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WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? Chicago Loop Synagogue
"There’s a glorious secret concealed behind a relatively modest, opaque façade on Clark Street just south of Madison Street in the Loop."In the tall...
WTTW Chicago: Ask Geoffrey: Restoration of GAR Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center
"A piece of Civil War history is being restored in one of Chicago’s most well-known public buildings. But what was it doing there in...
WTTW Chicago: The Varied Lives and Architecture of Chicago’s Christian Science Churches
"As religious attendance declines and churches empty, developers have in recent decades bought and transformed holy edifices into dwellings. Such plans are always controversial,...
Chicago Fire Department District 1 HQ and Engine Co. 42 Firehouse, 55 W. Illinois Street – Early Warning Signs
Chicago Fire Department District 1 HQ and Engine Co. 42 Firehouse, 55 W. Illinois Street - Early Warning Signs
IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Architect Helmut Jahn and His Work from MAS Context
Renowned architect Helmut Jahn, designer of some of the most remarkable buildings in Chicago and other cities around the world, died on May 8...
LOSS: Documenting the ADM Wheat Mill Demolition on ChicagolandArchitecture Blog (Chicago 7 2021)
"The Fulton-Randolph Market Landmark District was created in 2015 to 'recognize and preserve the historic significance and importance of the…historic streetscapes and buildings' as...
LOSS: North Shore Dairy Demolished for Mega-Mansion in 2020, Then They Changed Their Minds
"The buyers of a triple lot in Lincoln Park who demolished a conjoined pair of 1870s buildings to make way for a megamansion appear...
THREATENED: Merrick-Culver House, One of Austin’s Oldest Houses, On Verge of Demolition
"Linda Culver always knew the coach house behind her family’s West Side home was old. But it wasn’t until the city moved to tear...
THREATENED: Fearing Gentrification, Neighbors Oppose Demolition of Affordable Avondale Bungalow
"A plan to tear down an Avondale bungalow and build condos in its place is drawing opposition from neighbors who say the project represents...
LOSS: The Demolition of Unprotected Pilsen Buildings Resumes
"The owners of a trio of vintage buildings on 18th Street in Pilsen are the first to take out demolition permits under the city’s...