A vacant neo-Gothic gymnasium and community center--an unofficial landmark in the Brighton Park neighborhood for more than 80 years--might soon be demolished by the Chicago Roman Catholic archdiocese. In late January, the archdiocese applied for a permit wreck the former St.
One of the most interesting finds in Preservation Chicago's "seven most-endangered" buildings list is the midcentury modern former State Bank of Clearing.
The American auto industry helped shape our society as we know it. As a result, have we overindulged in what our cars mean to us....or the message they communicate to the world around us?
Published in hardback by the Daley administration in 1995 and available online, the survey lists thousands of pre-1940 buildings and ranks them by color, according to architectural significance. It needs an update.
