Lee Bey

Lee Bey is the architecture critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, author of the well-received book Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side and was the Emmy-nominated host of the WTTW special “Building Blocks: The Architecture of Chicago’s South Side.” Bey returned to the Sun-Times as an editorial writer in 2019. He previously held several positions in organizations involved in planning, development, and architecture, and was also deputy chief of staff for architecture and urban planning in the administration of Mayor Richard M. Daley. Bey is now working on a book about architecture on the West Side. He lives in an 1893 rowhouse in Chicago’s historic Pullman community.