Chicago architecture on the web
At BackTalk, we want to highlight some of the better Chicago-themed blogs out there.
We just came across Lee Bey's The Urban Observer, and don't know how we've missed it for so long.
Bey is the executive director of the Chicago Central Area Committee and a former high-ranking official in Mayor Daley's administration.
And he's got a passion for Chicago architecture.
In his blog, he offers up original insights on well known Chicago landmarks.
But what he does best is seek out the neighborhood gems that most people didn't even know existed.
Combine that with Bey's striking photography, and you've got a blog easily worth losing some time in.
In the interest of full disclosure, Bey worked as a reporter and architecture critic for the Chicago Sun-Times many moons ago. The blog reminds us what he did best for the newspaper.
