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Preservationists win 1 in battle over landmarks law
Chicago Tribune
...
standards by which Chicago decides whether a building or
district can be safeguarded from demolition or defacement.
Among those standards: association with a significant
historic event, evidence of important architecture or a
unique visual feature.
Wright
Preservation Trust buys architect's Oak Park Home and Studio
from ...
Chicago Tribune (blog)
A
news release follows on the jump: CHICAGO – May 7, 2012 –
The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust and National Trust
for Historic Preservation announced today that the
Preservation Trust has assumed ownership of the Frank Lloyd
Wright Home and
Lathrop
Homes listed on National Register of Historic Places
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Housing Authority said it would continue to work
with state historic preservation officials, but it stopped
short of committing to save all of Lathrop's distinctive
architecture. Built in the 1930s, Lathrop Homes were once
celebrated ..
Schindler cottage in Wilmette heading north
Oak Park Leaves
Important because: Cottage may be last Schindler-designed
building in Chicago area. An Oak Brook contractor with a
passion for Prairie School architecture has come to the
rescue of the tiny Schindler-Wright cottage once targeted
for demolition on ...
"Chicago
7" Endangered List Unveiled
Architectural Record
Every year I look forward to the "Chicago Seven" list of
endangered buildings put out by the Preservation Chicago
advocacy group -- not because I think that ...
Landmark
or eyesore? The wars over Brutalism rage on
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
The
debate was rekindled in Chicago last week when the
Preservation Chicago advocacy group named old Prentice
Women's Hospital to its "Chicago Seven" list of endangered
buildings for the second straight year. Are these buildings
of little enduring ...
Postmodern gem, reconsidered: Graves' Humana Building, which
once drew mixed
Chicago Tribune (blog)
In 1983, New York architects Kohn Pedersen Fox took the
epicenter of the glass box, Chicago, by storm with their 333
W. Wacker Drive (left) tower and its elegantly curving wall
of green glass along the Chicago River. Graves, a relatively
obscure ...
Wrigley
Building's new owners have high-flying plans for a vintage
restoration
Chicago Tribune
"The good news is we're doing very little to the outside
except improving it," said Michael Kaufman, a partner at
Chicago-based Goettsch Partners, the architectural firm
working on the project. Designed by architects Graham,
Anderson, Probst & White, ...
Activists Trying To Save 100-Year-Old Synagogue On West Side
CBS Local
“Chicago touts its architecture at every corner. The
skyscrapers were first built here. We named our windows
Chicago, we named our bricks Chicago,” Barnhart says.
“Chicago is a hypocrite. We profess our love for buildings
yet systematically ignore the ...
Chicago
architects express an increased appreciation for ...
Residentialarchitect.com
When Virgin Hotels North America announced this summer that
its first project would be in Chicago, renovating the
27-story Old Dearborn Bank Building into a boutique hotel,
the choice seemed inspired to thrill fans of the city’s
highly regarded downtown collection of 19th- and
20th-century commercial buildings.
Hemingway boyhood home on the block — and under Wright's
shadow
TribLocal
(Robert Kozloff, Chicago Tribune / February 24, 2012) In the
world of legacies, Oak Park has a couple of biggies. The
brilliant, scandalous architect Frank Lloyd Wright spent the
first 20 years of his career there, leaving the western
suburb with the ...
Developer open to preserving Prairie Style homes in Wilmette
TribLocal
Preservationists say this cottage at 1320 Isabella Street in
Wilmette was designed by architect Rudolph Schindler, who
ran Frank Lloyd Wright's office at the time. (Chris Walker,
Chicago Tribune / February 20, 2012) A Schaumburg-based
developer who had ...
Is The
Wrecking Ball Pointed At Historic Wilmette Home?
huffingtonpost.com
In what could be a stunning architectural loss, a beautiful
Wilmette residence with ties ... Chicago Real Estate;
Chicago Impact; Chicago News; Chicago Events ...
Will
Midway Airport project bring down an historic 1920s Clearing
neighborhood ...
WBEZ (blog)
And look at this entrance to the apartments above: The
building is rated "orange" in the city's Chicago Historic
Resources survey, which is good news for preservationists.
The rating means the building has "potentially significant
architectural or ...
Midway
Airport neighbors upset over planned razing of building
Chicago Tribune
The
building is rated "orange" on the Chicago Historic Resources
Survey. The survey ranks properties with a six-color-coded
system used to identify historic and architectural
significance, with orange falling just below red, the most
significant.
Building
Memories: 28 W. Chicago Ave.
Naperville Sun
...
Urban Architectural and Historical Survey notes it is a “key
building in Naperville's downtown, this building is the
oldest continually operating commercial structure in
downtown.” Helen Sauper and her husband, Ralph, bought 28 W.
Chicago Ave., ...
Chicago's Wrigley Building Backed for ...
archrecord.construction.com
The city landmarks commission on Wednesday unanimously
approved a recommendation to give landmark status to the
Wrigley Building on Michigan ...
To save
or not to save? Art Institute group aims to preserve
mid-century ...
Suburban Life
Publications
To some, Berwyn's commercial buildings built between 1931
and 1979 might not seem like anything special. But to
Charlie Pipal, a professor of historic preservation at the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and his team of
graduate students, ...
CHA's
talk of change stirs concern at Lathrop Homes; residents
fear ...
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
Unlike many public housing high-rises of the past, Lathrop
Homes is a low-rise complex on the Chicago River, with
curving walkways along the water's edge. There is ample
green space, carefully designed by famed landscape architect
Jens Jensen, ...
Time
grows short for historic North Lawndale synagogue
WBEZ (blog)
The group Preservation Chicago placed the edifice on its
'Chicago Seven'-most endangered buildings list in 2011. This
blog visited the vacant building in 2010 to discuss its
architecture, history and condition. In addition to the
above photo, ..
A letter
to Cityscapes: A neighborhood gem near Midway Airport is
threatened ...
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
It
is a real shame that our public officials have no respect
for our local history and wonderful architecture that
Chicago is famous for. I have attached photographs of the
building that I took a couple of years ago while researching
the procedures to ...
Eastern
Iowa buildings on list of Iowa's most endangered sites
The Gazette:
Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
The
original building was designed by Chicago architect Louis H.
Sullivan in 1910. The building was completed in 1911.
Photographed Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, in southwest Cedar
Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) One of the buildings on
the “most ...
Old
school buildings put pressure on CPS' bottom line
Chicago
Tribune
The
muscular brick buildings with ornate carvings that defined a
generation of schoolhouses in Chicago more than a century
ago have left a rich architectural legacy that continues to
weigh heavily on the district's bottom line. ...
Students
out to preserve mid-century architecture
WBEZ
Student preservationists are scouring Chicago suburbs to
find examples of good architecture. They're documen...
Memory can be a tricky thing. As we learned in yesterday's
episode of Clever Apes, our earliest recollections ... The
nihilism inherent in ...
Protecting Pullman: City To Buy Abandoned Historic Buildings
Chicagoist
To
keep employees happy, the housing stock built for them was
vastly superior to what could be found in nearby Chicago
with indoor plumbing, gas heating and gorgeous architecture.
The community was meant to be a worker's paradise, but it
all fell apart
James
Pritzker to restore, open Frank Lloyd Wright's Emil Bach
House
Chicago
Tribune
Both Lynn Osmond, CEO of the Chicago Architecture
Foundation, and James Peters, former president of Landmark
Illinois, praised the Bach House plans, citing evidence that
Pritzker is willing to spare no expense in his quest for
historical accuracy. ...
Lighting
Up Chicago's Iconic Rookery
architectsandartisans.com
One of
Chicago's best is now on prominent display, 24/7. One
hundred and sixty cleverly concealed LED lights are
illuminating The Rookery, Chicago's oldest ...
Two
early 20th Century Chicago buildings added to National
Register of ...
Chicago
Sun-Times
Rich Hein~Sun-Times Two early 20th century Chicago buildings
— one a home, the other an industrial building — were added
in November to the National Register of Historic Places, the
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency announced Wednesday.
...
Now
closed, historic church awaits next chapter
Chicago
Tribune
Designed by Edward Burling and Francis Whitehouse, the
Church of the Epiphany was one of the first Chicago examples
of Richardsonian Romanesque, a dominant architectural style
in the latter half of the 19th Century. The church's
exterior is protected ...
$20
million makeover planned for Viceroy Hotel
Chicago
Tribune
Opened in 1930 as the Union Park Hotel, the building was an
example of the modern art deco architectural style. It was
designated an official city landmark last year. By the time
it closed, the Viceroy had become a place of last resort for
...
Converting empty buildings: a template on Chicago’s South
side?
WBEZ |
By Niala Boodhoo | Nov. 16, 2011|
Deep inside the basement of a former meat packing plant on
the edge of Chicago’s Stockyards, rows of giant plastic
barrels are neatly lined up. Inside, hundreds of dark grey
and pink speckled fish are quietly swimming around.“We breed
all of our own tilapia,” said urban farmer John Edel, as he
gestures to a series of tanks full of guppies in one corner
of the basement. Edel calls this building “The Plant”. It’s
a big space – at 93,000-square feet, The Plant is bigger
than most department stores. Inside is Edel’s urban farm as
well as other tenants, including a brewery. The building was
the home of Peer Foods, which had smoked and roasted meat
here since 1925. It sat empty for years before Edel bought
it in 2010. Today, he’s escorting around team of engineers
around the building. They’re planning to design a new
heating and cooling system for the facility – which he wants
to be completely energy self-sufficient. Edel bought the
building for $500,000 to create a vertical farm.
227 E. Walton St. Photo from Commission on
Chicago Landmark
Preservationist Is Facing New Challenges
New York Times
By
DAVID MURRAY For 40 years, Bill Lavicka fought noisily to
save old Chicago churches, houses and other neighborhood
architecture from the wrecking ball. He worked quietly to
restore buildings all over the city, rehabilitating dozens
in his whimsical ...
Virgin
Hotels Announces Purchase of Chicago Property
MarketWatch
(press release)
The
27-story Art Deco building, a Chicago landmark designed by
CW and George L. Rapp Architects in 1928, has significant
historic and architectural features that will be restored
and recreated. Located at 203 N. Wabash Avenue, at the
corner of Wabash ...
The
Purple Hotel and the Architectural Legacy of Macsai & Hauser
Chicagomag.com
By
Whet Moser Robert Powers, who runs the excellent chronicle
of Chicago's midcentury architecture A Chicago Sojourn, has
a nice tour of the Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood. It's
unmissable if you've ever driven down Touhy, and even as
it's fallen into ...
Massive
doors of 'Cathedral on the Prairie' getting overhaul
Chicago
Tribune
The
Jesuit hierarchy said at least $1 million was needed for
renovations, so Father George Lane, a Jesuit and
architectural historian, started a fundraising group to meet
a Jan. 1, 1991, deadline. By Christmas 1990, the group had
only $700000. ...
Uptown theater
( Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune / March 1,
2010)
Uptown
Theatre: Polishing an old jewel
Chicago
Tribune
The
Uptown, like those other venues, was designed by the
renowned architecture firm Rapp and Rapp, which aimed to top
itself in designing a theater that, at 46000 square feet was
thought to be the country's largest-ever traditional movie
palace. ...
Motor
Club site due for an overhaul
Chicago
Sun-Times
Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times The Chicago Motor Club Building
is one of more than 100 locations open to visitors this
weekend under a program from the Chicago Architecture
Foundation. Open House Chicago 2011 is a free event that
invites participants to ...
Pullman
neighborhood honored as 'gem from the past'
Chicago
Tribune
...
and the architecture and design helps reinforce the sense of
place.” The APA recognizes streets, neighborhoods and public
spaces for “forward-thinking” planning annually through its
“Great Places in America” program. Pullman is the first
Chicago ...
Schlitz
Brewery tavern closer to landmark status
Chicago
Tribune
Landmark status would put restrictions on future changes to
the building to protect its "significant historical and
architectural features." It would also enable the owners to
seek local and federal tax breaks if they chose to renovate
the building. ...
The
Wrigley Building: It's time to protect 'an architectural
treasure'
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
Perhaps most crucial, a news release stated that the owners
group "has recently begun dialogue with the city of Chicago
regarding landmark designation for the property and looks
forward to working with the city regarding this designation.
...
Midcentury fans push for people to live glass houses
WBEZ
When Gand spoke at the Chicago Architecture Foundation last
year, he was there to celebrate the release of Bauhaus and
Beyond's first publication: a book of Chicago Midcentury
homes captured by legendary architectural photographer
Julius Shulman
Chicago
Heights to Acquire Union Street Gallery Building
Patch.com
By
Christopher Paicely Union Street Gallery's vintage building
still features original front architecture. Union Street
Gallery The Chicago Heights City Council unanimously agreed
that the city should execute a deal that will give it
ownership of the ...
Chicago's 'Emerald Necklace' could get historic designation
WBEZ (blog)
Protection of historic sites, design, and architecture is
enabled via due diligence review by City Departments such as
Landmarks and Preservation. None exists for the Boulevard
Parkways. Unilateral arbitrary decisions made by a rogue
City elected ...
August 12, 2011. | John H. White~Sun-Times
1893
expo's historic Japanese panels reunited, restored
Chicago
Sun-Times
BY
KARA SPAK Staff
Reporter/kspak@suntimes.com August 15, 2011 12:16AM The
Phoenix, four carved wooden architectural transoms (ramma)
from the Japanese pavilion at the World's Columbian
Exposition of 1893 are icons of Chicago history and Japanese
art ...
Jim
Peters, president of Landmarks Illinois, will leave
preservationist group
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
A
ten-year veteran of Landmarks Illinois, Peter previously
worked for the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, the city
agency responsible for safeguarding Chicago's architectural
treasures. "Board member and preservationist Jean Follett
will act as ...
Chicago's Landmarks Commission Sidelines Architects
Architect
Magazine
July's
mayoral appointments shake up commission as review of
Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital building
looms.
Chicago's old movie theaters refuse to fade away
Chicago
Tribune
People may not flock to old movie houses like they once did,
but as secular temples, many are so wreathed in deep-seated
communal and private memories, and in some cases are such
grand architectural edifices, that efforts to tear them down
inevitably ...
All
things FLW: Fallingwater, other Wright buildings considered
for World ...
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
They span almost 60 years of his efforts to create an
“organic architecture” that attracted widespread
international attention and powerfully affected the course
of modern architecture around the world, as well as in the
United States. ...
Save The
Dome! | UrbDeZine Chicago
By Vicki
Granacki
When it opened in 1920, the local press called St. Mary of
the Angels the “finest example of Renaissance Revival
architecture in the country.” It was designed by Chicago's
premiere church architectural firm, Worthmann and Steinbach,
...
Kalo
Foundation to buy Iannelli Studio, turn it into cultural
center
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
He
served on Park Ridge's first city planning commission to
help guide appropriate architectural choices as the city
grew quickly during the 1920s. Kalo expects closing the real
estate contract at the end of the summer. Additional
fundraising is needed ...
Changes
will erode foundation of landmarks commission
Chicago
Tribune
But is she qualified to decide which Chicago buildings
should be spared from the wrecker's ball? Mayor Rahm Emanuel
has nominated Blanchard to serve on the Commission on
Chicago Landmarks, the panel entrusted with safeguarding the
city's architectural ...
Gas
Stations by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe Get New
Leases on Life
Chicagomag.com
In related news—like, literally, news about gas stations
designed by legends of Chicago architecture getting
renovated—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Esso station in
Montreal is also getting a renovation; it's been boarded up
since 2008. ...
National
Trust places old Prentice Hospital on its 'most endangered'
list
WBEZ (blog)
The
Washington DC-based non-profit organization called the
building Goldberg's "tour de force" that "like many of
Goldberg's architectural wonders in Chicago...still has no
formal protection from demolition." The 36-year-old building
has been the ...
The old
Chicago Motor Club Building nears its auction date
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
With the attention of Chicago's architecture community
focused on the plight of old Prentice Women's Hospital, it's
easy to forget about the old Chicago Motor Club Building,
the Art Deco gem once known as the Temple of Transport and
the Monument to ...
Under
the Dome in Bucktown, Restoration Goes On
New York Times
“It
doesn't matter if you're Catholic, Jewish or atheist, the
city's historic churches anchor the neighborhood with their
architecture and serve as the center of the community.” A
version of this article appeared in print on June 10, 2011,
...
Old
Prentice is on life support; where is the Commission on
Chicago Landmarks?
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
Located just west of Lake Shore Drive at 333 E. Superior
St., the 36-year-old building was designed by the late
Chicago architect Bertrand Goldberg, who also shaped Marina
City's famous corncob towers. Old Prentice exemplifies how
Goldberg used an ...
Prentice
Women's Hospital: Landmark or teardown?
Chicago
Sun-Times
Chicago architects Helmut Jahn and Jeanne Gang issued
statements in Prentice's favor. Ed Keegan, author of a
history of Chicago architecture, said, “I would throw myself
in front of a bulldozer for this one.” Landmarks Illinois
has asked the city's ...
Old
Chicago Motor Club building wins temporary landmark
protection
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
Each of them, like the old Motor Club, features a trim
vertical look influenced by Finnish architect Eliel
Saarinen's second-place entry in the Chicago Tribune Tower
architecture competition of 1922, the landmarks commission
staff pointed out in its ...
City
takes first steps to protect old Motor Club building from
demolition or ...
Chicago
Tribune (blog)
City officials will argue that the old Motor Club building
meets three criteria for designation: Design by an important
architect, important architecture and a critical part of the
city's heritage. "The Chicago Motor Club itself as a pretty
interesting ...
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