June 2026 Newsletter
Excellent Conversation at the Driehaus Museum “Shaping the City: Civic Leadership in Gilded Age Chicago” Panel Discussion on June 6, 2026
Driehaus Museum presents
“Shaping the City: Civic Leadership in Gilded Age Chicago”
Saturday, June 6
3 PM - 4 PM"In participation with the Society for Historians of...
Neighborhood Meeting: Preservation Chicago Assists Neighbors’ Effort to Create Newport Landmark District
On May 14, Ward Miller, the Richard H. Driehaus Executive Director of Preservation Chicago, met with Newport Avenue neighbors to share his knowledge about...
Hole in St. Mary of the Assumption Roof Repaired Just Prior to Pope Leo XIV Pilgrimage Tour Friday, May 8, 2026
"On the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election, a group promoting the Catholic faith in Chicago’s south suburbs led an inaugural pilgrimage to...
Doorways of Chicago by Ronnie Frey
"Doorways of Chicago offers a new and colorful photographic tour of one of the world’s most exciting cities."With more than 100 photographs of Chicago’s...
Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago by Will Quam
"A remarkable exploration of Chicago’s architectural history through the humble brick."By the late 1920s, at its peak of brick making and consumption, Chicago was...
Stanley Tigerman: Drawing on the Ineffable Edited by George Papamattheakis
"At his passing in 2019, Stanley Tigerman had been one of the city’s most influential architects for almost 60 years. The Chicago native worked...
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...
PETITION: STOP the Demolition of the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room!
STOP the Demolition of the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room!Miraculously saved from the wrecking ball in 1972, shockingly it’s once again threatened with demolition.Designed...
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...