April 2021 Newsletter
Docomomo US National Symposium 2021 Chicago: Crossroads of Modern America May 25 – 28, 2021
Chicago: Crossroads of Modern America
The 2021 National Symposium will be held online."As Docomomo US celebrates its 25th anniversary, we are headed back to where...
The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s Way Out And About Wright 2021 Six States. Three Days. One Architect. Online. May 14 – 16, 2021
"The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s spring tour program embraces a virtual format to showcase six Wright-designed structures dispersed widely across the country –...
Preservation Futures Seeks to Elevate the Social and Cultural History Embedded in Places and Spaces
"Preservation Futures is set to explore the future of historic preservation through research, action and design—but the Chicago-based firm does things differently. Founded by...
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...
Preservation Chicago Welcomes Max Chavez as Director of Research and Special Projects
Preservation Chicago is thrilled to announce Max Chavez as Director of Research and Special Projects. Max recently completed a six-month National Trust for Historic...
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...
NEWCITY Editor’s Letter: The Thompson Center (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"Thirty years ago, I attended “Dancing in the State,” an immersive performance that brought 150 dancers from Chicago and New York dance companies, along...

