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Preservation In The News
Block Club Chicago: Lincoln Square Construction Unearths A Piece Of Pre-CTA History
"Neighbors are growing fascinated by glimpses of transit history being uncovered bit by bit by crews digging up the street as part of the...
Chicago Tribune: From Promontory Point to the Lily Pool in Lincoln Park, have you visited the creations of Alfred Caldwell?
"We’ve had a lot of architects in this town, some of them — Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, Jeanne Gang and on and on —...
Chicago Tribune: Recollections of a visit to Lincoln Park’s Lily Pool with its architect, Alfred Caldwell, by Ron Grossman
"In 1955, Alfred Caldwell walked me through the Lincoln Park Rookery, as it was then known. An oasis of green amid the city’s concrete...
Chicago Magazine: What Was Chicago’s First Skyscraper?
"Not only was the Home Insurance Building, located at the northeast corner of La Salle and Adams Streets, the first skyscraper in Chicago — it was...
Chicago Tribune: Tribune Tower debuted 100 years ago, ushering in the glory days of the ‘Magnificent Mile’
"On July 6, 1925, the Tribune opened the doors of Tribune Tower to the public. Perhaps spurred by the paper’s hype of its own...
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago Union Station Celebrates its 100th Birthday (Chicago 7 2018)
"Since Chicago Union Station opened 100 years ago, the station has grown to be the busiest in the city and the third most used...
Chicago Tribune: Uptown Theatre: 100 years of glory and decay
"Before the Uptown Theatre opened its doors to the public on Aug. 18, 1925, advertisements in the Chicago Daily Tribune overflowed with hype for...
John Mills Van Osdel, Architect, and his Chicago: The Story of His Life, 1811 to 1891 by Burtram Collver Hopkins
"There is no question that Chicago is an architecturally significant city. But before Louis Henry Sullivan, John Wellborn Root, and Frank Lloyd Wright, before...
Chicago’s Fine Arts Building: Music, Magic, and Murder by Keir Graff
"Let Keir Graff take you inside Chicago's Fine Arts Building - a building that hides worlds behind its doors."Exploring the Fine Arts Building’s warren...
The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon by Robert Sharoff and William Zbaren
"Resolved: the Wrigley Building is a beautiful, beloved jewel of Chicago, though not great architecture. Discuss."'Beautiful' is a value judgment, one I endorse fully....