January 2023 Newsletter
Chicagoland Architecture Substack Blog: Demolitions of 2022
"It’s that time of year again when we look back at the buildings we lost in 2022. Just like my 2021 post, Chicago continues...
WBEZ Chicago: The Avalon Regal Theater was once a luxurious movie palace. Today, its future is uncertain. (Chicago 7 2012)
"Eleanor Truex lives in south suburban Flossmoor and occasionally, when traffic is especially bad, she gets off the highway and takes a detour through...
The Newberry: Dinkel’s Bakery: The Story of a Lakeview Landmark
"The Newberry recently acquired the archives of Dinkel's Bakery, a landmark of the Lakeview neighborhood that closed its doors in 2022."If you’ve traveled through...
Driehaus Museum Presents Capturing Louis Sullivan: What Richard Nickel Saw EXTENDED to May 21, 2023
"Richard Nickel (1928-1972) was a Polish-American architectural photographer and preservationist. Nickel first encountered the work of Louis Sullivan (1856-1924) as a student, when photographing...
Don’t Miss Preservation Chicago’s 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Announcement High Noon on Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Preservation Chicago's 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Announcement and Presentation
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
High Noon, 12:00 pm
Virtually via Zoom and in-person at the Chicago Architecture...
THREATENED: After 23 Year Advocacy Effort, Preliminary Chicago Landmark Status for Promontory Point Depends on Park District’s Consent (Chicago 7 2022)
"WRITE A LETTER to the Chicago Park District Board to vote "YES" to Landmarking Promontory Point! Use this letter (or customize it) to urge...
THREATENED: Despite Strong Community Opposition, Demolition Delay Expiring for Historic Three-Flat at 2240 N. Burling
"Judy Blatherwick and her family put in decades of work restoring their graceful, Italianate wood-frame home in Lincoln Park, but after selling the nearly...
WIN: Preliminary Landmark Status Protects Both Interior and Exterior of Innovative 1970s Netsch Home
"The Old Town home that innovative 20th-century architect Walter Netsch designed with a bold, unconventional floor plan of multiple levels and bands of skylights...
WIN: After Seven Year Effort, Greater Union Baptist Church Receives Final Chicago Landmark Recommendation
"A city panel will vote Thursday on whether to grant preliminary landmark status to a historic West Side church — a move that’s good...
WIN: Bronzeville Designated a National Heritage Area
"Congress has sent President Joe Biden a bill to sign establishing Chicago’s historic Bronzeville community as a National Heritage Area."The Senate unanimously approved the...