Month-in-Review Newsletter
August 2021 Month-in-Review Newsletter
ADVOCACYWIN: Pullman National Monument
LOSS: Woman's Garden in Jackson Park Bulldozed
LOSS: Supreme Court Denies Temporary OPC Construction Halt
THREATENED: Thompson Center Bid...
Highly Successful Grand Opening to the The Available City at Central Park Theater as part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial Exhibit Runs until December...
"The Available City at Central Park Theater by Chicago Architecture Biennial
Exhibit Runs September 17 to December 18, 2021
Monday- Friday, 11am-2pm
Central Park Theater, 3535 W...
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Presents “Interpreting Wright” Virtual Conference October 13 – 17, 2021
Interpreting Wright
October 13 – 17, 2021
Online and in-person in Buffalo, New York"Interpreting Wright will be the Conservancy’s third Buffalo conference, and our first there...
Open House Chicago 2021 In-Person Site Visits – October 16 & 17, 2021 Self-Guided Tours – Entire Month of October 2021
"Every October, the Chicago Architecture Center is proud to host Open House Chicago—a free public festival that offers self-guided history and architecture trails throughout...
Docomomo US/Chicago & Forgotten Chicago Present Peterson Ave. Mid-Century Modern Walking Tour Saturday, October 16, 2021
"For this year’s Tour Day, Docomomo US/Chicago is teaming up with Forgotten Chicago for a walking tour of Peterson Avenue. The street is lined...
Wrightwood 659 gallery presents “Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright” Now Open until November 27
"Why are buildings designed by architects Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright so haunting, especially those that have been destroyed? More than simply...
Highly Successful Preservation Chicago’s Central Manufacturing District East Walking Tour (Chicago 7 2021)
Preservation Chicago held a highly successful walking tour of Chicago's Central Manufacturing District-Original East District (In Person and Virtual Tour)Explore the Central Manufacturing District-East...
WTTW Chicago: Dual Exhibition Highlights Lost Works by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright
"Two lost works by architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright share the spotlight in a new, dual exhibition at Wrightwood 659. We speak...
Chicagoland Architecture Substack Blog by Rachel Freundt: The Great Chicago Fire
"On Sunday evening October 8th 1871 a fire broke out in a barn owned by the O’Leary family on DeKoven Street that spread a...
Chicago Magazine: The Great Chicago Fire, As Told By Those Who Lived Through It
"Hardly any rain had fallen on Chicago for months, and the drought was getting worse. Over the 22 days leading up to October 8,...