October 2024 Newsletter
90-Day Demolition Delay: 161 E. Erie St, River North
Date Received: 07/30/2024
Ward: Ward: 42nd Ald. Brendan Reilly
Applicant: Atlas Industries, Inc. C/O Roanne Rebenson
Owner: Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation C/O Ann Steiner
Permit Description: Demolition of...
MAS CONTEXT: A History of Preservation in Chicago
"Preservation in Chicago has a complicated, multidimensional nature. Preservation is a field of practice, a function of government, and an activist movement. In Chicago,...
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Planted with love nearly 50 years ago, 54-foot blue spruce will be Chicago’s official Christmas tree
"Sarah Holden and her husband, Dave Shaddick, their daughters, Hazel and Pearl, as well as three cats and three lizards, are about to move...
CBS: Chicago Hauntings: Historical ghosts at the massive nightclub that once housed the Chicago Historical Society
"The old Chicago Historical Society building at 632 N. Dearborn St. in River North is a bracing edifice—with its granite cladding and architectural features...
Chicago Magazine: The Enchanted Life of a Hotel; To know the history of the Morrison is to know the history of this city
"As long as I can remember, Chicago has been besotted by the size of its monuments. Biggest. Tallest. Busiest. This makes the Morrison Hotel — the...
Chicago Legacy Businesses: The Gaslight Club: There’s A Secret Speakeasy In The Middle Of O’Hare — And It’s The Last Of Its Kind
"The Gaslight Club in the O’Hare Hilton Hotel is a relic from Chicago’s past. The 1920s-themed restaurant and bar used to have locations across...
WBEZ: What’s That Building? 700 Block of Maxwell Street
"A Maxwell Street block lined with well-preserved facades from the late 19th and early 20th centuries has plenty of designs: Art Deco, terra cotta,...
City of Chicago Designates Legendary East Lake Shore Drive as Honorary Benjamin Marshall Way October 23, 2024
"The City of Chicago and the Benjamin Marshall Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, will commemorate architect Benjamin H. Marshall (1874-1944) in the historic naming of...
Chicago History Museum presents “Bus Tour | The Story of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley with Dilla Thomas” Saturday, November 23, 2024
"Join Chicago urban historian Shermann 'Dilla' Thomas on an engaging bus tour of key Chicago sites important to Emmett Till’s life and that humanize...