April 2020 Newsletter
Change.org Petition: Implosion Devastates Little Village During COVID19 Pandemic
"The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) strongly condemns the implosion of the Crawford coal plant smokestack by Hilco Redevelopment Partners (Hilco). For almost...
PRINT: The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Reuse from 2012 Report from National Trust for Historic Preservation
Regarding the 2012 Report: "A report produced by the Preservation Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation provides the most comprehensive analysis...
PRINT: Proof that the “Greenest Building is the One Already Standing” Released in 2012 Report from National Trust for Historic Preservation
Regarding the 2012 Report: "'The Greenest Building is the one already standing', Carl Elefante's great line, has been the mantra of the green preservation...
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...
PRINT: A Chicago Couple Restores a Spacious Gothic Revival, Inside and Out In Preservation Magazine
"Jay Dandy: We bought the house in June of 2002 and moved in that November. We had been living in a big, Victorian-era house,...
PRINT: Home is Where the Art Deco Is: Modernist Design Around the Corner from the Chicago Art Deco Society’s Newsletter
"When it comes to Art Deco architecture, especially in the Midwest, one tends to think of the skyscraping commercial edifices and the grand WPA...
PRINT: Serhii Chrucky Shoots the James R. Thompson Center for Preservation Chicago
"This structure, the James R. Thompson Center, isn’t even 40 years old. Yet some of Chicago’s elected officials want what was formerly known as...
PRINT: City Council Unanimously Bans Horse-Drawn Carriages Starting Jan. 1
"The distinctive sound of hooves clip-clopping along downtown streets will soon become a relic of a bygone era."The Chicago City Council on Friday approved...
WATCH: A Virtual Tour of the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture in the Humboldt Park Stables
"This year marks 25 years since the flag sculptures were installed above Division Street in the Humboldt Park neighborhood."In the nearby park, another landmark...