# Lee Bey

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City Club of Chicago: Inside the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial

September 11, 2025 https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7708057/Chicago_Architecture_Biennial_2025-09-12-161957.64kmono.mp3 City Club event description: Join us for a compelling conversation between Lee Bey—architecture critic, author, and photographer; Mark Sexton – architect and Chicago A…

Will Chicago Ever Have Another Ford City Mall?

With all the focus on what the feds are doing in Chicago, let’s remember there are still local stories unfolding. Neighbors have been pushing for more information about what will happen to Ford City Mall on the Southwest Side. Bridge Industrial is seeking to buy the property to turn it into an indu…

Episode 92: Interview w/ Lee Bey, Author & Architecture Critic: Chicago Sun-Times

Hi, It's Michele! Send me a text with who you want as a guest! This episode is sponsored by: ALW Inc. Architectural Lighting Works an LMPG Inc. At ALW, we illuminate spaces with purpose and precision. As a leader in architectural lighting, we design and manufacture innovative linear, cylindrical, r…

Why Did Obama Center Take Over a Decade?

Former President Barack Obama announced last week that his long-awaited presidential center would officially open to the public in June 2026 — 11 years after the project was initially announced on the South Side. Host Jacoby Cochran talks with Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bey about what took s…

Lee Bey joins Tavis Smiley

Lee Bey, architecture critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, is back with his exclusive look inside Home Court, the first Obama Center building to be completed, and reflects on the legacy of the late Frank Gehry. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/…

Will the former Chicago Daily News building receive landmark status?

Chicago-Sun Times architecture critic, Lee Bey, joins Bob Sirott to discuss the likelihood of the former Chicago Daily News building achieving landmark status and what he thinks will happen. He also shares details about future plans for Grant Park, as well as a planned restoration for Jackson Park’…

43. Who is the City For?

Pulitzer Prize–winning architecture critic Blair Kamin has long informed and delighted readers with his illuminating commentary. Kamin’s newest collection, Who Is the City For?, does more than gather fifty-five of his most notable Chicago Tribune columns from the past decade: it pairs his words wit…

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: June 18, 2026

No you’re not seeing things – we’re bringing you our Weekly News Recap a day early! Illinois Governor JB Pritzker promises to be “very involved” in the 2028 presidential election. A man accused of burning a cross in Grant Park faces hate crime and arson charges. The U.S. Department of Justice chall…

Lee Bey: Beyond the Loop

Beyond the Loop: Reinvesting in Chicago's Hidden Gems and Forgotten Neighborhoods Despite making up the majority of Chicago's landmass, the South and West sides for decades have suffered from severe disinvestment. But is there change afoot? Lee Bey, from the Sun-Times will highlight the wealth…

Griffin Museum of Science & Industry to build a pavilion

Chicago-Sun Times architecture critic Lee Bey joins Bob Sirott to discuss the plans to build a pavilion in front of the Griffin Museum of Science & Industry entrance and why he thinks this is concerning. He also shares what he thinks of the new Google headquarters and the way it looks compared to t…