2023 Year-in-Review

WTTW Chicago: The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2

Chicago is full of beauty. Beginning December 4 at 7 pm, join WTTW’s award-winning host and producer Geoffrey Baer on a new adventure to...

Crain’s Chicago Business: Historian finds two early Frank Lloyd Wright houses have a sibling connection – Foster House

"Two houses from early in Frank Lloyd Wright’s career, built six years and 27 miles apart, have a sisterly connection that was hidden for...

NewCity: Fine Arts Building Act Five: Encore—Today’s Tenants, A Group Portrait (5 of 10)

"The Fine Arts Building’s managers aren’t sure exactly how many studios there are, estimating the number to be somewhere between 175 and 190. The...

Chicago YIMBY: Lost Legends #9: Chicago’s Illinois Central Station In South Loop

"Chicago’s Central Station, once a hub of vibrant activity, represents a significant chapter in American railway history. Constructed in 1893, the station was designed...

Preservation Chicago Receives Friends of the Parks 2023 Advocacy Award

​2023 VIP (VOLUNTEERS-IN-PARKS) AWARD WINNERSEach year Friends of the Parks puts out a call for nominations for groups and individuals that have gone above...

Alphawood Exhibitions at Wrightwood 659 presents Tadao Ando: Spontaneous Sketches EXTENDED to January 27, 2024

Tadao Ando: Spontaneous Sketches at Wrightwood 659 EXTENDED to January 27, 2024"On its fifth anniversary, Wrightwood 659 presents an intimate exhibition of drawings by the Pritzker...

Glessner House presents New Year’s Day Reception January 1, 2024

"Throughout much of the 19th century, the holidays were celebrated with open houses and receptions on New Year’s Day, more so than on Christmas....

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center presents “I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli Through April 14, 2024

"More than a place to get a meal, the Jewish deli is a community forged in food. 'I’ll Have What She’s Having': The Jewish...

"'In this arresting collection, historians Cahan and Williams spotlight architectural jewels of America’s yesteryear in photographs taken between 1933 and the present by the...