NEWSLETTERPreservation In The News
Preservation In The News
WGN 9 Chicago: Celebrating America’s history – Chicago, The Birthplace of The Skyscraper
"'There’s not a city that’s considered a city that doesn’t have a skyscraper, and Chicago really set the stage for the at after the...
UChicago: Academic Consortium Launches Interactive Webmap of Chicago’s Historic Preservation Landscape
"Chicago's preservation scholarship and documentation have long lived in separate silos — city, state, and federal landmark databases, university archives, survey records, and community...
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? Chicago-Area Lighthouses
"The Chicago Harbor Lighthouse is hidden in plain sight, resting in Lake Michigan at the extremity of the northern breakwater, about half a mile...
Chicago Tribune: ‘Brendan Fernandes: In the Round’ at Driehaus Museum Thinks Outside the Gilded Box
"One of the first things Brendan Fernandes does when he walks into the Murphy Auditorium is look up."'It’s always a moment of spectacle when...
Chicago Tribune: Making the Marx Brothers, They Honed Their Shtick on Chicago Vaudeville Stages
"The Marx brothers were all born in New York City, but Chicago was the true birthplace of the act called the Marx Brothers, one...
Architecture and History of Chicagoland: Some Thoughts On Richard Nickel and Historic Preservation
"Yesterday marked the 54th anniversary of the day when historic preservationist and photographer Richard Nickel went missing inside the partly demolished Chicago Stock Exchange...
CBS Chicago: UChicago students use historic maps, state-of-the-art technology to bring Chicago neighborhood history to life
"The histories of some pieces of land in Chicago are well-known."The Thompson Center in the Loop stands on the former site of the Sherman...
CBS News: America at 250: How Chicago’s Architectural Innovation Helped Shape The Nation’s Future
"Chicago helped shape the nation in so many ways, including the pioneering of skyscrapers – the big, beautiful buildings the city of big shoulders...
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? Chicago-Area Lighthouses
"The Chicago Harbor Lighthouse is hidden in plain sight, resting in Lake Michigan at the extremity of the northern breakwater, about half a mile...
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? South portico of the Museum of Science and Industry
"There’s a significant change coming to what may be Chicago’s most monumental building, the giant Greek temple in Jackson Park now known as the...