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Editorial/Op-Ed
SUN-TIMES COLUMN: Is McCormick Place’s Owner Finally Looking to Spice Up Lakeside Center? (Chicago 7 2016 & 2021)
"McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center could be in line soon for big changes — including placing an array of solar panels on its 19-acre cantilevered...
OP-ED: Sara C. Bronin: Chicago’s Historic Century and Consumers Buildings Must Not Fall (Chicago 7 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023, 2024)
"Recently, in my role leading the federal historical preservation agency, I visited two of Chicago’s most talked-about buildings — the Century Building and the...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: South Loop had a hybrid car dealership — a century ago. Now it’s headed toward demolition.
South Loop had a hybrid car dealership — a century ago. Now it’s headed toward demolition. But a building that beckoned toward the future,...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: South Loop had a hybrid car dealership — a century ago. Now it’s headed toward demolition.
"A late 19th century South Loop building that represents an important but relatively unsung chapter of Chicago’s architectural, automotive and technological history is set...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Vox Preservare: The GSA and federal judges pushing for demolition would do well to hear and abide by what could be...
"The Century and Consumers buildings, those vacant early State Street skyscrapers that the federal government wants to demolish, are hanging on by the thinnest...
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Pullman’s Hotel Florence Deserves a Chance to Welcome Guests Again
"The Hotel Florence in the Pullman neighborhood has been in a kind of limbo since the state bought the Victorian-era landmark 32 years ago."Built...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Fight the Power: City Must Move Quickly on Landmark Status for Fed-Owned Loop Skyscrapers (Chicago 7 2011, 2013, 2022 & 2023)
"The Century and Consumers buildings downtown are landmarks in every sense of the word."Built in 1913, the upswept 16-story Century at 202 S. State...
Op-Ed: Midway Plaisance is the Wrong Site to Replace Park Space Taken for Obama Center
"Chicago will soon have a new mayor. At this renaissance moment, we have an extraordinary opportunity to throw out Chicago’s old and worn playbook...
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Pullman’s Hotel Florence Deserves a Chance to Welcome Guests Again
"The Hotel Florence in the Pullman neighborhood has been in a kind of limbo since the state bought the Victorian-era landmark 32 years ago."Built...
Op-Ed: Giving Promontory Point landmark status would be a victory for preservation and access
"As children, my friends and I often raced across the rocks churned by the waves of Lake Michigan into mountains, crevices and caves. We...