March 2020 Newsletter

PETITION: Save the Chicago Town & Tennis Club/Unity Church!

Preservation Chicago recognizes the need for Misericordia’s extraordinary housing and services. We strongly support this important work, and we believe it is possible to...

WATCH: Chicago Jazz Artists Look for Ways to Cope with COVID-19 on Chicago Tonight

"The city of Chicago named 2020 the Year of Chicago Music, and this week was supposed to be Cabaret Week."Chicago Tonight visited a few...

READ: High Fidelity Turns 20, and the Chicago It Imagined Is Gone; A writer reflects on the vanished city the movie immortalized in Chicago...

"It would be an exaggeration to say watching High Fidelity persuaded me to move to Chicago nearly two decades ago, but it didn’t hurt....

PRINT: How to Research your Chicago Home’s History Online in Curbed Chicago

"Chicago is the home of well-read architectural styles like Prairie School and Miesian Modern but it also features vernacular designs like simple workers cottages...

PRINT: The Most Interesting Historic Interiors in Chicago in Curbed Chicago

"From afar, Chicago’s architecture dazzles. But get up close to the city’s historic lobbies, atriums, and libraries? It’ll be hard not to wonder what’s...

WBEZ: What’s That Building? The Krause Music Store on WBEZ Chicago

"Tucked away on a busy section of Lincoln Avenue sits a remarkable building that has made people stop and stare since 1922."Today, it’s up...

WATCH: What’s Happening to Chicago’s Neon Signs? on WGN 9 Chicago

"Dylan Thomas once wrote: 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light.' He wasn't talking about Chicago, but he could have been when it...

WATCH: You Paid For It: Scaffolding In Front Of Landmark City-Owned Building In West Town Has Been There Since 2015 on CBS Chicago 2...

"It’s ugly, it’s been there for years, and you paid for it. The 'it' in question is construction scaffolding that surrounds the old Goldblatt’s...

READ: Lost Chicago Buildings Showdown on WTTW Chicago

"As anyone who’s met a Chicagoan knows, you can’t get us to shut up about our city’s architecture. From the bungalow belt to the...

600 N. Pine Avenue, Austin – 90-Day Demolition Delay List

Address: 600 N. Pine Avenue, Austin #100863125 Date Received: 02/20/2020 Ward: 37th Ward Alderman Emma Mitts Applicant: Sciortino Group, Inc. Owner: City of Chicago Permit Description: Demolition of a 2-story residential...