The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority approved the design of the DePaul University basketball arena today. We talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Blair Kamin about the $173 million project, as well as his take on the controversial $51 million Illinois Capitol renovation project in Springfield. View a slideshow.

Navy Pier & McCormick Place

We hear what you had to say about the mayor's plans to expand McCormick Place and overhaul Navy Pier when we read some of our viewer feedback.

New plans are unveiled to overhaul Wrigley Field. The catch: no public money is involved. But will it win neighborhood approval? Paris Schutz has reaction.