November 2021 Newsletter

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Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929–75 Receives Prestigious Docomomo Modernism in America Award

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...

Preservation Chicago Tours the Arlington Deming Historic District. An Original Documentary

Host, Ward Miller, Executive Director of Preservation Chicago guides you on a tour of one of Lincoln Park's most important historic districts.Learn how the...

Roseland’s South Michigan Avenue Commercial District: The Avenue’s Past, Present and Future. An original video short by Preservation Chicago

"Roseland’s South Michigan Avenue Commercial District is the commercial center and heart of this Far South Side community, located approximately 15 miles from downtown...

2028 N. Seminary Ave., Lincoln Park – 90-Day Demolition Delay

Address: 2028 N. Seminary Ave., Lincoln Park #100945948 Date Received: 10/26/2021 Ward: 43rd Ald. Michele Smith Applicant: Quality Excavation Inc. C/O Anne QuinnOwner: Patrick Nash Permit Description: Wreck and...

Starship Chicago: Thompson Center A Film by Nathan Eddy (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)

"Architect Helmut Jahn’s kaleidoscopic, controversial State of Illinois Center in Chicago, which shocked the world when it opened in 1985, may not be long...

WATCH: The Video Overview of the Preservation Chicago 2021 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” (Length 3:48)

WATCH: The Video Overview of the Preservation Chicago 2021 "Chicago 7 Most Endangered" (Length 3:48)

WATCH: The Full Announcement and Presentation of the Preservation Chicago 2021 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” (Length: 57 Minutes)

WATCH: The Full Announcement and Presentation of the Preservation Chicago 2021 "Chicago 7 Most Endangered" (Length: 57 Minutes)

Chicago Fire Department District 1 HQ and Engine Co. 42 Firehouse, 55 W. Illinois Street – Early Warning Signs

Chicago Fire Department District 1 HQ and Engine Co. 42 Firehouse, 55 W. Illinois Street - Early Warning Signs

Remembering Edgewater Beach Hotel By John Holden and Kathryn Gemperle

"Nothing epitomized the glamour and excitement of Chicago’s jazz age and war years like the fabled Edgewater Beach Hotel. Much more than a hotel,...