August 2024 Newsletter
WIN: New Jewelry Store and Cafe Use Planned for Landmarked William B. Ogden House at 212 E. Erie
"A 140-year-old Streeterville mansion is about to get bejeweled."Chicago-based online jewelry business Local Eclectic is set to open its first brick-and-mortar location early next...
LOSS: Historic Greystone at 3442 W. Jackson Blvd Demolished After Fire
"Fire raced through a graystone on the city's West Side Thursday morning, gutting the building."The fire broke out in the back of the graystone...
BUYER WANTED: Landmark King-Nash Home by George Maher at 3234 W. Washington Blvd. Listed For Sale
"Step into a home where every detail tells a story of artistic mastery and historic significance. This Greystone Landmark home at 3234 W Washington...
IN MEMORIAM: David Garrard Lowe, Author and Defender of Historic Architecture
"David Garrard Lowe, a writer and architectural historian whose passion for historic preservation — and in particular for the Beaux-Arts mansions, museums and towers...
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Ann Smith, Former Alderperson and Chicago Landmark Commissioner
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Ann Smith, Former Alderperson and Landmark Commissioner"Former Ald. Mary Ann Smith’s fingerprints are all over the 48th Ward."From overseeing the creation...
IN MEMORIAM: Dennis McClendon, Cartographer and Tour Guide
"If Dennis McClendon noticed someone lost in the Loop, he’d ask if they needed directions. He might even pull a little map out from...
90-Day Demolition Delay : 161 E. Erie St, River North
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Date Received: 07/30/2024
Ward: Ward: 42nd Ald. Brendan Reilly
Applicant: Atlas Industries, Inc. C/O Roanne Rebenson
Owner: Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation C/O Ann Steiner
Permit Description: Demolition of...
Chicago Tribune: As the Morton Salt complex was given a new life, a photographer captured the transformation
"She never intended to become a photographer but that is what Sandra Steinbrecher is and in her new book 'The Salt Shed: The Transformation...
Chicago Reader: A sign of the times: Vintage signs hold community and artistic value. Amid changing neighborhoods, they’ve become increasingly endangered
"For decades, the Bridgeport Restaurant sat at the corner of 35th Street and Halsted, its bold red sign hugging the building, serving as an...