A new exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Center honors the life and work of Helmut Jahn, christened the “Flash Gordon of American architecture.” Jahn persuaded Gov. James Thompson to build an innovative building in downtown Chicago, which he tried to save before his death in a bicycle accident in May near his St. Charles farm.
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