August 2018 Newsletter

FEATURE VIDEO: Gertrude Lempp Kerbis: Modern Architect, A Short Film by Karen Carter

Gertrude Kerbis was a groundbreaking architect and was one of the first women at the forefront of Chicago architecture working the modern style during...

If You Value Preservation In Chicago… Please Support Preservation Chicago !

Preservation Chicago is a small organization with a big impact. In a city the size of Chicago, every part of your support counts....

Support Computers for Pullman Archives GoFundMe Campaign!

The Pullman State Historic Site has an ever-growing and important collection of archival materials (such as photographs and memorabilia) relating to the Pullman Company,...

SOSOSOSOSO…The Starship Lands…SOSOSOSOSO

The Starships Lands at Monument with Standing Beast Plaza High Noon September 25th Don’t miss the Spectacle! Music? Dance? 80’s costumes? Prizes? Roller Derby? Old-Skool Celebrities? Video cameras encouraged…. GRATIS!

Clarendon Park Fieldhouse: Wreck, Restore or Reimagine? Wednesday, September 26, at 6:30 pm (Chicago 7 2015)

The Chicago Park District is weighing different options for the Clarendon Park Fieldhouse and Community Center, including rehabbing the existing building or building a...

St. Adalbert Catholic Church Benefit Concert, Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 4:00 pm (Chicago 7 2014 & 2016)

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Poland’s Independence Sunday, September 9th 4:00 PM St. Adalbert Catholic Church 1650 W. 17th Street, Chicago, ILLincolnwood Chamber Orchestra A concert of Polish, American,...

Public Participation Requested for Section 106 Meeting for Proposed Obama Presidential Center Monday, September 17, 2018 at 6:00 pm (Chicago 7 2017 &...

Community input will aid the City and Federal agencies in the identification of important cultural landscape features, architectural and ecological resources, and impacts to...

Talman-West Ridge Historic Bungalow District 32nd Annual House Walk: 100 Years of Chicago Bungalow History Sunday, September 9, 2018, Noon to 4:00 pm

Talman-West Ridge Historic Bungalow District 32nd Annual House Walk: 100 Years of Chicago Bungalow History Warren Park Fieldhouse 6601 North Western Avenue Chicago, IL 60645 Tour Tickets $ 30.00For...

Logan Square Preservation’s 33rd House Walk, Saturday, September 8, 2018, 10am to 5pm

Logan Square Preservation’s 33rd House Walk Sept. 8th Housewalk Tickets$35 advanced presale ticket and one year membership to Logan Square Preservation. Total value is $50.Pick...

Chicago Architecture Foundation Opens New 20,000 Square-Foot Chicago Architecture Center

The Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), the city's newest must-see cultural destination and home to everything architecture in Chicago, opens to the public on Friday,...