EDITORIAL: Erase barrier to progress at state line

Environmentalists from throughout Northwest Indiana and the southeast suburbs, and even a bit beyond, gathered Tuesday and Wednesday at Marquette Park in Gary to make connections across the Indiana-Illinois state line. They left with a resolve to continue that process.

EDITOR’S LETTER

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

EDITOR’S LETTER

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Historic preservationist tells history of area parks in new book

In the 1830s, Chicago, though still a village, had aspirations not only to become a city, but one with glorious parks as well.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Lansing making big plan for village's future

Daniel Burnham is perhaps the most heralded American architect and urban planner of the past century, creating groundbreaking urban plans for many cities that fostered a sense of place and community. Like Burnham, Lansing has an opportunity to “make big plans.”

EDITORIAL: Keep Illiana Expressway plans on fast track

The Illiana Expressway seems to be getting closer to reality. It should; it was envisioned more than a century ago.

SHAW THOUGHTS: The bucolic view of an Olmsted landscape

The house is utilitarian, not fancy. Concrete block and boxy, circa 1960, on a lovely plot of dune grass between the main road that winds through our Bridgman beach community and a deep, woodsy ravine.

Design and details: Chicago's JW Marriott

The JW Marriott hotel is ready to welcome arriving guests when Indy hosts Super Bowl 2012. Not to be outdone, the new Chicago JW Marriott is just as busy, and celebrating its one-year anniversary.

Design and Details: From architecture to the service, Chicago JW Marriott welcoming guests to new experience

It was March when Dean and Bruce White's new, impressive, blue-glass, high-rise hotel, officially opened as the newest addition to the Indianapolis skyline.

Windy City soars sky-high

CHICAGO | Poet Carl Sandburg called it the city of big shoulders. While he was talking about the city's status as an industrial capital, he could just as well have been referring to the modern day anchors of the downtown skyline, the John Hancock Center and Willis Tower.