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Chicago Brauhaus Could Return As Part Of DANK Haus If It Meets $50,000 Fundraising Goal

"The storied Chicago Brauhaus could make a return in Lincoln Square."Brauhaus closed its location at 4732 N. Lincoln Ave. in December 2017 — but...

PETITION: Save the Chicago Town & Tennis Club/Unity Church!

Preservation Chicago recognizes the need for Misericordia’s extraordinary housing and services. We strongly support this important work, and we believe it is possible to...

WATCH: Chicago Jazz Artists Look for Ways to Cope with COVID-19 on Chicago Tonight

"The city of Chicago named 2020 the Year of Chicago Music, and this week was supposed to be Cabaret Week."Chicago Tonight visited a few...

WBEZ: What’s That Building? The Krause Music Store on WBEZ Chicago

"Tucked away on a busy section of Lincoln Avenue sits a remarkable building that has made people stop and stare since 1922."Today, it’s up...

WIN: West Pullman Frank Lloyd Wright House Is Sold

"In West Pullman, an architecturally unusual—but characteristically slow-to-sell home—designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is finally under contract to sell after spending three years on...

LOSS: Mercy Home Demolishes Beautiful Historic Building at 221 S. Racine for a Vacant Lot

Mercy Home is in the process of demolishing the building at 221-225 S. Racine.Despite dating from 1892 and having a highly intact, beautiful limestone...

THREATENED: Clock Ticking for Chicago Town and Tennis Club! (Chicago 7 2020)

Preservation Chicago has been working with urgency to find a win-win solution for Chicago Town and Tennis Club. The 90-day demolition delay extension provides slightly...

THREATENED: Hollenbach Building to be Demolished for New Construction

"The Hollenbach Building is a building at 808 W. Lake Street in Chicago's Fulton Market District, which was designed by Worthmann & Steinbach and...

PRINT: Independent Theaters Want You To Keep Going To The Movies on WBEZ Chicago

"Independent movie theaters have faced threats to their business models in the past, but probably didn’t anticipate a global pandemic."Local theaters have hustled to...

PRINT: Documenting the Past: A look at some of Chicago’s disappearing buildings in South Side Weekly

"It’s fun to shoot old Chicago. I like documenting and seeing the hidden history. So much will be forgotten if we do not photograph...