Nov. 4, 2025 Ι Bloomberg CityLab On either side of the impeccably refined and classically domed City Hall and courthouse buildings that make up the largely vacant civic core of Gary, Indiana, are two stark white modernist buildings. Both were designed by Black architect Wendell Campbell, a founder of the National Organization of Minority Architects,… Continue reading Can Anyone Save Gary, Indiana?
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In Chicago, a Former Steel Mill Looks to Make a Quantum Leap
April 8, 2025 Ι Bloomberg CityLab Life after steel on the South Side of Chicago can be surprisingly beautiful. On a peninsula in Lake Michigan carved out by shipping inlets sits Steelworkers Park, a serene space on the southeast edge of the city that once held the roaring furnaces of US Steel’s South Works. Shoreline… Continue reading In Chicago, a Former Steel Mill Looks to Make a Quantum Leap