What’s That Building? Former Rainforest Café and Capone’s Chicago

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date Feb. 10, 2026, 6 a.m.
Last Updated Feb. 10, 2026, 6 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/architecture/2026/02/10/whats-that-building-former-rainforest-cafe-and-capones-chicago

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If you roll your eyes when passing the corner of Clark and Ohio streets in River North, you’re not the only one. Sneering or even clutching your pearls go back more than 30 years on this site, to the early 1990s. The vacant building on the northeast corner looks a little ridiculous, its doorway fla...