Lee Bey

CTL-E-4916 · Person · other · contemporary

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Architecture critic, author, and photographer (former Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic). Appeared at City Club of Chicago program 'Inside the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial' (2025-09-11).

Notes

BCCVA Source Collection 001 (City Club of Chicago) seed record. Role at time of speech: Architecture critic, author, and photographer (former Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic). Civic lenses: 09 Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation. Programs: Inside the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial (2025-09-11). Identity verification: "African American writer and architectural critic Lee Bey" — TheHistoryMakers. Research status: seed-verified. Last verified: 2026-10-06.

Relationships

City Club of Chicago: Inside the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial — related to
Appeared at City Club of Chicago program "Inside the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial" (2025-09-11). Role at time: Architecture critic, author, and photographer (former Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic).

Sources

Identity evidence: "African American writer and architectural critic Lee Bey" — TheHistoryMakers
City Club of Chicago program: Inside the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial (2025-09-11) — https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5706/inside-the-2025-chicago-architecture-biennial (primary source)

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Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Negro swinging his girl on roller skates. Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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