Neighborhood

The Most Endangered Building in Chicago [Thompson Center]: a Video by Stewart Hicks (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)

"In this video, we visit Chicago's most endangered building--the Thompson Center--and discuss issues related to its preservation and impending demolition.""Perhaps no building in Chicago...

Block Club Chicago: Bishop Louis Henry Ford Saved the Henry B. Clarke House in the 1940s

"Chicagoans familiar with the local highway system have undoubtedly heard of the Bishop Ford Freeway, a stretch of Interstate 94 from Interstate 57 to...

CityLab: How a Plan to Save Buildings Fell Apart (Chicago 7 2006)

"In 2018, Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development felt that they had a progressive plan to preserve one of the city’s most rapidly gentrifying...

Chicago Reader: Altgeld Gardens. Is this library politics? (Chicago 7 2017)

"Drive south on the Bishop Ford Expressway to Altgeld Gardens and you'll pass plenty of reminders you're in a landscape not meant for inquisitive...

Chicago Tribune Editorial: Defending the Lakefront for Centuries of Chicagoans (Chicago 7 2021)

"Among the stern pandemic tutorials of 2020: Without full access to Lake Michigan’s wonderful waterfront, Chicago is a more cramped, less enticing place. Like...

WIN: Decorative Terra Cotta Façade Saved With Hopes of Future Installation

In 2016, the distinctive celadon-green terra cotta façade was removed from the Art Deco/Art Moderne façade of the orange-rated Szykowny Funeral Home located at...

WIN: Historic Home Will Be Restored After Fire

"A fire ripped through an 1890s home on Logan Square’s Kedzie Avenue late Tuesday afternoon, damaging the historical building but causing no injuries."The fire...

WIN: Minnekirken Receives $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Restoration Grant

"A long-discussed plan to restore the 109-year-old Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, one of the most recognizable buildings in Logan Square, has received a major...

THREATENED: Chicago Loop Synagogue Faces Uncertain Future

"The Chicago Loop Synagogue was founded in 1929 to serve the religious needs of Jews working downtown as well as Jewish visitors to Chicago....