Month-in-Review Newsletter

"This structure, the James R. Thompson Center, isn’t even 40 years old. Yet some of Chicago’s elected officials want what was formerly known as...

"The distinctive sound of hooves clip-clopping along downtown streets will soon become a relic of a bygone era."The Chicago City Council on Friday approved...

"This year marks 25 years since the flag sculptures were installed above Division Street in the Humboldt Park neighborhood."In the nearby park, another landmark...

"A one time tree nursery became a bucolic place of rest and recovery for tuberculosis patients on Chicago’s North Side. Geoffrey Baer shares this...

"South Michigan Avenue sits on a natural ridge that Native Americans used as trail. Dutch farmers who settled on the vast prairie once known...

"This week’s #AudTalk features a conversation between Auditorium CEO Rich Regan and Rolf Achilles, an art historian and historical preservationist who has written and...

“It’s an old, common cry in a city where demolition and development are often spoken in the same breath, and where trying to save...

The Demolition Delay Ordinance, adopted by City Council in 2003, establishes a hold of up to 90 days in the issuance of any demolition...

The South Side Swedish Club and later known as The Ridgeland Club is located at 7330 S. Ridgeland Avenue in Chicago’s South Shore Community....