Every year, usually somewhere in the middle of October, Chicago Architecture Foundation organizes an Open House Chicago event. Buildings all across the city open their doors, letting everybody inside and showing areas that are usually off-limits ( Read more... )

Chicago Union Station's historic headhouse has a lot going for it - the Great Hall, the grand staircases and  the grand entrance into the concourse still look as good as they did when they were built back in the 1920s. Amtrak makes some decent money renting of the Great Hall to parties, weddings and fashion shows during off-peak ours for a reason. ( Read more... )