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Lynn Becker

@cmgiulini.bsky.social
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drifter/writer on architecture, culture and Chicago, photographer specializing in out-of-focus images. there will be posts on opera, apologies in advance.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 16h
Dressed for going to Sox Park (or to prison?)
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 19h
The Andale, heading out to Lake Michigan, June 13, 2026; heading back from the lake to winter moorings, October 7, 2026...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 19h
Six sailboats
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 19h
Wednesday bridge lift, seven sailboats heading back from Lake Michigan and down the Chicago river to winter moorings: Dark & Storme, Anna V, True Love, Liberte, Andale, and The Breeze
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 20h
The Just re-opened light plate at Lurie Garden
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 21h
Just in time for fall color, Piet Oudolf and Kathryn Gustafson's Lurie Garden in Millennium Park last week re-opened its light plate, closed for repairs since March. Water is again run under the boardwalk seam and along the small stream you can dip your toes in. www.luriegarden.org/seamrenovati...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 22h
Crain's reports Block 37 just sold for a fire sale $30 million. Then Mayor Richard M. Daley had pipe dreams of having Harrod's as an anchor. There was an enormous ground-breaking party back in 2005, and then the site remained a dirt pile for over a decade. www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A 45-foot-tall wire mesh sculpture is leaving the Embarcadero in San Francisco. It's been a long time since super-sculptures at Pioneer Court. Just saying .... www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/n...
sfchronicle.com
San Francisco’s giant nude sculpture is moving on. Here’s what’s next
The giant “R-Evolution” sculpture across from the Ferry Building is coming down after two extensions kept it at the Embarcadero for 18 months.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I feel we’re back to the kind of ancient times where the Gods hold our fate carelessly in their hands, except now the Gods are billionaire techbros.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
WTF?
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Back when it was under construction, we took a skeptical look at the massive warehouse, empty since completed, just snapped up by Amazon. The developer looked at our obsession with our stuff, and thought multistory warehouses were coming back. Turns out, no. arcchicago.blogspot.com/2023/06/chic...
arcchicago.blogspot.com
Chicago's Greatest Memorial? "Monument to Our Stuff" Rises on Division
"That's the whole meaning of life, isn't it?  Trying to find a place for your stuff." - George Carlin , 1986 George was on to us nearly dec...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Crain's is reporting that the hulking multi-level warehouse by the Kennedy, which has been empty since its completion a couple years ago, has been bought at a fire-sale price by Amazon. Will we now get the facade art that was promised? www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is economy a lost art? The restored Loomis station on the Blue Line reminds us that those 1950's originals were models of compactness and simple style. Even with the need for elevators, do current replacements have to be so wastefully, gracelessly elephantine? blockclubchicago.org/2026/10/05/c...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
He was President of the United States, for f*ck's sake! Why would autocorrect think Buren should be corrected to Bren??????????
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chicago under Construction, West Side Chapter: 566 West Van Buren, Antunovich Associates. www.antunovich.com/566-w-van-bu...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chicago under Construction, West Side Chapter: 566 West Van Buren, Antunovich Associates. www.antunovich.com/566-w-van-bu...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chicago under Construction, West Side Chapter: UIC Innovation Center expansion, JGMA, Harrison Street and Throop. www.jgma.com/project/work...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Gehryhenge, he gone. arcchicago.blogspot.com/2013/06/iceh...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
s/b, of course, Eleanor Esser Gorski. The appropriate parties have been reprimanded.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For World Architecture Day, Chicago Loop Alliance President Suzet McKinney joins Chicago Architecture Center CEO Ellen Esser Gorski in cutting the ribbon for CAC's new satellite location in Holabird & Roche's landmark 1895 Marquette Building. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oracle may have given $10 million to rescue the Nashville Symphony, but in Tony Gilroy's film Behemoth, Olivia Wilde's character gives $6 million to the CSO and thinks she owns cellist Pedro Pascal. Plus, there's the great Eva Victor as a virtuoso violinist. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
hollywoodreporter.com
‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Hints at Soulful Depths, but the Drama Keeps Stalling in Tony Gilroy’s Wan Character Study of a Virtuoso Cellist
Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, Will Arnett and Alexa Swinton also star in the story of a former child prodigy struggling to free himself from the burden of his famous family.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stefano Esposito knows how to write. chicago.suntimes.com/art/2026/10/...
chicago.suntimes.com
Watercolors by Peace Prophet hang in homes across Chicago. But the artist has no home of her own.
Her paintings are coveted by collectors, who have tried to get her off the streets — but she says no to everything but payment for her work.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“We believe that the world should accept some bad things happening" Sam Altman is setting us up to be human sacrifices to his insane greed for power and riches. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Current view through my balcony door. I just realized how much I appreciate the calming presence the blue of Jeanne Gang’s St. Regis brings to the skyline.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So I guess I wouldn't sweat the ICBM's too much . . . www.404media.co/our-solar-sy...
404media.co
Our Solar System Is Terminally Unstable and Will Be Completely Destroyed, Study Finds
The estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability” during the Sun’s death.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Saturday bridge lift, second of the fall: four sailboats - Take Five, Strategic Rum Reserve, Slainte, and Havana Moon.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What does it say about our educational priorities when the lede for every story on the opening of Ryan Field is that it's "the most expensive college stadium ever"? (And is the experience inside like being swallowed by a grape?) chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/1...
chicago.suntimes.com
Northwestern debuts Ryan Field, the most expensive college stadium ever
As the Wildcats prepared to run onto the field seconds before kickoff, the guitar licks bounced off the new concrete, old limestone and soccer-style canopy of the stadium. Players sprinted across the ...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is HOKA just using the windows for advertising, or is something going on? Signs of life on the exterior at the long-empty Linens & Things space at Grand Plaza at State Street.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
City Hall weddings on a sunny Fall afternoon. (technically, County Building basement weddings, but that doesn't exactly roll trippingly off the tongue)
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sorry, no. Different dog, steel helmet
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I just missed a fantastic photo which I doubt I’ll ever get a second chance at, so I’ll just describe it for you to imagine in your mind: guy riding bicycle with a sidecar down State. In the sidecar, a German Shephard, ramrod straight, wearing a Teutonic military helmet, taking it all in.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Orifice the Awebot is Philly’s ‘magical’ response to Uber Eats robots
"She’s part of our bringing delight and surprise and letting it ripple through the city."
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Where's our Orifice the Awebot, Chicago? moaphilly.org/awebot
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Shadow of a nihilist President: Everything he touches, he destroys. The nation's most prestigius awards in the performing arts is evicted from the center that gave it its name and moved to a barn. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For all your spiritual needs...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
An America encounters health care in the UK and thinks she's discovered paradise. Comments look on us in horror. Lots of UK locals [spending per capital, $5860] complaints about wait times, but have you booked an appt in the U.S. [spc: $13473] lately? www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
thetimes.com
I’m an American. Trust me, the NHS is a marvel
I broke my foot and didn’t have to argue with a bot over insurance
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you can read this transcript of a man incapable of sustaining a train of thought, repeating himself on obsessive topics like grandpa in a rest home, lying, vituperating, ranting, ranting, ranting ... and not realize we have a destructive imbecile in the White House... time.com/article/2026...
time.com
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wouldn't get your hopes up, but the HPH is reporting small signs of activity. With the opening of the Obama Presidential Center and re-activation of the south entrance to MSI, the long abandonment of the Clarence Darrow Bridge is not just scandalous, but incomprehensibly stupid. bit.ly/4jzQ1AL
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Photo: Crews begin soil testing at Darrow Bridge
Crews conduct soil borings near the eastern abutment of the Darrow Bridge Oct. 1, 2026.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There is no bottom. A bunch of gangsters working to whitewash Richard Nixon as a victim of a “Deep State” as prelude to providing Trump a carte Blanche for his escalating crime wave. www.mediaite.com/politics/gop...
mediaite.com
GOP Rep Claims Nixon Was ‘Framed’ As Trump’s DOJ Probes Watergate ‘Weaponization’ Against Ex-Prez
Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) offered a revision of Watergate history, claiming former President Richard Nixon was “framed” and “couped out of office” over a “fake” scandal that ultimately forced him to ste...
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Alley lecture
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tonight, 9/30, 6:25 p.m. CST live free stream of Met Opera Cosi Fan Tutte: Lombardi, Hankey, Martinez, Kim, Zhilikhovsky, Finley. ondemand.metopera.org/radio/a7baf1...
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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There are still spots available for this if you’re in the Detroit area! I’d love to see you there.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The sailboat Long Bay makes its way between the soaring towers lining the Chicago River as it departs Lake Michigan for winter moorings during the first bridge lifts of the fall season.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
First bridge lifts of fall season. Three sailboats - Long Bay, Dalliance, and -with assistance - Loreley - leave Lake Michigan on their way to winter moorings.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On October 5th, World Architecture Day, the Chicago Architecture Center is launching a second location in the Marquette Building, to be open five days a week. Makes sense as it will offer a starting point for tours much closer to Loop landmarks than their Wacker Drive flagship. www.architecture.org
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