NEWSLETTERPreservation In The News
Preservation In The News
WBEZ Chicago Curious City: These Buildings Made It Through The Fire But Didn’t Survive Chicago’s Development
"The Great Chicago Fire, which lasted from October 8-10, 1871, destroyed most of Chicago from what is today Roosevelt Road to Fullerton Avenue and...
Chicago Tribune: Chicago built back from the Great Fire in just two years. Now, 150 years later, the city finds itself at another crossroads.
"On a hot and dry October night in 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, starting a blaze that rose...
Chicago Magazine: The Great Chicago Fire, As Told By Those Who Lived Through It
"Hardly any rain had fallen on Chicago for months, and the drought was getting worse. Over the 22 days leading up to October 8,...
Chicagoland Architecture Substack Blog by Rachel Freundt: The Great Chicago Fire
"On Sunday evening October 8th 1871 a fire broke out in a barn owned by the O’Leary family on DeKoven Street that spread a...
WTTW Chicago: Dual Exhibition Highlights Lost Works by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright
"Two lost works by architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright share the spotlight in a new, dual exhibition at Wrightwood 659. We speak...
Metropolitan Planning Council: Yesterday’s zoning: Next to a park and schools, an asphalt plant?
"The grassy lawns, sports fields, and lagoon of McKinley Park are frequented by families and students of Horizon Science Academy, a K-10 charter school...
WBEZ Chicago Curious City: What Are Those Giant Structures Out In Lake Michigan? (Chicago 7 2017)
"Earlier this summer, eighth grader Aiden Singleton was biking near Wilson Avenue Beach with his mom when he spotted a giant structure, almost like...
Crain’s Chicago Business: Amazon conquered Sears. It’s also following in its footsteps
"After years spent driving many conventional retailers into bankruptcy, Amazon just announced plans to open its own physical 'department stores' that would sell both...
WTTW Chicago: The Varied Lives and Architecture of Chicago’s Christian Science Churches
"As religious attendance declines and churches empty, developers have in recent decades bought and transformed holy edifices into dwellings. Such plans are always controversial,...
WTTW Chicago: Ask Geoffrey: Restoration of GAR Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center
"A piece of Civil War history is being restored in one of Chicago’s most well-known public buildings. But what was it doing there in...