Month-in-Review Newsletter
PRESS: A trip back in time to the World’s Columbian Exposition; Travel tips for Chicago from 1893 (yes, you should tip your servers).
"In November 1893, the journalist Kate Field asked what should be done with the buildings of the World's Columbian Exposition, the great majority of...
OPINION: A Design Agenda for a New Mayor by Edward Keegan
" In Chicago, architecture matters
Recent mayors often sided with the economic interests of real estate developers, deploying architects as public relations window dressing. That’s...
2434 S. Albany Ave. – 90-Day Demolition Delay List
Address: 2434 S. Albany Ave.
#100842060
Date Received: 11/15/2019
Ward: 12th Ward Alderman George A. Cardenas
Applicant: Teo Scorte
Owner: Teo Scorte
Permit Description: Renovation and conversion of existing mixed...
WIN: Yellow Brick Road Celebrates Place Where Frank Baum Wrote “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”
"Soon Humboldt Park neighbors will be able to follow the yellow brick road just like Dorothy and Toto near where creator L. Frank Baum...
PRESS: Former Sun-Times Architecture Critic Comes Out Swinging Against OPC Design, Placement in Park
"While promoting his book “Southern Exposure” about architectural design on the South Side, former Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bey questioned both the design of...
WIN: Nuveen House Designated as a Chicago Landmark
"A stately Irving Park home built by investment banking magnate John Nuveen is on its way to becoming a protected site. On Thursday, the...
RADIO: What’s That Building? General Richard L. Jones Armory
"Carvings of a Roman soldier, medieval knight, Native American warrior and World War I doughboy peer out from their posts around the edges of...
WIN: Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church/Sinai Temple Designated as a Chicago Landmark
"Designed by the notable architect Alfred Samuel Alschuler, a neoclassical revival-style church complex built in 1912 could soon become the next official Chicago landmark."Last...
WATCH: Preservationists Rally Around Thompson Center as Pritzker Prepares for Sale on Chicago Tonight
"The James R. Thompson Center is hard to miss. The 17-story, sloping glass structure occupies an entire city block in downtown Chicago."Designed by architect...