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City Life, Feral Citizen Jul 17, 2019
In praise of sweat and preservation

It’s time to let our hands remember what our ancestors knew.
- By Nance Klehm
- Tags: Feral Citizen, metabolism, preservation, summer, fruit, vegetables, food

News & Politics, Feature Oct 18, 2018
The long death of Jean Lalime

A classic tale of Chicago corruption, and also of rabbinical law, frontier justice, and the city’s first murder
- By Paul Dailing
- Tags: Feature, Jean Lalime, John Kinzie, Chicago’s first murder, Chicago history, Chicago History Museum, United States War Department, Fort Dearborn, Fort Dearborn Massacre, Peter Alter, Abraham Lincoln, Wet With Blood, DNA testing, preservation, Mordechai Millunchick, Lincoln Park, Jewish law, Chicago Rabbinical Council, Charna Halpern, Del Close, Field Museum, Shalom Chicago, fallout shelter, Red Scare, Farm in the Zoo, Chicago White Lox, factor, sutler, trading post, John Cooper, John Whistler, Cooper & Whistler’s, Thomas Hamilton, Matthew Irwin, W, Linai Helm, Nathan Heald, Isaac Van Voorhis, Winnebago, Hardscrabble, Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Francois Le Mai, George Ronan, Battle of Fort Dearborn, War of 1812, Milo Quaife, Juliette Kinzie, Narrative of the Massacre at Chicago, August 15, 1812, and of Some Pre, Wau-Bun: The ‘Early Day’ in the North-West, Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable, Victoire Porthier, A. T. Andreas, Joseph Kirkland, Nellie Kinzie Gordon, Wayne County, Northwest Territory, Illinois State Archives, Indiana State Archives, Kinzie Mansion, National Registry of Historic Places, Chicago Historical Society

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jul 29, 2014
Meet the city's new arts initiatives—and add your two cents' worth

Here come the Chicago Architecture Biennial and the Fifth Star Awards.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, summer, arts initiatives, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Graham Foundation, architecture, contemporary architecture, Chicago Cultural Plan, Chicago Cultural Center, neighborhoods, Sarah Herda, Domus, Joseph Grima, Istanbul, Venice Architecture Biennale, BP, Northwestern University, preservation, demolition, Bertrand Goldberg, Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago Fire Festival, Fifth Star Awards, DCASE, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Cultural Advisory Council, art, artists, Kennedy Center Honors

News & Politics, Feature Jun 12, 2014
The fight to preserve a model public housing project

Lathrop Homes, on the western edge of Lincoln Park, has long been one of the Chicago Housing Authority's most diverse and successful properties. But today it's a shell of its former self.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, Julia C. Lathrop Homes, Lathrop Homes, CHA, Chicago Housing Authority, public housing, Bucktown, Roscoe Village, Public Works Administration, New Deal, National Register of Historic Places, Miguel Suarez, development, immigrants, diversity, architecture, Lolita Gonzalez, Richard M. Daley, mixed-income communities, Lathrop Community Partners, redevelopment, LCP, Molly Metzger, Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, housing choice vouchers, Tiffney George, Near North High School, Cabrini-Green, Section 8 housing, North Lawndale, Boys and Girls Club, Titus Kerby, Lathrop Local Advisory Council, Anna Capps, Marshall Field's, Toni Dixon, Alcott College Prep, preservation, Chicago Housing Initiative, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, HUD, Dorothy Gautreaux, Gautreaux case, Altgeld Gardens, Chicago Urban League, West Side Federation, ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Schiff Hardin & Waite, Alexander Polikoff, discrimination, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, BPI, memoirs, books, neighborhoods, segregation, unemployment, Hal Baron, Len Rubinowitz, Northwestern University, Lawrence Vale, urban planning, urban design, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Mary Pattillo, John McDermott, LSNA, housing, land use, Robert Whitfield, Real Estate Acquisition Program, REAP

Arts & Culture, Feature Dec 30, 2013
A vanity plate for the Chicago Cultural Center?

A new City Council proposal would rename the "People's Palace" in honor of Eleanor "Sis" Daley—never mind what she thought of the idea.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Feature, Chicago Cultural Center, City Council, 11th Ward, James Balcer, Eleanor Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, preservation, history, 1972, Richard J. Daley, Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation, 14th Ward, Ed Burke, Chicago Sun-Times, 1871, Charles Staples, Landmarks Preservation Council, Landmarks Illinois, Richard A. Miller, Chicago Public Library, CPL, Stock Exchange Building, architecture, Chicago Heritage Committee, National Register of Historic Places, 1872, G.A.R., Grand Army of the Republic, Sheply, Rutan & Coolidge, H.H. Richardson, Art Institute of Chicago, StoryCorps, Garrick Theatre, Chicago Federal Building, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago Tribune, places named for Daleys, taxes, Ward Miller

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jul 22, 2013
Next on the hit list: Edo Belli's Cuneo Hospital complex

Two more notable mid-20th-century buildings are threatened with destruction.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Edo Belli, Chicago Architects Oral History Project, Art Institute of Chicago, Catholic institutes, Clarendon Park, architecture, TIFs, tax increment financing, Cuneo Hospital, development, redevelopment, preservation, Uptown, James Cappelman, JDL Development, Chicago architects, Chicago Park District, parks, Larry Perkins, IIT, Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, Jim Letchinger, Preservation Chicago, Maryville Academy, Helen Shiller, Armour Institute, Henry K. Holsman, Melanie Eckner, Friends of Cuneo, Bruce Reid, David Baum, Green Exchange, Arthur Hill & Co.

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jun 25, 2013
Curtains for the Uptown Hull House Center theater

An 11th-hour effort fails to save the longtime home of Organic and Black Ensemble theater companies.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Stuard Gordon, Organic Theater Company, David Gassman, theater, architecture, William Petersen, William H. Macy, Jim Belushi, Joe Mantegna, George Wendt, Bob Sickinger, Off-Loop theater, Hull House, David Mamet, Jackie Taylor, Black Ensemble Theater, Pegasus Players, Rahm Emanuel, Uptown, Crombie Taylor, James Cappleman, City Council, Jim Jacobs, League of Chicago Theatres, Deb Clapp, Ward Miller, Preservation Chicago, Ilesa Duncan, Nick Rabkin, zoning, preservation, development, Uptown Hull House Center

News & Politics, Feature Feb 27, 2013
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An endangered piece of history beneath Lake Michigan's surface

The shipwreck of the Silver Spray has rested a stone's throw from the Hyde Park shoreline for nearly 100 years—but it may not be around for much longer.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Feature, Lake Michigan, seawalls, Lakefront Trail, University of Chicago, Chicago Examiner, Chicago Tribune, Pebble Beach, The Baffler, Chicago Honeybee Rescue, shipwreck tours, swimming, Eastland, Field Museum, underwater preserves, Studio Gang, Northerly Island, Jeanne Gang, Richard M. Daley, 1914, lakefront, landfill, shoreline protection, history, Slver Spray, Morgan Shoal, Hyde Park, 49th Street beach, Greg Lane, Abandoned Shipwrecks Act of 1988, shipwrecks, preservation, Chicago Park District, National Register of Historic Places, Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago, UASC, Jonathan Plotner, diving, Rob Rejman, Robin Kaufman, Park Advisory Council, Google Maps, Promontory Point, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jan 15, 2013
"Whose idea was this?"

A judge's dismissal of the Prentice preservationists' case leaves a window open.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Prentice Hospital, preservation, landmark status, landmarks, Chicago Architecture Club, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Edward Torrez, Alan Cubbage, BauerLatoza Studio, architecture, Landmarks Illinois, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Bertrand Goldberg, Neil H. Cohen, Commission on Chicago Landmarks, Northwestern University, Mardell Nereim, public notice, due process, Martin Sinclair, lawsuits

Blogs, Bleader Dec 1, 2011
The Brand Brewing complex: To raze or not to raze?

The historic Brand Brewing buildings on Elston may be demolished soon to make way for a Hhgregg store.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Architecture Week, Architecture, Variations on a Theme, Brand Brewing, Key Development Partners LLC, Joe Moreno, Forgotten Chicago, Preservation Chicago, Logan Square Preservation, Northwest Chicago Historical Society, Revolution Brewing, Hhgregg, 2530 N. Elston, historic building, preservation, historic brewery, Chicago brewery, Chicago landmark, Chicago Landmarks Historic Resources Survey, Jacon Kaplan, demolition, vintage beer bottles

News & Politics, Politics Jul 30, 2009
Michael Reese Hospital: The First Sacrificial Lamb

Preservationists' battle over the Michael Reese Hospital campus is just a taste of how the Olympics will drive public policy if Chicago wins the games.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, politics, Olympics, Chicago 2016 bid, Michael Reese Hospital, Walter Gropius, Grahm Balkany, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Alderman Toni Preckwinkle, architecture, preservation, Prairie Shores, Chicago politics, President Obama

Blogs, Bleader Jan 2, 2007
Pre$$$ervation in Chicago

Is it OK to skin a designated city landmark, erect a parking garage, and tack the skin back on?
- By Harold Henderson
- Tags: Architecture, Lynn Becker, Preservation, Farwell Building, Commission on Chicago Landmarks

News & Politics, Feature Oct 1, 1987
Bury My Heart at Lot 23

One of the state's most important historic and archaeological sites is about to become a "private year-round residential/vacation community."
- By Harold Henderson
- Tags: Feature, history, archaeology, Lucille Keating, Illinois history, LaSalle County, Illinois, Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, Landings Development Limited Partnership, David Koontz, Tom Zmudka, Dorelle Denman, Marygael Cullen, Illinois Register of Historic Places, preservation, Grand Village, Northern Illinois Archeological Society, Illinois Department of Conservation, La Salle County Historical Society, Sara Jones Tucker, Edmund Thornton, Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission, Grand Village of the Illinois, The Landings, development

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In praise of sweat and preservation

It’s time to let our hands remember what our ancestors knew.

The long death of Jean Lalime

A classic tale of Chicago corruption, and also of rabbinical law, frontier justice, and the city’s first murder

Meet the city's new arts initiatives—and add your two cents' worth

Here come the Chicago Architecture Biennial and the Fifth Star Awards.

The fight to preserve a model public housing project

Lathrop Homes, on the western edge of Lincoln Park, has long been one of the Chicago Housing Authority's most diverse and successful properties. But today it's a shell of its former self.

A vanity plate for the Chicago Cultural Center?

A new City Council proposal would rename the "People's Palace" in honor of Eleanor "Sis" Daley—never mind what she thought of the idea.

Next on the hit list: Edo Belli's Cuneo Hospital complex

Two more notable mid-20th-century buildings are threatened with destruction.

Curtains for the Uptown Hull House Center theater

An 11th-hour effort fails to save the longtime home of Organic and Black Ensemble theater companies.

Video
An endangered piece of history beneath Lake Michigan's surface

The shipwreck of the Silver Spray has rested a stone's throw from the Hyde Park shoreline for nearly 100 years—but it may not be around for much longer.

"Whose idea was this?"

A judge's dismissal of the Prentice preservationists' case leaves a window open.

The Brand Brewing complex: To raze or not to raze?

The historic Brand Brewing buildings on Elston may be demolished soon to make way for a Hhgregg store.

Michael Reese Hospital: The First Sacrificial Lamb

Preservationists' battle over the Michael Reese Hospital campus is just a taste of how the Olympics will drive public policy if Chicago wins the games.

Pre$$$ervation in Chicago

Is it OK to skin a designated city landmark, erect a parking garage, and tack the skin back on?

Bury My Heart at Lot 23

One of the state's most important historic and archaeological sites is about to become a "private year-round residential/vacation community."

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It’s time to let our hands remember what our ancestors knew.

A classic tale of Chicago corruption, and also of rabbinical law, frontier justice, and the city’s first murder

Here come the Chicago Architecture Biennial and the Fifth Star Awards.

Lathrop Homes, on the western edge of Lincoln Park, has long been one of the Chicago Housing Authority's most diverse and successful properties. But today it's a shell of its former self.

A new City Council proposal would rename the "People's Palace" in honor of Eleanor "Sis" Daley—never mind what she thought of the idea.

Two more notable mid-20th-century buildings are threatened with destruction.

An 11th-hour effort fails to save the longtime home of Organic and Black Ensemble theater companies.

The shipwreck of the Silver Spray has rested a stone's throw from the Hyde Park shoreline for nearly 100 years—but it may not be around for much longer.

A judge's dismissal of the Prentice preservationists' case leaves a window open.

The historic Brand Brewing buildings on Elston may be demolished soon to make way for a Hhgregg store.

Preservationists' battle over the Michael Reese Hospital campus is just a taste of how the Olympics will drive public policy if Chicago wins the games.

Is it OK to skin a designated city landmark, erect a parking garage, and tack the skin back on?

One of the state's most important historic and archaeological sites is about to become a "private year-round residential/vacation community."

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