October 2022 Newsletter
THREATENED: Hector Guimard’s Art Nouveau Metra Entrance Slated for Removal as Part of Illinois Central Railroad Station Restoration
"The Grant Park entrance to the Metra Electric and South Shore line’s Van Buren station has given Chicago an added touch of Paris for...
THREATENED: Landmarked Noel State Bank Walgreens at Risk of Closure
"A Walgreens official surprised Wicker Park neighbors this week by saying a flagship location inside a renovated bank in the heart of the neighborhood...
Block Club Chicago: A Sociologist Photographed 100 Chicago Buildings Just Before They Were Torn Down. What Happened To The Sites 10 Years Later?
"A historical two-flat in North Lawndale is now a vacant lot. So is a former check cashing store in Englewood. Three homes in Lincoln...
Bloomberg CityLab: One Nation, Under Renovation
"In late 2019, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a landmark investment in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Invest South/West would direct $1.4 billion...
Block Club Chicago: The Google Effect? Experts Say Tech Giant’s Thompson Center Move Could Bring More Residents Downtown
"The $105 million sale of the Thompson Center to Google has the potential to restructure the Loop by bringing in more residents — and,...
Chicago Sun-Times: Renewing LaSalle Street
"City government officials, real estate owners, architects and planners have lately linked arms around a common concern: The Loop’s LaSalle Street corridor needs help....
Chicago Tribune: After Rejecting Lakeside Center Casino Proposal, McCormick Place Seeks to Reimagine Lakeside Center
"Six months after rejecting a plan to turn Lakeside Center into the Chicago casino, McCormick Place is looking to redevelop all or part of...
Chicago Tribune: ‘Capturing Louis Sullivan’ at Driehaus Museum: 50 years after Richard Nickel’s death, his photographs still haunt and inspire
"Richard Nickel was nothing if not a man of his word."'I’m afraid our days of adventuring, salvaging, avoiding the cops, etc. in the cause...
Preservation Chicago’s 21st Birthday Old-School Happy Hour at the Sky Ride Tap October 21, 2022
Preservation Chicago's 21st Birthday Happy Hour gathering was a joyful celebration of 21 years on the preservation front lines. It was held on Friday,...