September 2021 Newsletter
Docomomo US/Chicago & Forgotten Chicago Present Peterson Ave. Mid-Century Modern Walking Tour Saturday, October 16, 2021
"For this year’s Tour Day, Docomomo US/Chicago is teaming up with Forgotten Chicago for a walking tour of Peterson Avenue. The street is lined...
Wrightwood 659 gallery presents “Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright” Now Open until November 27
"Why are buildings designed by architects Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright so haunting, especially those that have been destroyed? More than simply...
Highly Successful Preservation Chicago’s Central Manufacturing District East Walking Tour (Chicago 7 2021)
Preservation Chicago held a highly successful walking tour of Chicago's Central Manufacturing District-Original East District (In Person and Virtual Tour)Explore the Central Manufacturing District-East...
WTTW Chicago: Dual Exhibition Highlights Lost Works by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright
"Two lost works by architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright share the spotlight in a new, dual exhibition at Wrightwood 659. We speak...
Chicagoland Architecture Substack Blog by Rachel Freundt: The Great Chicago Fire
"On Sunday evening October 8th 1871 a fire broke out in a barn owned by the O’Leary family on DeKoven Street that spread a...
Chicago Magazine: The Great Chicago Fire, As Told By Those Who Lived Through It
"Hardly any rain had fallen on Chicago for months, and the drought was getting worse. Over the 22 days leading up to October 8,...
Chicago Tribune: Chicago built back from the Great Fire in just two years. Now, 150 years later, the city finds itself at another crossroads.
"On a hot and dry October night in 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, starting a blaze that rose...
WBEZ Chicago Curious City: These Buildings Made It Through The Fire But Didn’t Survive Chicago’s Development
"The Great Chicago Fire, which lasted from October 8-10, 1871, destroyed most of Chicago from what is today Roosevelt Road to Fullerton Avenue and...
2622 N. Dayton St., Lincoln Park – 90-Day Demolition Delay
Address: 2622 N. Dayton St., Lincoln Park
#100943432
Date Received: 10/08/2021
Ward: 43rd Ward Ald. Michele Smith
Applicant: Tir Conaill Concrete, Inc. C/O Charlotte McVeigh
Owner: David Hansen
Permit Description: Wreck...
Chicago Sun-Times: How the Great Fire Changed Chicago Architecture
"It’s been 150 years since the last embers from the Great Fire flickered out, leaving behind a smoldering city with the will and the...