July 2018 Newsletter
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 drop of YOUR support counts.Please CHOOSE to...
THREATENED: Historic Route 66 Included on National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered Sites List
Route 66 was dubbed as America’s “Mother Road,” by novelist John Steinbeck in 1939 and is an internationally recognized symbol of our nation’s romance...
The Chicago Art Deco Society Presents: Art Deco Metropolis: The Whiz-Bang Buildings of Modern New York Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 6:00
The Chicago Art Deco Society Presents:
Art Deco Metropolis: The Whiz-Bang Buildings of Modern New York
A presentation by Anthony W. Robins
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018
6:00 PM
Roosevelt...
Mecca Flats Artifacts Discovered During Excavation Work! “Shared History: The Mecca Flat Revealed at IIT Architecture”. S. R. Crown Hall, Tuesday, August 7, 12:30...
“Designed in 1891 by Edbrooke and Burnham, the 96-unit Mecca immediately captured the public's imagination. It was Chicago's first residential building with a landscaped...
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...
FEATURE VIDEO: 60 Years Ago, the CTA Ran Its Last Streetcar. (June 21,1958)
“60 years ago, the CTA ran its last streetcar.So, you could call this final Green Hornet run down Vincennes Avenue on June, 21 1958,...
TELEVISION: Al Capone Warehouse Demolished Reported by CBS 2 TV
“Decades ago, Al Capone ran the booze business in Chicago. Part of the operation was run out of a brick building south of the...
FEATURE ARTICLE: Meet The Women Who Built Logan Square by Mina Bloom in Block Club Chicago
Meet The Women Who Built Logan Square: We assembled a small list of little known women who have made a lasting impact on the...
FEATURE ARTICLE: The Brilliant Artist That Chicago, and the World, Nearly Forgot: The Idiosyncratic Art of Edgar Miller by Zach Mortice in CityLab
These Edgar Miller sculptures are currently in storage and expected to be installed in the new National Public Housing Museum in Chicago.The Brilliant Artist...