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Chicago YIMBY: Lost Legends #7: Dearborn Station’s Pitched Roof

"Dearborn Station, also known as Polk Street Depot, is one of the remaining central stations in Chicago. Located at the foot of Printer’s Row,...

TimeOut Chicago: 18 Businesses Chicagoans Want to Bring Back from the Dead

"Here today, gone tomorrow. That's the unfortunate reality every business and its customers face. Although there are plenty of newcomers to be excited about,...

Preservation Magazine: Stained-Glass Windows and a Chorus of Painted Angels Glow Again Inside a Chicago Church

"Even if you’re a Chicago native, you likely haven’t stepped inside the Gothic Revival–style Second Presbyterian Church that sits on the corner of Michigan...

WTTW Chicago: The Birth of Gospel Music in Chicago

"For generations, Black music has been one of the foundational sources for liberation, survival, salvation, and entertainment. Gospel music has been one of the...

Hyde Park Herald: A walk through Woodlawn’s past and present

"Inside the compact, wood-paneled headquarters of the Hyde Park Historical Society early Saturday afternoon, historical society vice president Mallory Price and summer intern Hugh...

Hyde Park Herald: A walk through Woodlawn’s past and present

"The doors of nearly 200 churches, concert halls, co-ops and other historical sites around the city opened to the public last weekend for Open...

NewCity Design: The Grand Dame Returns: Joe Mansueto Puts on the Ritz with the Belden-Stratford (CAB 2023)

"The memory of that visit followed me when I walked into the renewed splendor of the newly renovated Belden-Stratford. It’s the mansard-roofed, high-rise, Second...

NewCity: Enduring Art: After 125 Years, the Fine Arts Building Is Defiantly Unmodernized and Ready for Its Next Act

"Every building hides a world behind its doors—even blank-faced office blocks have a history and a social life—but perhaps no Chicago building hides more...

Block Club Chicago: The Fall Of The House Of Schuttler: A Haunted West Side Mansion, A Family Curse And A Chicago Legacy

"Today, staring up at the massive, four-story red brick condo building at the northeast corner of Adams and Aberdeen streets, you would never know...

CityLab: After School Closings, a Renovation Challenge

"Dwight Perkins isn’t among the most familiar names associated with Chicago architecture. But unlike Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe,...