Month-in-Review Newsletter
Chicago Tribune Humor Column: The giant green frog from Chicago’s Rainforest Cafe must be preserved. Maybe it can help fight coronavirus?
"Chicago is on the brink of losing a historic landmark: The giant green frog that for years has stood like a silent amphibian sentry...
Chicago Magazine: Walking Chicago With Robert Loerzel. A new book offers guides to 35 urban trails around the city.
"The timing of Robert Loerzel’s Walking Chicago — his revamp of Ryan Ver Berkmoes’s 2008 book of the same name — couldn’t be better....
Crain’s Chicago: New Book Explores Chicago’s Best Modernist Homes, ‘Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-1975’
"Michelangelo Sabatino says he understands why midcentury modern homes are so hot right now. With their informal layouts and big windows framing views of...
Chicago Reader: Chicago at the turn of the century through the eyes of Rudolph F. Michaelis
"It’s a pity that Rudolph F. Michaelis never got his due as an artist during his time in Chicago. Born in Marion County, Missouri,...
Chicago Tribune: Harry Caray’s is haunted by Chicago’s past; Landmark building was a mobster’s hideout, has secret rooms and sits on Chicago’s block No....
"It is tough all over but Grant DePorter, the CEO of Harry Caray’s Restaurant Group, oversees the operation of seven restaurants. On this day...
Anna Baird: Early 20th Century Developer and Builder of High-Grade Apartments in Chicago
"In honor of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, Landmarks Illinois has launched “Women Who Built Illinois,”...
LOSS: “Spotlight on Demolition”
5616 S. Maryland, Hyde Park
1733 N. Mohawk St, Old Town
2652 W. Cortez St, Ukrainian Village
1844 N. Whipple St, Logan Square
1359 W. Marquette Rd, Englewood
1520...
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Cure for the Chicago Blues: Save Muddy Waters’ House
"Blues music, that romping, stomping, wailing, grieving art form, came out of the singing and storytelling traditions of the African American South. But it...
10057 S. Michigan Avenue, Roseland (a Chicago 7 Most Endangered 2020) – 90-Day Demolition Delay
Address: 10057 S. Michigan Avenue, Roseland (a Chicago 7 Most Endangered 2020)#100878866
Date Received: 07/17/2020
Ward: 9th Ward Alderman Anthony A. Beale
Applicant: McDonagh Demolition
Owner: City of...
WIN: A Look at the Spectacular Penthouses inside the Chicago Tribune Tower
"Nearly a full century ago in 1922, the Chicago Tribune launched a contest for bids to build its new home. More than 250 architectural...