Month-in-Review Newsletter
Preservation Chicago’s ‘7 Most Endangered 2020’ Bicycle Tour with Biketropolis Cancelled
The Biking Tour of the Chicago 7 Most Endangered Sites for 2020 created by Biketropolis and Preservation Chicago has been cancelled and any reservations...
Support “Saving the Sacred” Film
"Regina's first film uncovers the hidden heroes of the Catholic world — the people who are giving their all to save our beautiful, historic...
Support Glessner House with Donation $25 or More & Receive Beautiful William Morris Face Mask Thank You Gift
"The COVID-19 pandemic has created special challenges for Glessner House, as we cancel all tours and programs for an extended period, while expenses go...
Change.org Petition: Implosion Devastates Little Village During COVID19 Pandemic
"The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) strongly condemns the implosion of the Crawford coal plant smokestack by Hilco Redevelopment Partners (Hilco). For almost...
PRINT: The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Reuse from 2012 Report from National Trust for Historic Preservation
Regarding the 2012 Report: "A report produced by the Preservation Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation provides the most comprehensive analysis...
PRINT: Proof that the “Greenest Building is the One Already Standing” Released in 2012 Report from National Trust for Historic Preservation
Regarding the 2012 Report: "'The Greenest Building is the one already standing', Carl Elefante's great line, has been the mantra of the green preservation...
PRINT: Independent Theaters Want You To Keep Going To The Movies on WBEZ Chicago
"Independent movie theaters have faced threats to their business models in the past, but probably didn’t anticipate a global pandemic."Local theaters have hustled to...
PRINT: Documenting the Past: A look at some of Chicago’s disappearing buildings in South Side Weekly
"It’s fun to shoot old Chicago. I like documenting and seeing the hidden history. So much will be forgotten if we do not photograph...
PRINT: A Chicago Couple Restores a Spacious Gothic Revival, Inside and Out In Preservation Magazine
"Jay Dandy: We bought the house in June of 2002 and moved in that November. We had been living in a big, Victorian-era house,...
PRINT: Home is Where the Art Deco Is: Modernist Design Around the Corner from the Chicago Art Deco Society’s Newsletter
"When it comes to Art Deco architecture, especially in the Midwest, one tends to think of the skyscraping commercial edifices and the grand WPA...