July 2020 Newsletter
THREATENED: Demolition Permit Released for Jeffery Theater and Spencer Arms Hotel (Chicago 7 2014)
A Preservation Chicago 7 Most Endangered in 2014, the historic Jeffery Theater is located at the crossroads of what was once the bustling heart...
Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929–75 A new book by Susan Benjamin and Michelangelo Sabatino
Modern in the Middle
Chicago Houses 1929-75
Susan Benjamin and Michelangelo Sabatino; foreword by Pauline Saliga
THE FIRST SURVEY OF THE CLASSIC TWENTIETH-CENTURY HOUSES THAT DEFINED AMERICAN...
Metropolitan Planning Council: It’s time to get serious about preserving Chicago’s two- to four-unit apartment buildings
"The plight of Chicago’s small, two to four-unit buildings, has received research and media attention for nearly a decade, yet little by way of...
Ask Geoffrey on WTTW Chicago: Chicago’s Vanishing Water Tanks. They’re rare now, but rooftop water tanks once stood sentinel atop every large building in...
Ask Geoffrey: Chicago’s Vanishing Water Tanks, Erica Gunderson, WTTW Chicago, 7/16/20"They’re rare now, but rooftop water tanks once stood sentinel atop every large building...
TED Radio Hour on WBEZ: How Can Seeing Black History As American History Begin To Make Amends? With Brent Leggs of the African American...
"How can we make amends for the atrocities of slavery and segregation? Historian and preservationist Brent Leggs discusses one step in confronting the past:...
Chicago Magazine: What’s Next for Northerly Island? Chicago planned to turn the 91-acre peninsula into an oasis on Lake Michigan. A decade later, it’s...
"Somewhere, Daniel Burnham weeps."In 1909, the 19th-century architect first floated the idea of a manmade park off the coast of Chicago, stretching seven miles...
Curious City on WBEZ: From Cemetery Saloons To Movie Palaces; How Uptown Became An Entertainment Hub
"If you stand at the corner of Lawrence Avenue and Broadway in the Uptown neighborhood, you’ll see two famous Chicago music venues: the Riviera...
LOSS: “Spotlight on Demolition” Pieter Boone House, 10057 S. Michigan Avenue, Roseland
“It’s an old, common cry in a city where demolition and development are often spoken in the same breath, and where trying to save...
Chicago Tonight on WTTW: Restorations and Revelations at a Far South Side Tavern Headed For City Landmark Status
On June 4, 2020, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted to award preliminary Landmark designation to the former Schlitz Brewery-Tied House located at 9401...