Month-in-Review Newsletter
WIN: Upper Four Floors of 208 S. LaSalle to be Repurposed as Luxury Hotel
The four top floors of office space in the D.H. Burnham & Company designed Continental and Commercial National Bank Building, located at 208 S....
WIN: Old Post Office Signs Walgreens as First Tenant
The redevelopment of the Old Post Office has reached another important milestone with the signing of Walgreens to lease 200,000 square feet of office...
THREATENED: Historic Chicago Avenue Bridge Targeted for Demolition
Built in 1914 by the Ketler-Elliot Erection Company of Chicago, the historic Chicago Avenue Bridge is scheduled for demolition and replacement with a new...
WIN: After 35 Years of Advocacy, Uptown Theatre Restoration Announced!
After 35 years, the Uptown Theatre will finally be restored! Shuttered since December 1981 following water damage from burst frozen pipes, the effort to...
THREATENED: “ Fourth-Rate Design” Addition Proposed for Chicago Union Station Rooftop “W ould Bring to the Forlorn But Grand Train Station All the Grandeur...
Preservation Chicago included Chicago Union Station as a 2018 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” based on conceptual rooftop addition renderings released by the development team...
THREATENED: Historic Route 66 Included on National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered Sites List
Route 66 was dubbed as America’s “Mother Road,” by novelist John Steinbeck in 1939 and is an internationally recognized symbol of our nation’s romance...
The Chicago Art Deco Society Presents: Art Deco Metropolis: The Whiz-Bang Buildings of Modern New York Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 6:00
The Chicago Art Deco Society Presents:
Art Deco Metropolis: The Whiz-Bang Buildings of Modern New York
A presentation by Anthony W. Robins
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018
6:00 PM
Roosevelt...
Mecca Flats Artifacts Discovered During Excavation Work! “Shared History: The Mecca Flat Revealed at IIT Architecture”. S. R. Crown Hall, Tuesday, August 7, 12:30...
“Designed in 1891 by Edbrooke and Burnham, the 96-unit Mecca immediately captured the public's imagination. It was Chicago's first residential building with a landscaped...
FEATURE VIDEO: Gertrude Lempp Kerbis: Modern Architect, A Short Film by Karen Carter
Gertrude Kerbis was a groundbreaking architect and was one of the first women at the forefront of Chicago architecture working the modern style during...
FEATURE VIDEO: 60 Years Ago, the CTA Ran Its Last Streetcar. (June 21,1958)
“60 years ago, the CTA ran its last streetcar.So, you could call this final Green Hornet run down Vincennes Avenue on June, 21 1958,...