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Preservation In The News
Chicago Tribune: Northerly Island’s potential as an urban oasis goes unrealized as grand plans come and go
"Millions of public dollars and lots of planning have been poured into Northerly Island, but the nature preserve was nearly desolate on a sunny...
WBEZ: What’s That Building? 700 Block of Maxwell Street
"A Maxwell Street block lined with well-preserved facades from the late 19th and early 20th centuries has plenty of designs: Art Deco, terra cotta,...
Chicago Legacy Businesses: The Gaslight Club: There’s A Secret Speakeasy In The Middle Of O’Hare — And It’s The Last Of Its Kind
"The Gaslight Club in the O’Hare Hilton Hotel is a relic from Chicago’s past. The 1920s-themed restaurant and bar used to have locations across...
Chicago Magazine: The Enchanted Life of a Hotel; To know the history of the Morrison is to know the history of this city
"As long as I can remember, Chicago has been besotted by the size of its monuments. Biggest. Tallest. Busiest. This makes the Morrison Hotel — the...
CBS: Chicago Hauntings: Historical ghosts at the massive nightclub that once housed the Chicago Historical Society
"The old Chicago Historical Society building at 632 N. Dearborn St. in River North is a bracing edifice—with its granite cladding and architectural features...
Chicago Reader: A sign of the times: Vintage signs hold community and artistic value. Amid changing neighborhoods, they’ve become increasingly endangered
"For decades, the Bridgeport Restaurant sat at the corner of 35th Street and Halsted, its bold red sign hugging the building, serving as an...
Chicago Tribune: As the Morton Salt complex was given a new life, a photographer captured the transformation
"She never intended to become a photographer but that is what Sandra Steinbrecher is and in her new book 'The Salt Shed: The Transformation...
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Planted with love nearly 50 years ago, 54-foot blue spruce will be Chicago’s official Christmas tree
"Sarah Holden and her husband, Dave Shaddick, their daughters, Hazel and Pearl, as well as three cats and three lizards, are about to move...
MAS CONTEXT: A History of Preservation in Chicago
"Preservation in Chicago has a complicated, multidimensional nature. Preservation is a field of practice, a function of government, and an activist movement. In Chicago,...
WTTW Chicago: How Chicago’s Midway Plaisance Set the Stage for Modern Day Amusement Parks
"In 1893, 27 million people from around the world visited the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago’s Jackson Park. The gleaming fairgrounds, nicknamed the 'White...