Melanie Schiff
Published on Artforum.com on January 4, 2007. To see the review in context, click here. Melanie Schiff, Emergency, 2006. Since her solo debut at this gallery, photographer Melanie Schiff has moved out...
View ArticleThe Burnham Plan Centennial
My hometown is celebrating the centennial of Daniel H. Burnham’s Plan of Chicago. The plan, which dramatically reordered the city—concentrating skyscrapers downtown, creating parks along the city’s...
View ArticleJoanna Merwood-Salisbury, Chicago 1890
The Reliance Building (Photo: Geoff Hoffman/Flickr) This month I have been reading books on the history of Chicago. I’ve enjoyed several that are deemed classics in their fields—namely William Cronon’s...
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