Month-in-Review Newsletter

Unity Temple Restoration Complete!

Just beyond Chicago's city limits, Unity Temple's $25 million, multi-year, comprehensive and painstaking restoration is now complete, we wish to recognize and celebrate this...

Fulton Market Grain Elevator to be Sold for Redevelopment

Archer Daniels Midland has announced plans to close the historic wheat plant and what is reported to be Chicago's last active grain elevator located...

5. LOSS: Morgan Park 115th Street Metra Station Destroyed by Fire

On May 28, 2017, a fire caused major damage to the historic Morgan Park Metra Rock Island station. According to Rock Island Director of...

21. WIN: Historic Quincy ‘L’ Station On Track for Landmark Designation

With construction underway since April 2017, the historic CTA Quincy Loop ‘L’ Station at 220 South Wells is on its way to receiving official...

Why Save the South Shore Sanctuary? A Photo Essay by Eric Allix Rogers/Chicago Patterns

"Every inch of Chicago's lakefront has been shaped by human hands. Transforming a swampy scrub into terrain suitable for a major metropolis is no...

Lincoln Montana Building Ornament Enters New Chapter

After a multi-year preservation effort, the Lincoln-Montana Building at 2454 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago is coming down. This historic 1923 corner building is 'orange-rated'...

WIN: Old Cedar Hotel Reborn as Viceroy Chicago

After many years of preservation advocacy, the old Cedar Hotel reopened fall 2017 as an 18-story boutique hotel called the Viceroy Chicago. An anchor...

Jensen’s Church of the Advent Closes in Logan Square

The historic Church of the Advent in Logan Square has closed after more than a century offering services at their buildings, designed by Elmer...

St. Boniface Gets More Time

At a court hearing today, the judge presiding over the demolition case of the former St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church at Noble and Chestnut,...

New York Life Adaptive Reuse: The Grey Hotel

GAnother of Chicago's landmark skyscrapers has been repurposed as a hotel - this time it's the New York Life Building, located at 39 S....