July 2025 Newsletter

Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago Union Station Celebrates its 100th Birthday (Chicago 7 2018)

"Since Chicago Union Station opened 100 years ago, the station has grown to be the busiest in the city and the third most used...

Chicago Tribune: Recollections of a visit to Lincoln Park’s Lily Pool with its architect, Alfred Caldwell, by Ron Grossman

"In 1955, Alfred Caldwell walked me through the Lincoln Park Rookery, as it was then known. An oasis of green amid the city’s concrete...

Preservation Chicago presents “Chicago 7 Most Endangered 2025 Coach Tour” Saturday, September 6

Preservation Chicago presentsChicago 7 Most Endangered 2025 Coach Bus TourSaturday, September 6Join the Chicago 7 Most Endangered 2025 coach bus tour led by Ward...

“Uptown Community Portrait” to Celebrate the Uptown Theatre’s 100th Anniversary Saturday, August 16 at Noon

"Uptown Community Portrait" Saturday, August, 16, 2025 at Noon Presented by Friends of the Uptown, Ald. Angela Clay(46th), Uptown Chamber of Commerce and Uptown United"Who: Uptown...

Floating Museum presented “Mecca” Flats and Bronzeville Floating Monuments Exhibit at IIT Crown Hall on August 9, 2025

"In 2019, the Floating Museum introduced the world to an inflatable monument named “Founders,” a sculpture that featured four visages — interpretations of Jean...

Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy presents “Walser House Preservation Talk ” August 20, 2025 (Chicago 7 2025)

Preservation Talk: Walser House Presents by Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Wednesday, August 20, 2025 6:00–7:30 pm Zoom"Located in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s far west side, the...

Mies van der Rohe Society presents “1X1 Chicago: Celebrating Women in Architecture” August 28, 2025

"1X1 Chicago: Celebrating Women in Architecture" Thursday, August 28, 2025 presented by Mies van der Rohe SocietyS.R. Crown Hall, 3360 South State Street5 p.m. Exhibition Talk,...

Glessner House presents “Motor Row Walking Tour” September 13, 2025

"Motor Row Walking Tour" September 13, 2025 presented by Glessner House"This Glessner House walking tour down South Michigan Avenue explores what is considered the largest intact...

Maxwell Street Foundation presents “Poor Man’s Paradise” August 15, 2025 to September 27, 2025

"There will be an opening on Friday August 15, 2025 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM for the exhibition “Poor Man’s Paradise” at Project...