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Preservation In The News
Preservation Magazine, Spring 2022: Saved: The James R. Thompson Center (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"After a decade-long effort by Chicago’s preservation community, the James R. Thompson Center, a government-owned 1985 structure designed by the late German-born architect Helmut...
Chicago Magazine: What’s on Chicago’s Slice of Route 66? What landmarks to see before you leave the city
"A journey of 2,448 miles begins with a single block. In the case of Route 66, that’s the 0 block of East Adams Street,...
Hyde Park Herald: SPIA Water Bowl
"Near the southeast corner of 57th Street and Kimbark Avenue, a granite bowl displays the initials 'S.P.I.A.' The bowl was originally set up by...
WTTW CHICAGO: The Union Stockyards: “A Story of American Capitalism” (55:50)
"Chicago was famously dubbed “Hog Butcher for the World” by Carl Sandburg in his iconic poem “Chicago.” The city was the center of America’s...
Glessner House: Richard Nickel and Glessner House by William Tyre
"April 13, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of the tragic death of Richard Nickel in the partially demolished Chicago Stock Exchange building at 30...
Chicago Reader: Chicago’s blessed with a motherlode of stunning churches; Fire is not their greatest danger
"What kind of God allows a church to burn down on Good Friday?"That’s the question that came to mind when the 130-year-old Antioch Missionary...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: A federal case: U.S. government shouldn’t wreck two Loop skyscrapers in the name of safety
"The federal government has given Chicago some pretty good buildings, from the giant Art Deco Old Main Post Office — now enjoying reuse —...
WTTW CHICAGO: “Anything Goes” – Arts and Culture in Jane Byrne’s Chicago (3:57)
“Anything Goes”: Arts and Culture in Jane Byrne’s Chicago
From welcoming the film industry to Chicago, to city and neighborhood festivals, Jane Byrne had a...
WTTW CHICAGO: The Lions and Lambs of March Are a Great Excuse to Introduce the Work of a Prolific Chicago Photographer: Deborah Mercer
"A few years ago, Deborah Mercer was scrolling through the thousands of photographs she’d taken of Chicago’s architectural features and started grouping them into...
Billdr: Researching the History of your Home in Chicago
"The world’s first modern skyscraper was erected in Chicago in 1885. Now, the city’s skyline shares space with an array of architectural styles from...