Architecture & history
A guide to Chicago’s art deco architecture
Art Deco is an architectural style that’s all about streamlined surfaces, linear and geometric shapes, symmetry — and a dose of glamour. The Art Deco era came…
Amanda Scotese
Amanda Scotese started the tour company Chicago Detours, so she can have a legitimate excuse for wandering Chicago and geeking out on architecture. She dug in to anything Chicago, especially architecture and urban geography, through the Masters of Arts Program in the Humanities at the University of Chicago. Her travel writing has appeared in Rick Steves’ Italy travel guidebooks, Trazzler, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the Chicago Detours blog.
2 posts by Amanda Scotese
Architecture & history
A visitor’s guide to navigating the Chicago Pedway System
When we venture downtown, with the snow of winter or the humidity of summer, the Chicago Pedway System comes in handy. This mostly underground system…
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