The Columbian is magnificent. Although the 46-story condo tower in the southwest corner of Grant Park was completed in 2008, this unit is one of three penthouses on the 41st floor that the developers put on the market this past summer—but as the one that occupies the full east side of the floor, it offers the most enticing vistas..." /> The Columbian is magnificent. Although the 46-story condo tower in the southwest corner of Grant Park was completed in 2008, this unit is one of three penthouses on the 41st floor that the developers put on the market this past summer—but as the one that occupies the full east side of the floor, it offers the most enticing vistas..." /> The Columbian is magnificent. Although the 46-story condo tower in the southwest corner of Grant Park was completed in 2008, this unit is one of three penthouses on the 41st floor that the developers put on the market this past summer—but as the one that occupies the full east side of the floor, it offers the most enticing vistas..." />
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October 2010
From the 41st Floor, a Columbian Exhibition
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.899 million
The Property: The view of the Museum Campus and the lakefront from unit 4101 of The Columbian is magnificent. Although the 46-story condo tower in the southwest corner of Grant Park was completed in 2008, this unit is one of three penthouses on the 41st floor that the developers put on the market this past summer—but as the one that occupies the full east side of the floor, it offers the most enticing vistas... Read more
Terzo Piano Team More Modern Than Ever
By Penny Pollack, Kaitlin Petersen, Lena Singer, and Jeff Ruby
Modern Times Balcony Café, on the second floor of the Art Institute's Modern Wing, will be reborn this Friday as Caffe Moderne (159 E. Monroe St.; no phone yet), with the team upstairs at Terzo Piano taking charge... Read more
Chekhov vs. Chekhov
Our top five picks for things to do this week: Theatre’s most depressive Russian, times two . . . Lebowski, the musical . . . Schwimmer’s Trust on film . . . free Toni Morrison . . . and what Sound Opinions’ Jim DeRogatis is doing this weekend Read more
Bladon Conner at The Salon Series
By Amalie Drury
Sparkling conversation, clinking wine glasses, and the face-to-face exchange of questions, answers, and ideas (forget Facebook chat): this is what Chicago artist JC Steinbrunner (and this blogger’s significant other) had in mind last winter... Read more