January 2026 Newsletter
CHICAGO LEGACY BUSINESS: After 86 Years in Business and a Large Fire, Palace Grill Has Been Listed For Sale
"Palace Grill is officially on the market."Two years after a fire swept through the 80-year-old West Side diner at 1408 W. Madison St., its...
BUYER WANTED: After Being Moved 29 Feet For the Red Line Extension, CTA Seeks Buyer for the Vautravers Building
"An 1890s apartment building the CTA moved out of the way as part of the expansion of the Red Line tracks is up for...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 2119 N. Seminary Ave., Lincoln Park
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Date Received: 12/17/2025
Ward: 43rd Ward Ald. Timmy Knudsen
Applicant: Builder Luxury, LLC C/O Marcin Wojtowicz
Owner: 202 Stefan, LLC C/O Piotr Buchajski
Permit Description: Wreck and remove...
Gertrude Lempp Kerbis Memorial Monument Design Competition Call For Entries
b"Gertrude Lempp Kerbis Monument Memorial: a design competition based on the site of the Gertrude Lempp Kerbis plot in Graceland Cemetery."Competition Objective: What would...
Chicago Tribune: Built on the ‘Big Shoulders’ of Chicago, Many Historic Buildings Carry on Legacy by Serving as Hotels
"In Carl Sandburg’s famous 1914 poem 'Chicago,' he praised the Windy City for its hardworking 'Big Shoulders.' He might also have lauded the city’s...
CBS News: America at 250: How Chicago’s Architectural Innovation Helped Shape The Nation’s Future
"Chicago helped shape the nation in so many ways, including the pioneering of skyscrapers – the big, beautiful buildings the city of big shoulders...
THE UPTOWN: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace by Robert Loerzel and Andy Pierce
Preservation Chicago is thrilled to support the new book, The UPTOWN: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace by Robert Loerzel and Andy Pierce."This new book from...
The Skyscraper and The White City: The Genius and the Tragedy of John Wellborn Root by Gerald R. Larson
"John Wellborn Root's the leading designer and theoretician among Chicago's architects during the 1880s. He designed more skyscrapers than all those designed by the...
John Mills Van Osdel, Architect, and his Chicago: The Story of His Life, 1811 to 1891 by Burtram Collver Hopkins
"There is no question that Chicago is an architecturally significant city. But before Louis Henry Sullivan, John Wellborn Root, and Frank Lloyd Wright, before...