June 2026 Newsletter
Crain’s Chicago: Pieces of Long-Lost Louis Sullivan Building Revealed on Chicago’s South Lakefront
"After hiding in plain sight on the south lakefront for seven decades, carved stone fragments of a significant 19th century building by architect Louis...
CBS News Chicago: America at 250: How Chicago Helped Transform Jazz and Spread the Music Across the U.S.
"'We like to say it started in New Orleans, grew up in Chicago, and really spread to the world,' said Heather Ireland Robinson, executive...
Crain’s Chicago Business: This Old North Center Church Became an Antique Collector’s Sanctuary
"In the 1990s, Joe Partipilo's collection of antiques was growing at the same time the Lutheran church was shrinking its real estate footprint in...
The West Loop Historic Plaques Project Installs Five New Plaques, with Four More In Process
The West Loop historic plaques project installs four more plaques in the West Loop with four more in the works.Connie Fairbanks, historian and longtime...
Sold-Out Screening of John Vinci’s KAM/Pilgrim Baptist Church Virtual Reality Film at the Arts Club of Chicago, June 30, 2026
On June 30, Preservation Chicago was proud to co-sponsor the inaugural screening of a remarkable new virtual reality film by architect and preservationist John...
PETITION: Save the Pope’s Church!
Pope Leo XIV’s Childhood Church and School, St. Mary of the Assumption, is now vacant and with a large hole in the roof.Chicago Landmark...