Prentice avoids demo, for now

Jan. 11, 2013
A Cook County judge dismissed a complaint seeking to prevent demolition of the hospital and gave preservationists 30 days to come up with a new case.

Lakefront home listed among state's 'most endangered' buildings

Apr. 24, 2012
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.

The fight to preserve Chicago's mid-century architecture

Dec. 20, 2011
Student preservationists are scouring Chicago suburbs to find examples of good architecture. They’re documenting all of suburban Cook County, including towns like Berwyn and Cicero that aren’t generally known for cutting-edge modern architecture.

Modernist champion to leave preservationist post

Aug. 23, 2011
The head of the preservation group Landmarks Illinois is leaving his post at the end of October.President and Executive Director Jim Peters will move on to consult and teach historic preservation at the University of Illinois at Chicago and other places.Peters joined the group about ten years ago af

Re-use plan for endangered former Prentice Hospital

Apr. 22, 2011
The preservation group Landmarks Illinois today unveiled a 16-page plan that includes three different potential reuse scenarios for the former Prentice Women's Hospital, the distinctive Bertrand Goldberg-designed building currently under threat of demolition.As an alternative to Northwestern Univers

Threatened historic places list includes Cook County buildings

Apr. 6, 2011
The annual list of Illinois' ten most endangered historic places came out today.Three of the most threatened places named by Landmarks Illinois are in Cook County.President Jim Peters said the former Park Ridge home and studio of Alfonso Iannelli made the list.

Threatened historic places list includes Cook County buildings

Apr. 6, 2011
The annual list of Illinois' ten most endangered historic places came out today.Three of the most threatened places named by Landmarks Illinois are in Cook County.President Jim Peters said the former Park Ridge home and studio of Alfonso Iannelli made the list.

A saint in need of a savior: Old St. Laurence parish

Jun. 14, 2010
(photo by Lee Bey) I took a drive through the western edge of South Shore a couple of days ago. Until I was 10, my family--father, mother, two sisters, and later grandmother and aunt--lived in a two flat my old man owned in the neighborhood at 7327 S. Kimbark.