Month-in-Review Newsletter
THREATENED: Community Pushes Back Against Crawford Station Demolition and Truck Cross Dock Proposal. (Chicago 7 2014)
UPDATE: For over a decade, a coalition of community activists fought to close two coal burning power plants that contributed significant air pollution into...
LIKELY LOSS & POSSIBLE WIN: Iconic Chicago Avenue Bridge Demolition Imminent, while Historic Division Street Bridge Could be Moved and Reused as Pedestrian Bridge.
The Chicago Avenue Bridge is in immediate danger of demolition. The demolition of the Chicago Avenue Bridge is scheduled for September, 2018. Preservation Chicago...
WIN: Alderman and East Andersonville Homeowners Support Downzoning to Protect Neighborhood from Demolition Pressure
In 2017, the beautifully ornamented limestone historic greystone at 1436 W. Berwyn Avenue in East Andersonville was threatened by demolition. A developer had purchased...
LIKELY WIN: Chicago Union Station Developers “Completely Revise Their Vision for the Project” (Chicago 7 2018)
UPDATE: After the avalanche of negative press following the release of the proposed addition to the top of the Chicago Union Station, the developers...
FEATURE ARTICLE: Facing Demolition: The Last Remaining Boston Store Stable by John Morris in Chicago Patterns
Read the full article with all photos, historic materials, and architectural drawings at Facing Demolition: The Last Remaining Boston Store StableBy John Morris
from Chicago...
Hundreds Celebrate at the Thompson Center SOS Starship Landing Event
Please sign the SAVE OUR STARSHIP PETITION and help Save the Thompson Center.Architect Helmut Jahn’s kaleidoscopic, controversial State of Illinois Center/James R. Thompson Center...
Ward Miller to speak at the The Logan Square Centennial Celebration October 14, 2018, 11:00 to 3:00
The Logan Square Centennial Celebration
The Logan Square Monument
OCTOBER 13 & 14, 2018
11AM - 3PM
FREE
Join your neighbors to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the...
DON’T MISS! Open House Chicago October 13 & 14, 2018, 250 Sites…48 Hours…All Free!
250 COOL PLACES.
48 HOURS.
GO.
IT'S FREE.
OCTOBER 13 & 14, 2018
9AM - 5PM
Have you ever walked by a building and thought I wish I could see...
FEATURE VIDEO: Pilgrim Baptist Gospel Museum Gaining Momentum on Chicago Tonight WTTW Chicago
In December 2017 plans were announced to build the nation’s first major gospel museum within the exterior limestone walls of the highly-significant Adler and...
Don’t Miss “Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World’s Fair” at The Newberry Library Through December 31, 2018
“Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World’s Fair” is free and open to the public and will be on display at the Newberry...