The Historic Chicago Greystone Initiative has turned to a tactic common in commercial real estate development to save neglected houses in struggling areas: branding.
The suburban Chicago city of Park Ridge has been officially recognized for its active role in preserving its history.The city is the 75th local government in Illinois certified for historic preservation efforts.
Downtown's famed LaSalle Street canyon and 250 South Side bungalows could take a step closer this week to being listed on the National Register of Historic Places, according to a draft agenda by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks.
A modernist house in Lake Bluff, Ill. and a hulking former West Side hotel are among the state's ten most endangered historic places, the preservation group Landmarks Illinois announced today.
