days watching my portfolio decline is very disheartening. Holding doesn't really profit much, any idea how on how to earn better on the short run?
It's interesting that our tour guide neglected to mention, during the Drury House segment, the added tidbit that "The Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture (short: Driehaus Architecture Prize) was established in 2003 and doubled to $200,000 in 2008. It is presented annually through the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture to honor a major contributor in the field of traditional and New Classical architecture." "In his 2012 interview with architect and urbanist Michael Lykoudis, Driehaus gives his inspiration for establishing the prize: "I believe architecture should be of human scale, representational form, and individual expression that reflects a community's architectural heritage. There is a delight, proportion, and harmony in classical architecture that I wasn’t finding in the contemporary buildings coming up around me in Chicago." The Driehaus Prize is often compared to the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which typically encourages modern design." "Driehaus received the 2015 American Institute of Architects Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to architecture in Chicago and worldwide. The AIA noted his sponsorship of several design competitions which produced the IIT Campus Center, The Millennium Park Lurie Garden, and the Daniel Burnham Memorial, as well as the Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture. In 2012, Driehaus publicly opposed Frank Gehry's modernist design proposal for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial[35] and funded a lobby group to block it. Driehaus said of the proposed memorial, "Architecturally, it didn’t speak to me. We want something more representational," but he has also criticized the closed selection process." She glossed over one of the most opinionated laymen to have a major impact on her profession in these past few decades.
Thanks a ton Ms. Dossey, was very informative and helpful for people in far off places. This is easy to understand for people with very little knowledge about architecture and you have a very engaging way of talking. And lastly, your face and voice somehow remind me of Susan Sarandon :)
Several buildings in the US have their own zip codes, including the White House. USAA in San Antonio has had it’s own zip code when they moved to the current campus around 1980 and it’s still exclusive to the company.
Chicago has very interesting and beautiful high rise buildings! the last one is massive and great place for Christmas holidays light decor. would be very impressive
I used to work in a fairly modest-sized industrial building in Boulder, CO. It housed a magazine subscription business called Neo-Data. If I recall correctly it had 5 Zip Codes of its own, and it had its own US Postal Inspector. I ran a machine that put blurbs in thousands of envelopes per hour. I was not the only such machine operator.
Wrigley building and the buildings similar to it in that area are obviously older than 1920 and the tower had a purpose not a empty tower like the narrator said. A lot of hidden historical info out there
Ms. Lynda Dossey is a phenomenal host! Her enthusiasm and love for these buildings is infectious. More with her, please!
An endless supply of these Architectural Digest videos is all I need
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Come on down! To sweet home Chicago! Be a knotch on one of our many serial killers bed posts! What's that? Conspiracy theory? You mean that guy who spit on me at CCCorrections, wasn't really in for murderer; subsequently was let out to murder again? Okay sure.
Followed closely by water, food and shelter
I don't think yall could of found anyone more better for this series than her. I was really interested in all the info through out this tour.
You should check out Tours With Mike. He's a Chicago celebrity!
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Yeah, idk why but she has the perfect voice for this
She did a great job! Good at describing the architectural history as well as making it very interesting.
*could have
@@lptomtom the irony is that his name is Dave. Should've changed his name to Dof.
Please more from Maestra Dossey! So clear, precise, informative, educational, and fun! The opposite of so many egghead architects who talk with such an aire of pretense that I cannot possibly pay attention. Dossey is fabulous. More, please.
Love it when structure has a meaning. Thank you!
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Fascinating. I wish you would do future episodes with her inside some of the buildings.
Let her spend some time focusing on the interiors, and how they've changed over the years.
More Chicago content please. This video is fantastic
As someone not from the US, I'd just like to say that NYC and LA hog the limelight. But this really inspires me to explore other cities, too. What lovely architecture and rich history. Thanks for sharing.
As a native Chicagoan, the Tribune Tower has always stuck out as my favorite building within our skyline (The John Hancock building being a close second). My godmother lived in a condo directly behind the Wrigley Building and that view will forever be framed in my mind. Glad to see our city get the respect it deserves as an architectural landmark!
Fellow native here. It is amazing the things you were never aware of.
@@ilahildasissac1943 I agree! Chicago is so huge that you could live here your whole life and miss these beautiful little details 🥹
LOVE this series! Please do more walking tours (of more cities) AD ;)
Greeting
I really enjoy her walking tours
Pleeeease keep on feeding these videos . And she is doing a fabulous job showcasing it..
Thaaaank you.
Another point about Richard Driehaus that should have been mentioned was his enormous contribution to the fields of architecture and historic preservation particularly with the renowned global Driehaus Architecture Prize for contemporary traditional and classical architecture.
Greeting
Also - next door to Nicherson and across the street are other historic buildings owned by Driehaus foundation included his personal/company office. It's "Driehaus Corner" in many ways, but we could only talk about one building. Richard was a true patron of Architecture and was beloved here in town. AIA Chicago gave him the Lifetime Achievement award and the Mayor of Chicago introduced him for the honor. His passing this past year has been a blow to the local Architecture community but also the profession. He was a legend. Thank you for mentioning his impact and cracking the door open for me to expand on him and his influence!
This is an example of TH-cam at its best. Entertaining and I learned some stuff. I've been to Chicago once as a visitor and dozens of times on business and I've seen some of these buildings in person, but even if I went back I'd not have learned as much as I did watching this.
Please make more of these features with Lynda. Her passion for the history and art of the city makes these videos such a delight.
I used to work in the Wrigley Building I always appreciated how beautiful it is.
Love these videos, especially those set in Chicago. Hyde Park (with my alma mater, UChicago) would be a great neighborhood for AD to explore next!
Beverly also
Wonderful video. Chicago is such a beautiful city with so much to offer. Thanks so much for sharing. I hope you do more of these.
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Yes I love yuppies woke public officials who keep P.P.E. money who push criminal products from criminal entities like Pfizer
I love these tours so much. Would LOVE to see these all over but won't complain about a couple more Chicago/New York videos as well.
I’m always excited to see the John Hancock building, because my father helped build it. The Merchandise Mart was also owned by the Kennedy family.
What a treat, to hear from someone with such extensive knowledge. Lynda did a wonderful job!
This was a great overview of Chicago's River North architecture. One bit of trivia regarding The Merchandise Mart. The building is so big that it has its own city zip code. However, I can't believe you omitted Marina City, Bertrand Goldberg's masterpiece just north of the river or Tree Studios which were designed by the Parfitt Brothers and served as an artists' colony until the property values of River North pushed them out and were replaced by high-end retail.
Marina is on a previously released tour. Hope you check it out. Love the Tree Studios - along with several other gems in River North that just were not able to be included this time. I am sad "Design Within Reach" left Tree studios because they gave an amazing opportunity to see the inside the studios as well as the fine detailing on the exterior. the Champagne Bar remains.... I still can't believe how close those buildings came to being demolished.
@@lyndadossey I lived in River North for nine years and watched the neighbourhood change dramatically, as every vacant parking lot was transformed into a high-rise. I also remember the controversy over the preservation of Tree Studios. The outpost for Bloomingdales Home still occupies the former Masonic Temple, another architectural gem of Chicago's River North.
They should make a part 2
I´m an architect, we are all trained to love rational and modernist buildings, like the entries of Gropious, Le Corbusier and Mies, but the Tribune tower.... is just so gorgeous and is very easy to understand why people love that kind of unneceasry ornemant design more than the ´´honest'' ones we persuit, because is human, rich in complexity and enchanting
Trained to love is quite an interesting phrase
But Luciano, the public despises the 'rational and modernist' buildings your discipline has forced you to pursue. There is massive positive sentiment for bringing back some of the aesthetic traditions that modernist ideology forced us to reject, and this is supported by the cost savings of modern construction / fabrication methods. Modernism has enough adherents. Please, join the growing number of architects who are trying to fulfil the public need for the aesthetic principles that millenia of human experience has taught us is objectively desirable.
@@HTtwentyten Ur last phrase is on point, well said.
can you tell your coworkers to stop making ugly buildings?
you're actively being brainwashed (to think the current design is more "honest"), better fight against it
4:45 "So we are merging together architecture and structure in a moment but it's actually one big moment diagram of the forces" gotta love that word play
Love lynda and love this series! I can't wait to be back in Chicago to appreciate this architecture in person.
yes Please! This is just a micron of the architecture. We had to narrow what we were able to share. So definitely come and immerse yourself in all of the amazing buildings. Plus go inside many of them too! something our effort and schedule was not able to permit!
What a wonderfully articulate and well-spoken lady. Great video!
Another one!!! Could listen to her talk for hours - love her!!!
These videos somehow reduce my anxiety. Thank you!
the design at 2:09 looks remarkably modern by today's standards to have been designed in 1922
It's shockingly modern. Couldn't agree more.
Well it is a modernist architecture
Both of the architects of the Hancock are both buried at Graceland Cemetery in Uptown Chicago- their monuments are both beautiful & it's free to visit- basically a park with better sculptures and an open air museum all in one
I'm shocked she didn't mention the Merchandise Mart had it's own zip code until about 2008.
Another great River North building is the Woman’s Athletic Club. It’s spectacular inside and out.
What a wonderful tour. Chicago, though ive never been, seems absolutely astounding. What a magnificent city.
Yessss more Chicago!!!
The Graham Anderson photo was beautifully composed. Its soft everywhere but right in the middle of his face. Amazing use of depth of field.
1minute in and I already fell in love with her voice and the way she talks with so many nice infos.
This is fantastic. I love hearing expert architects explain these details. Thank you!
I used to live Downtown and drove past this building all the time… absolutely massive!
LOVE CHICAGO. Dont care what people SAY or WILL SAY!
Excellent, can you please show us the really juicy stuff, like the old, secret places in Chicago!
I love my city. Such a great history in the buildings.
The architecture of Chicago is second to none.
Cool to see some actually good looking architecture in America. I wish cities kept up the old pattern of development in newer areas too. This is so beautiful, more districts should get towers like these built there.
Loving this Chicago series! More please!!
Enjoyed my through the windy city!
Chicago, the architectural center of the world!! Architectural designs of skyscrapers originated here!
Yes more chicago please!!!!!
So this first building I see the bridge between the two buildings was a focus. I like how intricate and large scale this lighter building with the bridge is. It reminds me of Vegas.
Chicago downtown is wonderful. I ❤ Chicago.
The Tribune Tower is so unapologetically Gothic and I love it. You'd think that the relatively unadorned verticality would clash with the gothic buttresses and ornamentation near the top, but no. It feeds into it and makes those structures seem more significant in scale than they actually are. It's a fantastic bit of architecture and I really hope it's on a protected sites list already so idiots can't just tear it down in the future.
Wonderful tour! Thank you. I hope AD considers doing more like this.
Great show, I've been a fan of architecture my whole life, mainly skyscrapers, but I love everything from a ranch house to the empire state building. Thank you.
Everyday i love my city more and more. but not this cold weather.
Excellent overview of a few of the important downtown buildings. I look forward to seeing more of these.
This "Architect Explores" content should become its own regular thing. So interesting!
The building right next to the Driehaus Museum is one of my favorite buildings in that area, some really interesting stonework/decoration.
Thank you for sharing my favorite city 🏙 Chicago
i lived in chicago for 14 years, until Covid hit, and I had to relocate back to my hometown in Ohio. I sure do miss its beauty and grandeur.
i get a sense of the fountainhead looking at all these buildings.
You can tour the Driehaus Museum. It is magnificent inside. I highly recommend this tour
So excited for this tour, I love Chicago architecture!
The tower of the Wrigley Building was occupies. I worked for an architectural company (Puckey and Jenkins) that occupied the 21st floor (three floors under the clock).
That firm was one of the first occupants of the building when it opened.
It's so strange and unusual that when I open a random video on TH-cam I see a bunch of flags of my country. At the same time it is very pleasant. Thank you very much for your support!
As a Midwesterner born in Chicago, I have seen all of these buildings and many more not on this tour. I have been in some of them. We moved to the south suburbs when I was five. My dad worked at RR Donnelly on Cermack. That is a wonderful building. So is the Art Institute, Prudential building.
LOVE THE WALKING TOURS. AKIP THE MOVIE STARS HOMES
Chicago is such a beautiful city
Quickest 10 mins ever. Amazing
Captivating! Lynda had me watching this at regular speed it was that good.
Saw Merchandise Market in person for the first time a couple of weeks ago and WOW it is huge!!!
I wish you would have elaborated on it having it's own zip code though, as the thumbnail insinuates.
Very informative, thank you very much. Regards from Cyprus.
I grew up in the 12302 zip code. I remember wondering who got 12345. I figured that was special and someone probably pulled some strings to get it. It also had to be fairly close to where we lived. It turned out to be the GE plant in Schenectady and this made complete sense. For those who have never seen it, the plant is enormous - it's like a city.
I learned so much 🎉happy new year to my favourite channel
I very much enjoyed this video which touched on a bit of family and personal history.
My great great Grandfather (Justice Peter Foote) was a child survivor of the Irish potato famine who after getting a degree from Fordham moved here to join the faculty of St. Mary of the Lake college which at the time had offices just West of the Water Tower. He edited The Monthly, the first Catholic magazine in the Midwest, read for the bar, added law to his career and was the 2nd Professor of Law at Notre Dame. He went on to become a judge in Chicago after the Illinois Constitution was revised in 1865 and practiced until his death.
Both my mom and I worked for different employees in the Mart. I was in the Planning Division of the CTA which was in room 700 for a number of years until the CTA moved into its own building at 120 North Racine after the Chicago Flood.
I wish some of the interiors of the buildings you described could have been somewhat covered. Perhaps that’s a different series.
More Chicago content pls!!
Chicago is an amazing city
wow shes is full of info.. i learned soo much about city i love.. thank you!
2:01, saw that sketch and though, hey that's the Pinnacle tower in Nashville.
Please moreeeeee
Chicago is beautiful!
@bozo42O I was in Atlanta 2 weeks ago. It doesn't look like this.
Happy New Year 🎉🎊These past few days watching my portfolio decline is very disheartening. Holding doesn't really profit much, any idea how on how to earn better on the short run?
I love Linda--Beauty and brains!
It's so funny -- I'm now a big fan of her commentary and I didn't even know she existed a month ago!
Very nice video, and a great, fluid and fluent presentation of information.
I love these videos so much
I love to hear about what's inside all of these buildings. Great tour!
Offices
I'm interested in what failed entries from the Tribune Tower competition went on to influence Cincinnati!
It's interesting that our tour guide neglected to mention, during the Drury House segment, the added tidbit that "The Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture (short: Driehaus Architecture Prize) was established in 2003 and doubled to $200,000 in 2008. It is presented annually through the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture to honor a major contributor in the field of traditional and New Classical architecture."
"In his 2012 interview with architect and urbanist Michael Lykoudis, Driehaus gives his inspiration for establishing the prize: "I believe architecture should be of human scale, representational form, and individual expression that reflects a community's architectural heritage. There is a delight, proportion, and harmony in classical architecture that I wasn’t finding in the contemporary buildings coming up around me in Chicago." The Driehaus Prize is often compared to the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which typically encourages modern design."
"Driehaus received the 2015 American Institute of Architects Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to architecture in Chicago and worldwide. The AIA noted his sponsorship of several design competitions which produced the IIT Campus Center, The Millennium Park Lurie Garden, and the Daniel Burnham Memorial, as well as the Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture. In 2012, Driehaus publicly opposed Frank Gehry's modernist design proposal for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial[35] and funded a lobby group to block it. Driehaus said of the proposed memorial, "Architecturally, it didn’t speak to me. We want something more representational," but he has also criticized the closed selection process."
She glossed over one of the most opinionated laymen to have a major impact on her profession in these past few decades.
Thanks for the great Chicago architectural design history.
Awesome tour with a great host, well done!
AD PLEASE get a tour of the new Tribune tower condos it looks crazy inside
Thanks a ton Ms. Dossey, was very informative and helpful for people in far off places. This is easy to understand for people with very little knowledge about architecture and you have a very engaging way of talking. And lastly, your face and voice somehow remind me of Susan Sarandon :)
I love Chicago--one of the 2 1/2 cities in the US
Chicago has better architecture than New York any day!
Merchandise Mart “had” its own zip code up until 2008, at which point the USPS used the zip code for the surrounding area as well.
Several buildings in the US have their own zip codes, including the White House. USAA in San Antonio has had it’s own zip code when they moved to the current campus around 1980 and it’s still exclusive to the company.
Chicago has very interesting and beautiful high rise buildings! the last one is massive and great place for Christmas holidays light decor. would be very impressive
I was able to work in the merch mart and it honestly is such a special place. I also enjoyed my daily Diet Coke from the Amazon convenience store LOL
That's a damn massive building.
I used to work in a fairly modest-sized industrial building in Boulder, CO. It housed a magazine subscription business called Neo-Data. If I recall correctly it had 5 Zip Codes of its own, and it had its own US Postal Inspector. I ran a machine that put blurbs in thousands of envelopes per hour. I was not the only such machine operator.
Chicago has the most beautiful architecture in the USA.
Wrigley building and the buildings similar to it in that area are obviously older than 1920 and the tower had a purpose not a empty tower like the narrator said. A lot of hidden historical info out there
Very interesting💖 Thank you AD💖 Thanks to architect💖👏