Looking Back at The Future
River City is a 1960’s modernist, Jetsons-style vision of the future. Designed by visionary architect Bertrand Goldberg, this honeycomb of apartments are situated alongside the Chicago River. The building is ingeniously constructed of reinforced, poured-in-place concrete “shells,” brought together to form its characteristic “S” shape. The building contains 449 residential units and surprisingly, 225,000 square […]
606 – A Trail of Flowers and Foliage
The 606 is a unique trail of flowers, foliage and a steady stream of locals traversing the Humboldt Park, Logan Square and Wicker Park neighborhoods. The populace that utilizes the trail comes on bike, scooter, foot and even, on occasion, roller skates. This elevated thoroughfare has become a vibrant ribbon of green and outdoor recreation. […]
Navy Pier – An Entertainment District and Cultural Boardwalk.
Navy Pier has long been an icon and destination for our city. It juts out into the lake as an entertainment district and cultural “boardwalk”. A little history – Chicago’s Navy Pier opened to the public on July 15, 1916 and was built by Charles Sumner Frost, a nationally known architect using a design based […]
Torque ESG/X Partnership Announcement
Torque has formed a close partnership with The ESG Transition Company to help the real estate industry reach its sustainability and CSR goal, using them to answer the needs of investors, tenants and the community at large. We are excited to announce that Torque has also rebranded ESG Co as ESG/X, with three branded service […]
SHOPPING, SUNLIGHT AND ART
This past weekend Wicker Park was the center of Renegade Craft Fair – a muchawaited and celebrated annual event for Chicago’s hip and artistic. For one dayhundreds and hundreds of artists from around Chicago, the Midwest and evenfarther gathered to display their unique handmade goods – exotic gold fleckedsoaps, infused cocktail mixes, wacky flavored salts, […]
The Historic and Iconic Sullivan Center
The way we see it, there are few buildings that can be called unique and historically influential — trend setters and architectural pilgrimage destinations. Located at the heart of Chicago, the iconic and stunning Sullivan Center, previously known as the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Store, is one such building. It rises up on the […]
UP!
New York. Land of gleaming steel and glass skyscrapers, the super talls and the soaring vintage edifices. It’s a land of looking up, craning our necks in wonder and gazing skyward to the building tops and the clouds beyond. Torque loves a lush photo that tells many stories. This collection of art images from Torque’s […]
The Value of the Office, from a Wellness Perspective
The math, the logic, and the gut check all say the same thing: it’s good to be back! By “back”, we mean back in the office with our colleagues and cohorts on a regular basis. We’re not mandating everyone to be in the office all the time; that’s so 2019. However, we’ve seen the statistics […]
The New Look of Torque
Like people, companies evolve and creatively reinvent themselves over time. Change is an opportunity for a visual brand to reflect what’s new to the world. Or more specifically, to reflect the select parts of the world where the company wants to make a dent. And It’s 2022, the year of “transformergence”—so we did! We are […]
Be Part of Chicago Returns
Torque is super proud to be a big part of the Chicago Returns coalition, energizing the return of businesses and their people to the office and to downtown. We’ve joined the committee to brand the programs, support the marketing efforts, build publicity and contribute social media content in partnership with BOMA and a host of […]