October 2024 Newsletter
IN MEMORIAM: Honorary Street Sign Celebrates Mary Ann Smith, Former Alderperson and Chicago Landmark Commissioner
"Former Ald. Mary Ann Smith’s quiet Edgewater block was renamed in her honor Sunday, commemorating the city official after she passed away this summer."A...
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...
Chicago Tribune: As the Morton Salt complex was given a new life, a photographer captured the transformation
"She never intended to become a photographer but that is what Sandra Steinbrecher is and in her new book 'The Salt Shed: The Transformation...
Chicago Reader: A sign of the times: Vintage signs hold community and artistic value. Amid changing neighborhoods, they’ve become increasingly endangered
"For decades, the Bridgeport Restaurant sat at the corner of 35th Street and Halsted, its bold red sign hugging the building, serving as an...
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...