Karyn’s on Green Tasting
1/15/10

Karyn Calebrese, Chicago’s most famous vegan in her own right, opened her doors for family and friends January 15th to try out her latest new endeavor located at 130 South Green Street. Designed by Architect, Martin Lescht with a “California” west coast décor, the crowd was dazzled by the food and ambience that even a meat lover would fall head over heels for...

Isaac Monroe, Karyn Calabrese, Ilaiyah Yisrael Karyn Calabrese, Jerry Scherer, Emlyn Thomas

Marty Lescht, Lydia Lescht Tammy Kohl, Joe McCune

Martin Gapshis, Travis Wilson, Dori Wilson Irene Michaels, Irina Kaiser

Chicago Architecture: Patron of the Year awards
11/19/09

More than three hundred people gathered in the stately Cathedral Hall of the University Club of Chicago. There, over lunch, they caught up with old friends and colleagues and they made new acquaintances.They represented a range of disciplines and professions—architects, engineers, brokers, consultants, contractors—and they had a hand in nearly every major building project in Chicago.The awards have continued to draw an impressive list of nominations—a testament to Chicago’s vitality and dynamic growth throughout the years.

BACK ROW Daniel Burke, City of Chicago Department of Transportation; Lynn J. Osmond, Chicago Architecture Foundation; Steven G.M. Stein, Stein, Ray & Harris LLP (Honorary Jury Co-Chair); Douglas McLemore and Kevin Evanich, Kirkland and Ellis LLP; Brett Bisceglia, The Trump Organization; Tom Vukovich, Nick Ahrens and Art Andros, City of Chicago Department of General Services; John DiCiurcio, Turner Construction. FRONT ROW Michelle Woods, City of Chicago Department of Transportation; Stanley Tigerman, Tigerman McCurry Architects (Jury Chair); Kristin Dean, Homan Arthington Foundation; Sara Martens, The Trump Organization; Father Michael Garanzini and Richard J. Klarchek, Loyola University Chicago.

Rika Semba Dike, (VOA Associates, Inc.) and J. Scot Pepper, (Pepper Construction) Jackie Koo, (Koo and Associates) and Kelly Benedict, (Bovis Lend Lease)

CASL
12/10/09

The Chinese American Service League Advisory Board Members (CASL) hosted an evening with the internationally acclaimed Zhou Brothers and ABC7’s Linda Yu to kick off a drawing opportunity for a Zhou Brothers work of art, valued at $20,000. Three hundred opportunities are available for purchase at $300 each. This special opportunity commemorates CASL’s 30th anniversary and benefits CASL’s
programs and services. The event was held at Tabula Tua in Lincoln Park on Thursday, December 10th. Please visit www.caslservices.org for more information.

Mitch Obstfeld, Linda Yu Richard & Ann Higby Janna Lam, Joanna Taylor, Bonnie Fong

Shan Zou Zhou, Grace Taso-Wu, DaHuang Zhou Cleveland Dean, Maxine Gracia Vera Chan, Ted Nouri