Month-in-Review Newsletter
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? The Crumbling Comfort Station In Jackson Park (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021)
"When WBEZ listener Kevin Borgia bikes along the Lakefront Trail, he regularly passes a 'seemingly abandoned building in Jackson Park.'"'It is kind of a...
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? The Salvation Army Building (Chicago 7 2021)
"One of Chicago’s most intriguing buildings from the 1940s sits on an isolated patch in the West Loop, mostly hidden from view by elevated...
Chicago Crusader Investigative Report: “Important to Black history, they are unprotected and a new owner can demolish them anytime without any opposition”
"Alderman Sophia King (4th Ward) had a problem in her ward in 2017. Developers were jockeying for some fresh real estate to build skyscrapers...
The Most Endangered Building in Chicago [Thompson Center]: a Video by Stewart Hicks (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"In this video, we visit Chicago's most endangered building--the Thompson Center--and discuss issues related to its preservation and impending demolition.""Perhaps no building in Chicago...
Vivian Maier: In Color at the Chicago History Museum
Vivian Maier took everyday moments and transformed them into something extraordinary. A discarded newspaper, a child resting her face in the sunlight of a...
Docomomo US National Symposium 2021 Chicago: Crossroads of Modern America May 25 – 28, 2021
Chicago: Crossroads of Modern America
The 2021 National Symposium will be held online."As Docomomo US celebrates its 25th anniversary, we are headed back to where...
The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s Way Out And About Wright 2021 Six States. Three Days. One Architect. Online. May 14 – 16, 2021
"The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s spring tour program embraces a virtual format to showcase six Wright-designed structures dispersed widely across the country –...
Preservation Futures Seeks to Elevate the Social and Cultural History Embedded in Places and Spaces
"Preservation Futures is set to explore the future of historic preservation through research, action and design—but the Chicago-based firm does things differently. Founded by...
Block Club Chicago: Bishop Louis Henry Ford Saved the Henry B. Clarke House in the 1940s
"Chicagoans familiar with the local highway system have undoubtedly heard of the Bishop Ford Freeway, a stretch of Interstate 94 from Interstate 57 to...
Preservation Chicago Welcomes Max Chavez as Director of Research and Special Projects
Preservation Chicago is thrilled to announce Max Chavez as Director of Research and Special Projects. Max recently completed a six-month National Trust for Historic...