In other news, the new UNO school in Gage Park is, as Blago might say, fucking golden:
All pictures shamemlessly ripped from these two execellent WBEZ pages:
http://www.wbez.org/story/shiny-char...est-side-92058
http://www.wbez.org/blog/lee-bey/201...t-design-92138
Interior pics, interviews, and Lee Bey's review inside^^^
Interesting note from the article is that this school cost several million less than recently constructed CPS schools have cost. Who says you can't have a budget and epic architecture at the same time? Can you imagine how CPS students might dream if they were all educated in such citadel's of education? A place the more resembles a temple than a prison (like many CPS schools seem to ape and the function they all too often serve)?
Also, check out the UNO master plan which includes a high school, pool, and soccer stadium:
http://www.stlchicago.com/projects/uno-master-plan
If you look it appears the high school will involve a massive cantalevered, cross braced, second story much like the old CME building on the river next to Union Station.