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Preservation In The News
Urbanist News: When Preserving Affordable Housing Is Cheaper Than Building It
"While building affordable housing is a hot topic, new buildings only account for about a quarter of the affordable housing market. The rest is...
AIA Architect: Sleeping Beauties – Chicago’s Adaptive Reuse; A wave of community-focused resurrections of former neighborhood anchors seeks to heal community — and architectural...
"The Laramie State Bank Building, in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, strikes an alluring profile on the corner of Chicago and Laramie avenues. A hulking, concrete...
WGN Radio: Chicago’s historic Motor Row – A new book about a lesser known part of Chicago’s rich history
"This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with the authors of a new book called “Chicago’s Motor Row.” John Hogan and John Maxon discuss...
Hyde Park Herald: The Armory
"As the carvings over the main entrance say, the state built the armory for the 124th Field Artillery of the Illinois National Guard, which...
Daily Southtown: A North Sider who embraced life in Pullman becomes national monument’s newest park ranger
"Lisa Burback lived in a Chicago Bungalow growing up on Chicago’s North Side, learning over those formative years it was more than just a...
Chicago Tribune: Whiskey Point, Slag Valley and Black Bottom: Chicago’s ‘layers upon layers’ of forgotten neighborhood names
"The small settlement of single-family homes huddled just south of the Stevenson Expressway’s Cicero exit may no longer be the swampy marsh it was...
Chicago Tribune Celebrates 175th Anniversary: From canoes to skyscrapers: A newspaper is born, and Chicago is catapulted to the world’s stage
"Imagine yourself walking the muddy streets of Chicago in June of 1847. If you had 3 cents in your pocket to spare you might...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Bad times at Antioch Baptist: A roofer’s torch claims another landmark Chicago church
"'Great architecture has only two natural enemies,' the late Chicago preservationist Richard Nickel famously said. 'Water and stupid men.'"But Nickel might’ve added a third...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Explore preservation group’s plan to save two doomed Loop towers
"We’re intrigued by a preservation group’s plan to save a seemingly doomed pair of Loop office buildings by turning the towers into a local...
WGN: A behind-the-scenes look at the 100-year-old Davis Theater in Lincoln Square
"For over 100 years, the Davis Theater has entertained Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Originally opened in 1918 as the Pershing Theater, it was originally...