October 2019 Newsletter
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace’
"A celebration of the grand American shrines to cinema that rose to glitzy prominence during the 1920s, April Wright’s well-researched “Going Attractions: The Definitive...
PRESS: In his first in-depth Chicago interview, Lightfoot’s planning chief talks with Blair Kamin about the Obama Center, the Thompson Center and reviving struggling...
"Maurice Cox, the highly regarded, design-savvy urban planner who Mayor Lori Lightfoot lured away from Detroit to spread the wealth to the city’s South...
PRESS: Summoning the ghosts of Record Row
"You can take a walk down Michigan Avenue from Roosevelt Road to Cermak on the sunniest afternoon of the summer, but no matter how...
WBEZ: The Thompson Center Needs A Lot of Work Before It Can Be Sold
"Elizabeth Blasius affectionately calls the James R. Thompson Center the “post-modern people's palace.”"Blasius is one of the founders of the James R. Thompson Center...
FILM TRAILER: Power of Place: Honoring the past is the best path to a sustainable future
"Historic buildings and preservation of the buildings is part of the discussion, but also the identity, culture and people who live in the buildings...
IN MEMORIAM: Longtime Chicago real estate adviser Martin Stern
"CBRE executive Martin Stern, a longtime real estate adviser to companies, non-profits and local governments including the city of Chicago, died Sunday at age...
THREATENED: Nordine Home Endangered Despite Interested Preservation-Oriented Prospective Buyer.
"Edgewater’s last historic mansions are dwindling in numbers as developers eye them in order to capitalize on the neighborhood’s popularity. But one home’s likely...
THREATENED: Wing Hoe Edgewater Mansion to be Demolished
"A key City Council committee signed off this week on a new Edgewater apartment building that will spell the end of a more than...
THREATENED: Truc Lam Temple/Paul Revere Lodge Demolition Plan Advances
The neighborhood’s 120-year-old Truc Lam Temple will soon be demolished to make way for a preschool.The temple, 1521 W. Wilson Ave., went up for...