Month-in-Review Newsletter
Preservation Chicago Moves to Williams Building at 205 W. Monroe by Holabird & Roche in the Loop
After over a decade in the Ravenswood office, Preservation Chicago has moved to the Loop. The Williams Building at 205 W. Monroe Street at...
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace’
"A celebration of the grand American shrines to cinema that rose to glitzy prominence during the 1920s, April Wright’s well-researched “Going Attractions: The Definitive...
PRESS: In his first in-depth Chicago interview, Lightfoot’s planning chief talks with Blair Kamin about the Obama Center, the Thompson Center and reviving struggling...
"Maurice Cox, the highly regarded, design-savvy urban planner who Mayor Lori Lightfoot lured away from Detroit to spread the wealth to the city’s South...
PRESS: Summoning the ghosts of Record Row
"You can take a walk down Michigan Avenue from Roosevelt Road to Cermak on the sunniest afternoon of the summer, but no matter how...
RADIO: “Southern Exposure” Highlights Chicago’s South Side Architectural Treasures
"Chicago’s South Side is often depicted as a blighted part of the city, but a new book hopes to change that narrative by showcasing...
WBEZ: The Thompson Center Needs A Lot of Work Before It Can Be Sold
"Elizabeth Blasius affectionately calls the James R. Thompson Center the “post-modern people's palace.”"Blasius is one of the founders of the James R. Thompson Center...
FILM TRAILER: Power of Place: Honoring the past is the best path to a sustainable future
"Historic buildings and preservation of the buildings is part of the discussion, but also the identity, culture and people who live in the buildings...
IN MEMORIAM: Longtime Chicago real estate adviser Martin Stern
"CBRE executive Martin Stern, a longtime real estate adviser to companies, non-profits and local governments including the city of Chicago, died Sunday at age...
THREATENED: Nordine Home Endangered Despite Interested Preservation-Oriented Prospective Buyer.
"Edgewater’s last historic mansions are dwindling in numbers as developers eye them in order to capitalize on the neighborhood’s popularity. But one home’s likely...